Wednesday 27 November 2013
The new issue of Today’s Golfer featuring 104 tips to improve your game is now on sale! Our instructional cover feature will help you help you improve your ball-striking for better distance control and more accuracy, and we also offer The Ultimate Winter Fault-Fixing Guide to help fix flaws in your game and set you on your way to make 2014...
Written by TG Editor on Thursday 18 December 2008
COMPETITION CLOSED Win £10,000 of golf prizes in our Christmas Mega Competition! Can you picture yourself walking away with an estimated £10,000 of golf equipment and golf holidays as the winner of one of our biggest ever golf competitions? Of course you can and in true Father Christmas style we have raided the gift cupboard to pull together what can only be described...
Written by TG Editor on Monday 1 December 2008
It may only have been up and running for a few weeks but we already have our first winner in the Winter Fantasy League. Gloucestershire team manager James Jenkins has claimed our first Monthly Prize of the winter-long competition, picking up a new -for-2009 Callaway FT-iQ driver. And what a club it is. (Check out our Callaway FT-iQ story to find out...
Written by Kit Alexander on Friday 12 December 2008
Doesn’t time fly when you’re counting down to Christmas and desperately trying to buy those last few presents? We’re already onto the fifth Gift of the Day, but fear not because today we bring you the Callaway Umbrella direct from TG Compare. Rihanna’s favourite accessory is a great gift for this time of year – if you play golf more than once between...
Written by Kit Alexander on Wednesday 10 December 2008
With Christmas now just 15 days away it’s time for our third Gift of the Day – Titleist Pro V1X golf balls. Everyone knows Titleist rule the roost when it comes to balls so what better way to express your love by giving the best money can buy. The Pro V1X is designed for the more serious golfer seeking long distance with...
Written by Instruction Editor on Monday 1 December 2008
Hoop, hoop, Hooray! Want to make your practise sessions a bit more fun? Just grab a hula hoop and watch these Adrian Fryer hula hoop golf tips to help improve a few areas of your golf game… Chip balls into the hula hoop golf tip Punch low shots through the hoop golf tip Practise long sloping putts golf tip Improve your swing plane golf...
Written by TG Instruction Editor on Thursday 4 December 2008
Drives are for show putts are for dough – it’s a saying we are all aware of but few take much attention of how important short game is in becoming a quality golfer. Once you can hit a straightish drive and five iron the real difference to your scoring comes only from your golfing ability from 100 yards and in –...
Written by TG Editor on Monday 1 December 2008
Do you struggle to get that buttery soft feeling at impact every time you hit your irons? Most of us do and that’s why we’ve dedicated the new issue of Today’s Golfer Magazine to improving your golf swing at impact (the only bit that really matters!). Inside the new issue, which goes on sale on Thursday December 4th, we’ve pulled together...
Written by TG instruction Editor on Wednesday 31 December 2008
Make 2009 your best golfing year ever – it should be the new year resolution at the top of all our lists. If you’re serious about cutting your handicap next season it’s really important you start by making a list of all the areas of your game you need to attack. Has your driving been letting you down, or is it your iron play to...
Written by Kit Alexander on Monday 17 November 2008
I love the festive season – jolly old Santa Claus, classic TV (kind of) and more food than Jon Daly would know what to do with – and then there are the presents. Of course we all know it’s better to give than receive, but there’s nothing quite like the feeling of guessing what you’ve got and then ripping back the wrapping...
Written by Kit Alexander on Wednesday 19 November 2008
With Christmas approaching, there’s no better time of year to buy your nippers a golf-themed present to get them hooked on the game we all love early. The life-long addiction can start with the smallest thing and TG Compare’s Christmas stockings have some great present suggestions. The weather may be bad outside but get the little ones playing virtual golf and they’ll...
Written by Kit Alexander on Thursday 20 November 2008
The Golf Foundation’s Golf Roots programme has introduced more than 12,000 children from 155 schools across 16 cities to the game. The programme exceeded some ambitious targets and more than 1,150 children have taken part in follow-on lessons at Golf Foundation Community Links centres at golf clubs and driving ranges. The 16 urban areas involved were London (two schemes, in Hackney and...
Written by TG instruction Editor on Thursday 27 November 2008
You might not realise but your child’s hula hoop is actually a fantastic golf drill and golf training aid. That little loop of plastic can help teach you all sorts of golf shots, from accurate pitches and chip to putts and even your golf swing plane. The new issue of Today’s Golfer Magazine, out December 4th 2008, features a host of tips...
Written by Kit Alexander on Monday 24 November 2008
This year’s Miss World contestants have been put through their paces on the putting green at the Legend Golf & Safari Resort in South Africa. The girls have all been given basic lessons on golf etiquette, safety and a brief insight into the principles and great traditions of the game. Miss England, Laura Coleman, worked at Stapleford Park GC in for four...
Written by Kit Alexander on Friday 7 November 2008
The first event may have already teed off but there are still plenty of reasons to join the free-to-play Winter Fantasy League. As the old proverb says, “it’s better late than never”, and this certainly applies to the fantasy league with prizes galore up for grabs. You could be jetting off to Arcos Gardens, Spain, for a week of great golf and...
Written by TG Editor on Thursday 20 November 2008
You’ve always wanted to be the cover star for Today’s Golfer magazine right? Well now you really can – and we’ll even let you choose the photo! No it’s not some weird dream but part of a new service the TG team has created to sweeten up our latest Today’s Golfer Subscription deal. Buy yourself, your friends and family a subscription to Today’s...
Written by TG staff writer on Wednesday 19 November 2008
A nine-year old girl from Oldham and a 12-year-old boy from Lymm, Cheshire, have won the world’s first ever X Factor-style search for young golf stars. Katie-Jane Stanley and Jake Williams wowed a panel of celebrity judges – not including Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole – at the Playgolf Manchester complex where 13 youngsters competed in the grand final of ‘Talent Hunt’...
Written by Kit Alexander on Tuesday 4 November 2008
The excitement is building ahead of the first event in the Winter Fantasy League and Race to Dubai, the HSBC Champions. TG Editor Andy Calton is bravely putting his pride on the line by revealing his six picks each week. This week his team has a very British feel to it: Darren Clarke ($1.4m) Camilo Villegas ($3.5m) Sergio Garcia ($4.5m) Ian Poulter ($2.0m)...
Written by TG Instruction Editor on Tuesday 21 October 2008
Getting the RIGHT golf tips for your golf game can mean the difference between lowering your handicap and destroying your golf game. The golf tips team here at TG knows this only to well and that’s why this week we are concentrating on bringing you an assortment of our best golf tips. Click here to brouse our handy videos to help improve...
Written by Kit Alexander on Tuesday 28 October 2008
An unlucky Hertfordshire golfer found his ball in an unlikely position after playing his approach to the first green at Berkhamsted Golf Club. Stephen Meredith used a 7-iron for his 140-yard semi-blind second shot on the pa4 four first and knew his ball would be close, but he was amazed at what he saw as he approached the green. “I could tell from the trajectory and direction of the...