Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 28 June 2012
Marriott Golf UK has launched an exciting new Golf Rewards programme which will award customers with bonus points whenever they book a golf break at any of the eleven Marriott Hotel & Country Clubs across the UK. The new Golf Rewards programme is available to Marriott Rewards members who book a golf break at the Marriott resorts at Breadsall Priory, Damahoy,...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Thursday 28 June 2012
Golf legend and course designer Jack Nicklaus this week paid a visit to The Gleneagles Hotel to see the changes to the newly reopened PGA Centenary Course, host venue for the 2014 Ryder Cup. The course has undergone extensive modifications, in close consultation with The Golden Bear and his Nicklaus Design team, and reopened to the public on 28 April. Jack...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 29 June 2012
The Matchplay Championship, the largest amateur tournament in the UK, has grown substantially in recent years – underlined by a recent announcement that will see next year’s tournament taken to even greater heights. The world’s tallest dedicated hotel, the JW Marriott Marquis Dubai is the new host for the Matchplay Championship Grand Final in 2013, ensuring that forty amateur finalists...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 2 July 2012
Work is pressing forward on the next stage of development at the nearest hotel to the first tee of the Old Course at St Andrews. The Scores Hotel, adjacent to the world-famous links, occupies two 19th century buildings and commands magnificent views of St Andrews Bay and the West Sands. George Rae’s impressive 1864 Seaton House adjoins St Salvators Boys’ School,...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 3 July 2012
With a worldwide television audience of millions watching last weekend’s Irish Open, golf in Northern Ireland is at an all-time high and the country’s courses have been boosted further after receiving the backing of ‘the Voice of Golf’. Legendary TV commentator and presenter Peter Alliss spent four days visiting some of Northern Ireland’s most iconic golfing venues and facilities last month...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 4 July 2012
Swan Golf Designs has recently been appointed as golf course architects to Spalding Golf Club, Lincolnshire. Spalding, known as “The Heart of The Fens”, is well known for being the home of the barcode and its annual tulip parade as well as for its agricultural and horticultural industry. But Spalding’s hidden treasure is its golf club, dating back to 1907, and...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 4 July 2012
If money is no object – or you happen to strike it lucky on the National Lottery this weekend – you might well be interested to know that this summer welcomes the launch of Scotland’s best kept secret – gWest by Ochil Developments (UK) Ltd. One of the UK’s most luxurious developments, gWest offers an exclusive style of living and...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 4 July 2012
Evening golfers at Verulam GC in Hertfordshire were recently looking to the heavens …and not just for inspiration. A hot air balloon was about to crash land right in the middle of the course! Actually the giant balloon hit terra firma just behind Verulam’s 14th green close to the 15th tee and club pro Nick Burch conceded: “It made for quite...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 5 July 2012
One of the UK’s top inland golf courses has paired up with an hotel for the first time to attract more visitors to Perthshire. Perth and Kinross Council has helped fund the partnership between Blairgowrie Golf Club and the four star Ballathie Country House Hotel at Kinclaven on the banks of the River Tay. Blairgowrie, which has three highly rated courses...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 6 July 2012
Looking for a great value golfing break with a different change of scenery? Then you’ll probably be interested in Driveline Golf’s special offer (for a group of four) to Leuven, Belgium. The three nights’ B&B break costs from £214 per person and includes two rounds of golf, Eurotunnel travel and a free welcome drink (for travel in Jul & Aug). You’ll be...
Written by TG staff writer on Friday 6 July 2012
Golf in paradise is an often used – and exaggerated – phrase but definitely not in the case of the fabulous Le Touessrok couse in Mauritius. Taking your clubs on the short boat ride from the mainland to the beautiful Ile aux Cerfs gives you time to savour the approaching reality of playing golf in an amazing natural setting. The course...
Written by TG staff writer on Monday 9 July 2012
Ant and Dec, Alan Shearer, Bobby Davro and Lee Westwood are among the celebrity guests, playing in the Have a Heart celebrity golf day at Close House Hotel and Golf club in Northumberland tomoprrow (July 10). North East entrepreneur Graham Wylie is hoping to raise thousands of pounds for the children’s heart unit that saved his daughter’s life, with the second annual...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 12 July 2012
The amazing new Trump International Golf Links near Aberdeen has just opened and there is bound to be a mad rush to play this stunning layout which its billionaire owner Donald Trump reckons will become the world’s greatest golf course. The course breathtakingly meanders between towering dunesland just outside Scotland’s granite city and is already widely being tipped to stage top tournaments including...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 13 July 2012
Love golf, but can’t fit it around family or fancy a golf break, but need something for the kids too? Well, Forbes of Kingennie Country Resort near Carnoustie, Scotland, is running special Autumn deals on its award-winning four star self-catering holiday lodges, favoured by the likes of 2011 Open Champion and Ryder Cup legend Darren Clarke, and 2011 US Open champion...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 13 July 2012
A little more than a year after its opening by designer Robert Trent Jones Jnr, Onyria Palmares Golf continues to rack up the awards, with the latest ‘gong’ bestowed by Turismo de Portugal, the Portuguese national tourist board. Turismo de Portugal’s prestigious annual ‘Best of Tourism’ prizes are designed to “recognise, distinguish and promote the best tourist projects” and 150 candidates...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 16 July 2012
Leading golf course management company has been appointed by one of golf’s most exciting developments – the awe-inspiring Lofoten Links, which sits under the majestic Northern Lights in Norway. The course, uniquely situated 95 miles north of the Arctic Circle at 68 degrees latitude, makes every golfer’s dreams a reality, with the opportunity to experience golf in the Midnight Sun and...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Thursday 19 July 2012
Turkish Airlines have just agreed a major Golf sponsorship with the European Tour. The World Golf Finals take place in Belek/Antalya, S.Turkey between October 9 – 12 2012. Confirmed players include Tiger Woods, Rory Mcilroy, Lee Westwood, Luke Donald, Justin Rose etc There is still time to book a golf holiday/break… GOLF’S NEW SUPERPOWER BELEK, Antalya, Turkey Great value golf courses and resorts. FANTASTIC VALUE...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 23 July 2012
Golfers are to be given the chance to become members of an exclusive nine hole Surrey course where some of the giants of the game including the legendary Seve Ballesteros and US Open Champion Vijay Singh have played. The intriguing fact has emerged that these two great champions stayed at Pennyhill Park Hotel & The Spa near Bagshot and relaxed on...
Written by Courses editor on Monday 23 July 2012
Clere Golf, the graphic communications specialists to the golf industry, has joined forces with Dion Stevens, the esteemed European Tour yardage book creator, to launch a new, premium quality course planner. The new Tour Edition combines the comprehensive level of pinpoint accurate measurements collated by Dion with Clere Golf’s innovation and creativity in presenting course information with clarity. This approach offers clubs the exclusive...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 25 July 2012
For the first time in its 121-year history, the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers at Muirfield has sourced its bunker sand from outside the hallowed East Lothian grounds. In an historic move brought about by dwindling home-grown supplies, the discerning club opted for a new, free-draining sand supplied by Hugh King & Co, one of the country’s leading suppliers of...