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Algarve and Thracian Cliffs headline IAGTO Award winners

Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 15 November 2013

The Algarve and stunning Bulgaria venue Thracian Cliffs were among the major winners at last night’s prestigious IAGTO Awards for 2014. In a glittering gathering at the spectacular Tarragona Placa De Toros (Bull Ring), Costa Daurada, Spain, at the end of the 2013 International Golf Travel Market the ever-popular Portugal hotspot won Europe’s Golf Destination of the Year title while Thracian...

Chance to soak up the sun in Egypt

Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 8 November 2013

Professional and amateur golfers alike will once again be welcomed to Taba Heights’ stunning championship course later this month (November) for the seventh annual International Pro-Am. Sponsored by the five-star Marriott Beach Resort in Taba Heights, the 72-hole tournament is the highlight of the Taba Heights golfing calendar and will take place from 27 November to 1 December 2013. Challenging for...

Are you brave enough to take on the Four Course Classic?

Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 8 November 2013

Keen golfers are being asked to dedicate the longest day of 2014 entirely to their game….by playing 16 hours of golf between sun up and sun down to help a charity funding research into rare and devastating muscle-wasting conditions. On Friday June 13th the Four Course Classic challenge will see teams of four players from across the UK take on four...

Camberley Heath’s charity event is a huge hit

Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 8 November 2013

Proud Camberley Heath centenary captain Richard Broderick recently hosted a successful recent Charity Day to significantly boost the funds for Help for Heroes and the Lt Dougie Dalzell MC Memorial Trust. Lt Dougie Dalzell served in the Coldstream Guards and on the 18th February 2010, on his 27th birthday, tragically lost his life in Afghanistan as a result of an IED...

Two titles for Hanbury Manor at major awards

Thursday 7 November 2013

Hertfordshire’s Hanbury Manor, a luxury Marriott Hotel & Country Club, received two UK Hotel Awards for Best Regional Golf Resort and Best National Golf Resort from the International Hotel Awards sponsored by EY and Virgin Atlantic. Hanbury Manor competed against a number of hotels and resorts in the United Kingdom to receive this recognition. The finest hoteliers from the UK gathered...

Great Portugal golf tuition break with a difference

Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 7 November 2013

Onyria Golf Resorts – the award-winning business with properties in the Algarve and Lisbon – has launched an enticing incentive for higher-handicap golfers looking to make major improvements to their game while on holiday. The new package promises golfers with a handicap of between 12 and 36 that it will lower their scores by three or more shots following a special...

Top Dorset venue strikes gold again

Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 5 November 2013

The Dorset Golf & Country Club has once again achieved the highest accolade from Visit Britain, winning its five star Gold Award for 2013/14. Visit Britain awarded The Dorset Resort with the Gold Award for its outstanding Luxury Homes, its food, attention to detail, customer service and surroundings, and is one of only a few awarded each year throughout the country. This...

First Dye Designs project announced for London

Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 5 November 2013

One of the world’s top golf architects has pledged to create a spectacular new challenge for London’s golfers before the decade is out. Today’s announcement that an application has been submitted to start construction of The Dye London on land near Edgware, north London, means that celebrated US golf architects Dye Designs will be bringing their unique brand of creative golf...

2-FORE!-1 Six of the Best

Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 5 November 2013

This week’s 2-FORE!-1 ‘specials’ include a former European Tour venue and one of Scotland’s leading pay and play layouts, a wonderful Braid parkland track. More fantastic courses where you can enjoy 2-FORE!-1 Golf in style… *St Pierre (Old Course), South Wales – (pictured) Follow in the footsteps of legends like Seve Ballesteros, Greg Norman and Bernhard Langer who have all tasted...

Golfers make a bee-line for Camberley Heath

Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 31 October 2013

Project Pollinator was launched at Surrey’s Camberley Heath GC back in August when eight honey bee hives were installed in the out of play area near the 17th and 18th fairways. The idea came about when Course Manager, Nick Paris, was exploring ways to regenerate the heathland on the course and one option he suggested was to increase the heather growth. Nick...

