Written by Ryder Cup 2012 on Sunday 9 September 2012
The Ryder Cup and Fantasy Golf are two of TG’s favourite things. The chance to win thousands of pounds worth of golf holidays and equipment for free is one of yours. So, we’ve put them all together and come up with…….TG Fantasy Ryder Cup 2012! This fantasy golf game is a standalone game from the normal FG season and so anyone...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 6 September 2012
Issue 300 of Today’s Golfer hits the shelves today, and what a beauty it is! This month’s features include a look at Titleist’s newest drivers, a long putter debate, an interview and swing tips with Rafael Cabrera-Bello, first hits of the Ping Anser range, and a 23-club hybrid test! Plus this month has a Ryder Cup supplement; offering matchplay tips from...
Thursday 6 September 2012
This month sees one of our best subscription offers of the year! Sign-up and you will receive 13 editions of the best selling golf magazine in the country (normal RRP £54), a dozen Srixon A333 golf balls (normal RRP £26.99) a leather MD Golf Seve glove (normally RRP £9.99), a £10 direct golf voucher and five 2-fore!-1 golf...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 6 September 2012
Entries are now open for the ever-popular Carnoustie Country Classic, a great value, highly-enjoyable five day golf tournament which features four of the top Carnoustie Country courses, including the famous Open venue, Carnoustie Championship. The Carnoustie Country Classic takes place from 12–16 May and offers golfers the opportunity to compete in a 72-hole stableford competition on four of the world’s classic...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 6 September 2012
Youngster Ben Dunlop is seeing double at Redbourn Golf Club after adding to his Mens’ Club Championship victory by also winning the Junior version. The 16-year-old from St Albans topped a field of 20 competing in the Junior Club Championship over the spectacular par-70 Ver Course to take his second victory with a gross score of just four-over. Alex Williams and Kumar Starkie-Gupta...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 6 September 2012
Golfbreaks.com, Europe’s largest golf travel company, has launched its ‘Early Birdie’ promotion that will give customers great discounts, loyalty Breakpoints worth up to £600 against future bookings and even new TaylorMade drivers. Now in its ninth year, the Early Birdie promotion rewards groups of eight or more who book their 2013 golf trip before September 30th, as well as enabling them to...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 7 September 2012
The Matchplay Championship, the largest amateur tournament in the UK, has received a record number of entries for 2012/2013. The event will celebrate its 10th anniversary at the Grand Final in Dubai next May after becoming one of the most highly-sought after titles in club golf. Finalists will compete at the immaculate Els Club, designed by four-time major winner and...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 10 September 2012
Wales rugby legend Gareth Edwards tees up for his sixth annual celebrity charity golf day at The Celtic Manor Resort on Friday September the 14th. Edwards, a three-time Grand Slam winner with Wales during the 1970s, welcomes a host of his friends from the worlds of showbiz and entertainment for the event on the Twenty Ten Course, where he is the club...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 10 September 2012
There are just three days left to pre-order your copy of Golf Illustrated Edition Four, sent straight from the printers on the 29th September! Plus, if you subscribe before Friday the 14th of September, you will receive a FREE COPY of Edition Three (worth £10). Edition Four features the stunning Bandon Dunes, one of the world’s best golf resorts, and its owner Mike Keiser, in a...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 12 September 2012
After hundreds of Matchplay duels over five months of gruelling, competitive regional brackets in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales – The Four Nations successful finalists are ready to represent their country and attempt to win the title of Champion Golf Nation of the Year. The final of the Four Nations Golf Challenge 2012 will be held at The Oxfordshire Golf Club from...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 17 September 2012
Wales’ young golfing sensation, Rhys Pugh, has become the first ever Welsh winner of the European Amateur Championship, one of the world’s top amateur golf events, which has previously been won by Rory Mcllroy and Sergio Garcia. The Pontypridd 18-year old will now get an invite to next year’s Open Championship at Muirfield, something he has always dreamed of. Pugh started off his glittering...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 17 September 2012
Adams Golf is set to unveil their latest TV advertising campaign for the UK Market during the Ryder Cup this September. The commercial, featuring Tom Watson talking about the Adams A12 OS Hybrid Iron set, is scheduled to air on Sky Sports throughout their coverage from Medinah, and continue through the Autumn season of PGA Tour events. Watson, who boasts 68 professional tour wins...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 18 September 2012
Luke Donald spent 10 minutes offering his golf tips during a Mizuno clinic at Bearwood Lakes in Berkshire the week before he successfully defended his BMW title at Wentworth. Watch the video below to see what you could learn from the former world number one.
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 19 September 2012
Dana Garmany, the founder, CEO and Chairman of Troon – the leader in upscale course management – is celebrating after being named the most powerful man in golf at the 2012 KPMG Golf Business Forum. It was the second straight time Garmany has topped the list, after finishing runner-up in 2009. Other well-known golfers in the list included Jack Nicklaus...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 24 September 2012
Junior golfers across the UK can learn the secrets of the professionals and how they train at an exciting and unique residential training camp being launched this Autumn at the prestigious Goodwood complex in West Sussex. The imaginative project will coincide with most half term school holidays in October and involve intensive coaching from a former European Tour player and a leading...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 24 September 2012
A four-man team, playing for leading broking firm ICAP, will be heading off for a golf break to the Dominican Republic, courtesy of Barceló Hotels & Resorts, after winning the grand final of the 2012 Banks and Brokers Golf Championship that took place at the fabulous Stoke Park Club on Friday 14th September. The City-based quartet won the financial services sector’s premier...
Written by TG Features Writer on Tuesday 25 September 2012
An ‘ace’ is one is of the most sought-after and difficult achievements in golf. Every one who picks up a club dreams of watching their tee shot find the hole and feeling the euphoria that follows. Even if it does mean an expensive bar bill. Top professionals can go a whole career without one while a high-handicapper can notch multiple holes-in-one...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 25 September 2012
As some of the world’s greatest golfers prepare to do battle at Medinah for the 39th Ryder Cup, another epic golfing contest is about to begin closer to home. The Search for London’s Best Golfer begins this month at Urban Golf, who are laying down a challenge to find the capital’s finest all round golfer. The prize is a golf trip...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 25 September 2012
Glenmuir’s 25-year association with The Ryder Cup was marked this week with a special presentation – at almost 40,000 ft! The golf clothing company’s Managing Director, Colin Mee, was awarded with a commemorative plaque by 2012 European Ryder Cup Team Captain José Maria Olazábal, Sandy Jones, Chief Executive of the PGA of Great Britain and Ireland, and Richard Hills, Ryder Cup Director while...
Written by Ryder Cup 2012 on Thursday 27 September 2012
With the hotly anticipated 2012 Ryder Cup just a day away, Titleist is giving one lucky person the opportunity to win a ‘one-of-a-kind’, Limited Edition Team Europe Vokey TVD wedge. At Medinah this week, more players will put their trust in Vokey wedges than any other brand and to commemorate their success, Bob Vokey and his team of WedgeWorks craftsman have...