Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 5 December 2013
It’s taken 50 years, but 87-year-old Tommy Power (pictured) has finally recorded a hole-in-one at Balbriggan Golf Club, Co Dublin. Power, a 26-handicapper, who lives in Whitehall, in the north of Dublin, became the oldest recipient of a limited-edition BOSS watch, courtesy of the BOSS Watches H1 Club, after scoring a hole-in-one with his driver on the 120-yard, par-three 10th hole...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 5 December 2013
De Vere is set to host a number of new events on the 2014 PGA EuroPro Tour across its renowned portfolio of luxurious golf resorts, as part of a strategic partnership to align The De Vere Group with key development Tours for ambitious young professionals. De Vere’s presence on the 2014 calendar will begin as early as the 26th March, when...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 3 December 2013
A top class field assembled in the desert playground of Scottsdale, Arizona, to compete in the 18th Annual Arizona Classic Pro-Am, one of the PGA’s premier winter pro-am events. The 72-hole pro-am was staged over four of the desert’s most prestigious courses: Desert Highlands, Quintero, Grayhawk and We-Ko-Pa. In addition Challenge Days were played at Troon North & TPC Scottsdale (the...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 3 December 2013
West Yorkshire tends to grab most of the White Rose county’s golfing limelight but North Yorkshire is also a great golfing hotspot, especially as far as 2-FORE!-1 Golf is concerned. It features a number of outstanding inland and seaside layouts, including some absolute clifftop belters. * Hunley Hall (pictured right) – Underrated Hunley boasts a striking north east coastline location and...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 3 December 2013
Cracking Cornwall venue St Enodoc is offering a ‘Golf & Grub’ Winter Special over its Holywell Course (pictured) for golfers who may feel a round on the ultra-testing championship Church Course is a step too far. For just £25, golfers can warm up from now until March 31st next year over St Enodoc’s extensive practice facilities, play 18 holes over the...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 2 December 2013
Our regular 2-FORE!-1 Golf feature again focuses on a batch of 2-FORE!-1s finest courses and include a legendary Scottish links venue, a super Surrey layout and a top stay and play resort just outside historic York. You’ll love them all, specially if you choose to play them in 2-FORE!-1! *Selsdon Park, Surrey – Just 12 miles from the centre of London...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 29 November 2013
A new golf studio has opened in EC2 bringing the sport’s most in-demand technology and specialised performance coaching to the centre of the capital for the first time. EC2 Sports, based in Citypoint Health Club in Moorgate, has installed two studio bays complete with golf’s premier teaching, coaching and club-fitting technologies: Foresight Sports GC2 and HMT, and Trackman III – Tour...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 29 November 2013
Olympic sailing gold medallist Sarah Ayton is the inspired choice to head an exciting new campaign at Golf At Goodwood to bring more women and children into golf. What makes this venture so intriguing is that the accomplished yachtswoman who won Gold in 2004 and 2009 and was awarded the OBE for her achievements is herself a relative newcomer to the...
Written by Clive Agran & David Whyte on Friday 29 November 2013
Ireland is undoubtedly one of the very best countries in the world in which to play golf. The scenery is spectacular, the roads are uncrowded, the Guinness is plentiful and the people are incredibly friendly. On top of all that, there are far more outstanding courses than the Irish know what to do with and so they’re more than happy...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 28 November 2013
After a significant six-figure investment Wharton Park Golf and Country Club’s new state-of-the-art driving range and teaching academy has swung into action. The impressive £250,000 floodlit and covered range, which is located on a five acre site next to the first hole of the Bewdley club’s championship course, features oversized bays, specially sprung mats and will use quality balls from Srixon. The...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 28 November 2013
Wiltshire is a great place to go golfing, specially if you take advantage of 2-FORE!-1 Golf – the biggest and best discounted green fee scheme in the game. There are some highly impressive courses dotted around the county including a couple of absolute belters in Manor House and Bowood. *Bowood Hotel & G&CC – This mature Dave Thomas parkland track provides...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 28 November 2013
New breaks at the four star Marina Club Lagos Resort, in Portugal, allow golfers to discover why the multi-award-winning Onyria Palmares Beach & Golf Resort has been elevated to an impressive 23rd in Golf World’s Top 100 Courses in Continental Europe rankings. Marina Club Lagos Resort’s manager, Gisela Sárrea, said: “Our packages are designed to showcase the world-class facility at Onyria...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 27 November 2013
It may be early winter but Bowood Hotel & G&CC in Wiltshire are running a red-hot Winter Golf Break special offer. The winter special is for stays booked and taken before March 31st, 2014, and includes: overnight B&B accommodation, either Bowood Brunch before your round or ham, egg & chips or a Bowood burger following your round, one round of golf...
Wednesday 27 November 2013
Winter may now be upon us and the sizzling summer may be a distant memory, but these outstanding 2-FORE!-1 courses should warm the cockles of your golfing hearts. They’re all top tracks and should be in excellent playing order whenever you decide to pitch up and play. Severe frost and snow permitting of course… *Forest of Arden (Arden course), Warwicks –...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 27 November 2013
Legendary Spanish resort La Manga Club has been chosen to open a Leadbetter Golf Academy early in 2014 – the only such facility in mainland Spain – further enhancing the resort’s status as one of the top coaching facilities in Europe. With nearly 30 academies worldwide at selected premium destinations, The Leadbetter Golf Academy offers the very finest learning and practice...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 27 November 2013
Quinta do Lago has unveiled plans for a major renovation of its North Course to match the other first-class golfing facilities at the prestigious resort in Portugal’s Algarve. Work will begin this month (Nov) and the course is scheduled to re-open in October 2014, with the new plans designed by renowned American golf architect Beau Welling in collaboration with European Ryder...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 27 November 2013
The Manor House Golf Club and its members have paid a lasting tribute to founder captains Roger Horler and Kirstie Maxwell by unveiling a new clock in their memory. Roger, a former West Bromwich Albion footballer, and Kirstie were men’s and ladies’ captains at the Wiltshire venue in its first two years, 1992 and 1993, and continued to be members until...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 20 November 2013
Flat screen TVs are nothing unusual at golf clubs, but Crown Golf is taking customer communications to a dazzling new level with Golf Club TV. Giant 55” digital screens will soon appear across Crown Golf’s network of over twenty golf clubs, showing club announcements and golf course information, plus local weather, breaking news, golf tips, and general content from the world...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 19 November 2013
Tiger Woods became the youngest-ever winner of the US Masters at the age of 21 in 1997, and Devon’s Dartmouth Golf & Country Club is offering golfers the unmissable chance to take a trip down memory lane this winter – with a three-day unlimited golf break for just £99 per person. From now until February 28, 2014, golfers can enjoy amazing...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 19 November 2013
De Vere Slaley Hall’s Golf Course & Estate Manager, Steve Cram, has received the highest accolade from his colleagues and peers by being named as ‘Greenkeeper of the Year’ at the annual Pro Shop Europe Awards. Cram has received a wealth of praise throughout the year for his sterling work in preparing the Hunting course at Slaley Hall to such a...