Links with History bargain this winter

Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 30 October 2013

Golfers can enjoy winter golf at its finest in Scotland’s Kingdom of Fife thanks to a special offer from ‘Links with History.’ The unique initiative is offering a special rate of £90 for golf at all four member clubs between November 1 and March 31, 2014. A minimum of two courses must be booked to take advantage of this offer. Links with...

2-FORE!-1 Best of Britain: Kent

Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 30 October 2013

Kent, the so-called Garden of England, is a golfing paradise and fortunately boasts some magical 2-FORE!-1 courses, both coastal and inland. Here are some of the best you can play for half-price thanks to 2-FORE!-1 Golf of course. *Walmer & Kingsdown – This historic James Braid clifftop/downland layout opened in 1909 and during the Second World War was used as a...

2-FORE!-1 Six of the Best

Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 28 October 2013

A cracking Cornish clifftop layout and a long established super Surrey venue are among this week’s pick of 2-FORE!-1 Golf – the biggest and best discounted green fee scheme in golf. *Linden Hall (pictured), Northumberland – This impressive Macdonald hotels venue is well worth pencilling into your diary for the new season. It’s a mature parkland layout and you have to deal...

The Big Easy does it in Malaysia

Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 25 October 2013

Destination Resorts and Hotels (DRH), a strategic owner and developer of world class resort destinations, welcomed Ernie Els to The Els Club, Teluk Datai in Langkawi today. The 4 time Major Champion, made the short journey to Langkawi from Kuala Lumpur with representatives from DRH and Troon to examine the progress of the course and make any final adjustments before the...

2-FORE!-1 Best of Britain: Wiltshire

Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 24 October 2013

Wiltshire may be a relatively small county but when it comes to 2-FORE!-1 golf it’s huge. It provides 2-FORE!-1 quality aplenty with the stunning layouts of Bowood G&CC and nearby Manor House showing the way. *Bowood G&CC (pictured) – This mature and outstanding DaveThomas parkland track provides a memorable round and is always in tip-top shape. Bowood has a splendid variety of...

Great value golf in Britain’s smallest county

Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 24 October 2013

Greetham Valley Hotel, Golf and Conference Centre, ideally located just off the A1 in Rutland – Britain’s smallest county – is offering some cracking deals this winter. The popular venue boasts two contrasting 18-hole courses (Lakes and Valley), a short course and excellent practice facilities including a floodlit driving range plus a comfortable on-site hotel of course. Another plus factor is that...

Black sheep welcome addition to Machrihanish Dunes family

Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 22 October 2013

One of Scotland’s most dramatic golf courses, Machrihanish Dunes, is celebrating the Year of Natural Scotland by herding an unusual bunch of ‘locals’ back onto the course. Keeping it neatly nibbled during the winter months, the maintenance of this stunning coastal course is a labour of love for these ‘natural lawnmowers’; a flock of 40 black Hebridean sheep. After swinging back into...

2-FORE!-1 Six of the Best

Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 22 October 2013

2-FORE!-1 Golf boasts 900-plus course members all over the country and picking one out is no easy task so every week we look to give 2-FORE!-1ers a much needed helping hand and guide. So this week’s 2-FORE!-1 selections are: *Seascale, Cumbria (pictured) – Links golf isn’t all about the superstars of St Andrews, Muirfield, Royal Birkdale you know. It’s all about...

Club secures funding to attract non-golfers to sport

Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 15 October 2013

Gaudet Luce Golf Club near Droitwich has secured funding for a national programme aimed at attracting more people to the sport. The club is aiming to encourage more people to the club to try the game through the county-wide Get Into Golf initiative. As part of the programme, the family-owned club, which opened its doors in 1995, has launched a five-week programme of...

De Vere pays tribute to late course architect Dave Thomas

Tuesday 15 October 2013

De Vere has chosen to honour the legacy of iconic course designer Dave Thomas by installing a number of unique commemorative plaques at each of the courses he designed across the group’s portfolio of UK golf resorts. Thomas has a legendary status within the game following a stand-out playing career, before becoming one of the world’s most renowned golf course designers,...