Written by Jock Howard on Thursday 2 December 2010
Where to take golf clubs on holiday? Sorry, let me put that another way. Where to take your golf clubs and wife on holiday? Sorry, one more chance. Where to take your golf clubs, wife and kids on holiday? South Africa is nice. Florida and Bermuda are even better. There is a hotel in the Algarve in Portugal, which is incredibly...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 3 December 2010
England’s Atlantic Links, a collection of the five premier links golf clubs in South West England, is offering a range of ‘Winter Wonder Links’ packages from January through to March 2011. The packages will allow golfers to visit one of the most prestigious golf destinations in the UK in the New Year from just £240 for a two-night package that includes...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 3 December 2010
The Palmerston Golf Academy at Brocket Hall in Welwyn – home of the former Faldo Golf Institute – has secured the highly-respected teaching professional Barney Puttick as the first in a series of appointments that will attract top coaches from the world of golf to this corner of Hertfordshire. The Palmerston Golf Academy is arguably one of the finest places to...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 8 December 2010
Ten ladies from Buckinghamshire club Whiteleaf GC have won the inaugural National Golf Club Challenge, an annual charity event which has been set up in support of Help For Heroes. The ladies won the title through their performance in the Whiteleaf charity day in July when the ten best scores were compared against 200 other golf clubs in the UK. As...
Written by TG Courses editor on Saturday 11 December 2010
After recent snowfalls transformed Sandford Springs Golf Club, Hampshire, into a true winter wonderland, members and visitors were invited to take part in a unique target golf competition. An entry fee of £1 for three balls was charged, and for each ball successfully shot into a distant boat the player won a sleeve of Start golf balls. The Club Captain’s wife,...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Tuesday 14 December 2010
Thailand is fast-emerging as a terrific destination for golf and Coco Golf specialise in holidays in the area. They offer tailored holidays to suit golfers of all standards and economic means. Visit www.cocogolf.co.uk for more information. Here is their latest news on the main resorts in Thailand: Pattaya We have special promotion rates at Sabai Resort and Woodlands Resort… please e-mail for furthur...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 20 December 2010
Kingsbarns Golf Links celebrated its tenth anniversary season in style with a 30% surge in Visitor rounds of golf played. More than 27,000 rounds were played this season over the famous links capping an excellent season. Such was the increase in demand that the season was extended by two weeks in November to accommodate additional play. Stuart McEwen, General Manager at Kingsbarns,...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 22 December 2010
To celebrate Europe’s historic Ryder Cup win, host venue The Celtic Manor Resort, South Wales, is offering golfers the opportunity to follow in the team’s footsteps and experience the drama and excitement of their own Ryder Cup challenge. The weekend package, priced at just £113, includes one night’s accommodation, a full Welsh breakfast to start the day, 18 holes of...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 23 December 2010
Duchally Country Estate is a 5 star self-catering resort and hotel in the central belt of Scotland surrounded by some of the best golf courses on Planet Golf – world-famous Gleneagles is just 2 miles away. The award-winning resort contains a Leisure Centre with indoor heated swimming pool, award winning A la Carte restaurant and provides evening entertainment. The resort has...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 27 December 2010
In temperatures of minus two degrees on a sunny Christmas Day morning, only the brave got out of their cosy beds and faced the harsh conditions with ice and snow still on parts of Uffod Park the golf course near Woodbridge, Suffolk. For the last 17 years golfers have been braving the weather on Christmas morning at the Best Western...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 30 December 2010
Amateur golfers this year have the chance to compete in an exciting new major golf event – the Great North Golf Tour. The Tour, an amateur chip off the European Tour block, will take place at a variety of top venues across the north of England and is open to anybody over 18-years-old with a maximum handicap limit of 28 for...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 5 January 2011
Golfbreaks.com is offering unbeatable and exclusive early-booking deals for golfers looking for exciting European offers, new international golf destinations and closer-to-home UK breaks. In 2010, 150,000 golfers booked with Golfbreaks.com, a 12% increase from the previous year, which chief executive, Andrew Stanley, believes is secondary to the fact that just over 50% of those golfers are repeat customers –...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Thursday 6 January 2011
Many of the most memorable moments in sport have been created in team events – from the FA Cup to The Ashes, from the Boat Race to The Ryder Cup – where talented groups of individuals combine to create a successful result for a team, a country or, as in golf’s case, a whole continent. If you, like many golfers, find...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 10 January 2011
Following the successful staging of the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor last October, South Wales has become a red-hot golfing destination. There are certainly plenty of fantastic courses in the region and you can tackle many of them with new golf tour company South Wales Golf Breaks – launched just prior to the Ryder Cup and centred around the Winston Country...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 14 January 2011
Troon Golf, the leader in upscale golf course management, development and marketing, this week announced the inaugural membership opportunities at top- new Shropshire venue Astbury Hall. Astbury Hall is an 18 hole championship course designed and created by golf enthusiast and talented course designer Kenneth Downing – renowned for his position as Judas Priest’s lead guitarist. As a result, Astbury Hall has not...
Written by TG Courses editor on Saturday 15 January 2011
Darren Clarke and Sam Torrance are backing the UK’s biggest charity golf event, challenging keen golfers to tackle four 18 hole golf courses in just one epic day. Teeing off at sunrise on the longest Friday of the year, 24 June, each team of four will need to play 72 holes in 16 hours covering 15 miles of fairways. It’s...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 17 January 2011
After being put into receivership in August 2010 by its previous owners, High Legh Park Golf Club in Knutsford has been acquired by successful Altrincham-born businessman Andrew Vaughan who has promised to stabilise club finances in the short term and unlock its true potential through investment in the long term. Andrew, who had moved away from the North West to pursue...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 19 January 2011
Kohler Co. has announced official development plans for Hamilton Grand, one of golf’s most photographed and iconic buildings. Located adjacent to the Royal & Ancient Golf Club in St. Andrews, Scotland, Hamilton Grand overlooks the 18th Green of the Old Course, The West Sands Beach and the Bay of St. Andrews. Encompassing 26 luxury residences, Hamilton Grand will become the...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 20 January 2011
Following a year which saw a number of high profile events visit De Vere’s championship courses across the UK, greenkeeper Alan Glen from The Carrick on Loch Lomond has been recognised as the groups ‘Greenkeeper/Mechanic of the Year’. Competing against fellow greenstaff and mechanics from De Vere venues across the UK, including Slaley Hall, Wychwood Park and Heron’s Reach, Glen’s...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 20 January 2011
Golf Journeys & Culture is a collection of golf trips to some of the most beautiful and interesting golf courses in the world. During an 8-year period, Andrew and Paul Marshall travelled to 13 countries and played 65 golf courses – from the wild, sheep-tended links of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland, the tropical palm-fringed fairways of Jamaica to the...