Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 1 June 2012
The co-founders of top golf travel company Your Golf Travel.com teamed up with 2012 European Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal to win the Wales Open Pro-Am at Celtic Manor Resort this week. Ross Marshall and Andrew Harding were joined by Celtic Manor’s Director of Golf Matthew Lewis in a team captained by Olazabal and the four dove-tailed perfectly to record...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Friday 1 June 2012
Open Champion Darren Clarke has admitted he will be “raring to go” when the Irish Open comes to his home Royal Portrush Golf Club in under a month’s time. The Portrush resident and Honorary Member of the club will take the next four weeks off to finally rid himself of a troublesome groin injury which flared up again last week during...
Written by Michael Catling, TG Writer on Wednesday 6 June 2012
Golf Care, the UK’s largest specialist golf insurance provider, has lauded its successful partnership with Direct Golf UK, Europe’s No.1 award-winning specialist golf retailer, after their golf insurance has proven hugely popular at all 21 nationwide stores. The partnership, which was only formed last year, offers consumers the opportunity to purchase golf insurance over-the-counter at all Direct Golf UK stores and...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Wednesday 6 June 2012
Just days before winning the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, Luke Donald gave three lucky golfers the round of a lifetime by taking them on at Bearwood Lakes Golf Club in Surrey. James Goldie, Neil Penham and Brian Pearce won a free-to-enter competition from retailers Direct Golf to play with the Ryder Cup hero, and Goldie – playing off 18 – also managed...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 7 June 2012
The ISPS Handa PGA Seniors Championship was launched in style yesterday by De Vere Club Ambassadors Freddie Flintoff and Harry Redknapp. The pair were joined by some of the headline players in this weeks’ championship, going head-to-head in the 2nd Annual Freddie’s Cricketers vs. Harry’s Cricketers: Bat & Ball Challenge. Having invited some of their fellow football and cricket stars...
Written by TG staff writer on Thursday 7 June 2012
Army Captain, Stuart Ball, has announced that he’s planning to play 360 holes of golf over five days in early July 2012 to raise money for Help for Heroes and Scotty’s Little Soldiers – setting a new world record for the number of golf holes played in five days. Ball, an officer in the Royal Logistic Corps, is based at RAF...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 12 June 2012
Ireland promises to be the place to watch golf’s top players in action this summer with leading names from the men’s and ladies tours joining forces with the game’s up-and-coming stars to offer a feast of five-star action. All eyes with be on US Open winner Rory McIlroy and Open champion Darren Clarke when Royal Portrush hosts the much-anticipated Irish Open...
Written by Harriet Linton, TG Web Producer on Monday 25 June 2012
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Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Monday 25 June 2012
International wicketkeeper Matt Prior will host a Charity Golf Day sponsored by RDF at the award-winning Mannings Heath Golf Club, West Sussex, on Tuesday 26th June as part of his Benefit Year for Sussex County Cricket Club. The 30 year old who has hit more than 10,500 runs since his debut for Sussex in 2001 ago has been awarded a benefit year...
Written by TG staff writer on Tuesday 26 June 2012
World no.3 Lee Westwood is giving stars of the future the chance to discover first-hand what it takes to reach the top of the game – with the help of Spain’s La Manga Club. The award-winning five-star resort has teamed up with the Lee Westwood Golf Academy to offer two youngsters the opportunity of a lifetime to spend a day learning...
Written by TG staff writer on Wednesday 27 June 2012
Golf fan Kim Standen will pack his bags and head off to see some of the best players in the world compete at the Irish Open this weekend – thanks to a competition run by Tourism Ireland. Kim will join record numbers of more than 100,000 people in heading to the European Tour tournament at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Co...
Written by TG Features Writer on Tuesday 10 July 2012
Dress codes are a hot topic at golf clubs and a recent debate about them on the @TheTodaysGolfer twitter page provoked a huge response. The many different opinions and arguments prompted us to run a survey to gauge exactly what the currently feeling on dress codes is. We’ve set up a survey of eight questions that will take no more than five...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Thursday 28 June 2012
De Vere Club Touring Professional, Matthew Baldwin, has booked his place in The Open Championship, marking the second consecutive occasion that the Lancashire-born former England Boys Captain has qualified for a Major championship this season. After having come through qualifying for the US Open at Walton Heath last month, Baldwin posted rounds of 65 and 69 to finish in a...
Written by TG Features Writer on Tuesday 3 July 2012
Today’s Golfer has teamed up with Direct Golf UK and Your Golf Travel to give away 50,000 caps at this year’s Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes, Lancashire. Direct Golf UK is growing fast and now has 21 shops across the UK and a booming website that offer great deals on golf equipment, clothing and apparel. Your Golf Travel is a...
Written by TG staff writer on Tuesday 3 July 2012
Former Grand Prix driver David Coulthard has just bagged the most unlikeliest and dramatic of holes-in-one. Scot Coulthard teamed-up with pro golfer Jake Shepherd to set a Guinness World Record for the fastest hole-in-one by catching a golf ball in a moving car – Shepherd hit the ball as the £177,000 soft top supercar Mercedes SLS whizzed by him at 120mph! Coulthard...
Written by TG staff writer on Thursday 5 July 2012
Six-time Ryder Cup player and double British Senior Open winner Brian Barnes will compete in his first professional tournament for 10 years at Nailcote Hall, Warwickshire for the British Par 3 Championship, from August 7th. Barnes was one of the most colourful, popular and recognisable golfers of the 1970s and 80s. A regular winner on tour, he was a charismatic and...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Wednesday 4 July 2012
Top 2-FORE!-1 venue Macdonald Portal Hotel, Golf and Spa in Cheshire plays host to Lee Westwood Golf School’s first Junior Open in August. Portal is home to one of only three schools set up in the UK by the former world number one, Lee Westwood OBE and is the chosen venue for the debut tournament. “Portal is a great venue to...
Written by TG Features Wirter on Friday 13 July 2012
Keen amateur golfer Damian Pitts bagged a new Volvo S60 at a local corporate golf day when he aced the 166-yard first hole at Chartridge Park Golf Club, Buckinghamshire. The incredible feat is the first time that any player has hit a hole-in-one at business rescue and restructuring specialists Business Rescue Centre’s annual corporate golf day tournament. Pitts, a litigation case manager...
Written by TG staff writer on Friday 13 July 2012
Charitable golfer Danielle Riggott and her family and friends from Nottinghamshire raised a fantastic £720 for Macmillan Cancer Support when they swung into action through their Big Golf Drive event – the Gavin Stewart Reast (GSR) Golf Day. In memory of Danielle’s brother Gavin, friends and family of Gavin held a golf tournament at Rufford Golf Course, accompanied by a...
Written by TG Features Writer on Friday 13 July 2012
Glenmorangie has generously given us three pairs of Open Championship tickets to give away for Sunday 22nd July. All you have to do to be in with a chance of witnessing a new Open champion crowned at Royal Lytham & St Annes is follow @TheTodaysGolfer on Twitter and send us a Tweet containing #TGOpentickets. Everyone who does so will be entered into...