Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 17 October 2012
A warm welcome to the Today’s Golfer Hole-in-One Club – golfers who have celebrated golf’s holy grail and most magical moment. Millions of people all over the world play golf but very few achieve an ace, holing out (usually on a par-3) at the very first attempt. But the following golfers have…. and here we pay homage to the proud members of...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 16 October 2012
This week we check out the 2-FORE!-1 highlights on offer in the Home Counties of Buckinghamshire and Berkshire – great venues you can enjoy for half-price with a 2-FORE!-1 voucher. *Caversham Heath, Berks – Fast maturing – and draining – heathland course built to exacting USGA-specs and playable all-year round. *Donnington Valley Hotel & GC, Berks – This improved parkland layout sits...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 16 October 2012
Work is scheduled to begin at Sandford Springs Golf Club on Monday (Oct 22nd) for a brand new hotel, due to open its doors in September 2013. With 40 spacious twin rooms, a breakfast buffet area and a relaxation zone – the 3 star hotel at Sandford Springs will be a splendid addition to the Hampshire hotel scene. The hotel will be...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 16 October 2012
You can do just that with a visit to Aube which is in the Champagne region of France and is well known by food and drink lovers. However, it is also fine golfing territory with a trio of excellent, relatively undiscovered courses in the area. A great base for a visit is the Best Western hotel in the grounds of the Golf de la...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 16 October 2012
If the British autumn is already making you feel glum, why not head off to the sunshine island of Mallorca for a luxury six-night golf break, staying at one of the island’s most elegant boutique hotels? Son Julia, is a stunning, 25-room, country hotel, located in a 15th century manor house, offering an atmosphere of elegance and tranquility. Overlooking the island’s...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Monday 15 October 2012
Six more cracking 2-FORE!-1 venues where you can enjoy a great round at a great price (half-price green fees for 2-FORE!-1 voucher holders). *Vale Resort, South Wales – The Wales National is a brilliant but brute of a layout stretched out over 7,433 yards off the back tips and nearly 200 acres with five water features coming into play on nine...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 12 October 2012
An eight-bedroom Highland country house hotel overlooking Royal Dornoch Golf Club’s first tee is set to become one of Scotland’s finest luxury retreats for golfers when it opens in June 2013. Links House at Royal Dornoch, a historic property in the picturesque Highland village of Dornoch, is currently being lovingly restored with the finished hotel boasting an extensive golf art...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 12 October 2012
Looking for a winter on-course bargain? Well, a number of courses across the UK take part in 2-FORE!-1 and offer half-price green fees during the low season only (winter) and here just some of them… *Conwy, North Wales – One of the best links layouts in Wales which this year hosted its third European Senior Tour event. It’s in tip-top condition...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 12 October 2012
Golfers now have the unique opportunity to become members for a day at two of the UK’s most prestigious clubs. The imaginative concept will operate at top 2-FORE!-1 venue Manor House Hotel and Golf Club in Wiltshire, already ranked among the top 50 Stay and Play venues in the UK, and the 36-hole Mannings Heath GC in West Sussex, one of the...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 12 October 2012
2011 Open Champion and prospective Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke is set to design a £55 million championship golf course at the luxury five-star resort, Wyndham Grand The Angus, near Dundee. Clarke and Graeme Webster, one of Scotland’s most respected golf course architects, will begin construction in 2013, with the course and golf academy scheduled to be completed by the...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 12 October 2012
Danish golf course architect Caspar Grauballe who has just finished working on the much anticipated and greatly reviewed Trump International Golf Links Scotland has decided to start his own company – Golf Course Architecture by Caspar based in Denmark. Caspar has worked as Hawtree Ltd. representative and lead architect on projects in Scandinavia, Northern Europe, and in the Far East. Grauballe explains:...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 10 October 2012
With a number of victorious members of the European Ryder Cup team – including captain Jose Maria Olazabal and the man whose point secured the trophy, Martin Kaymer – teeing up at this week’s Portugal Masters, the Algarve has never been more popular as a golfing destination. This beautiful area of southern Portugal remains a firm favourite with customers of...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 10 October 2012
Golf lovers who have a passion for sailing can indulge in both sports thanks to an exciting new partnership that Sicily’s Donnafugata Golf Resort & Spa has forged with luxury cruise specialists Kalos Golf. Under the terms of the new agreement, the award-winning five-star venue will be included as part of all golf packages that the American-based company is offering to...
Written by TG staff writer on Tuesday 9 October 2012
European Golf Design (EGD), the golf course design company of the European Tour and IMG, was an early pioneer of golf in Turkey when its Sultan Course at Antalya Golf Club opened nearly 10 years ago…this week it welcomes the world’s best, playing for $5.2million in the Turkish Airlines World Golf Final. Threading its way through pine and eucalyptus, up and...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 9 October 2012
Looking for a fantastic 2-FORE!-1 break? Here are six venues where you can stay and play in style and where you’re guaranteed to have a great time on and off the course… *Celtic Manor, Monmouthshire, Wales – Home of three outstanding 18 hole courses – the Twenty Ten (staged the 2010 Ryder Cup), the Robert Trent Jones-designed Roman Road and The Montgomerie.
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Monday 8 October 2012
Another six top 2-FORE!-1 venues where you can enjoy a great day out for half-price (with a 2-FORE!-1 voucher of course). *Ilfracombe, Devon – Although not the longest course around, Ilfracombe is no stroll in the park…or on the magnificent North Devon coastline to be precise. This Devonian delight undoubtedly provides a severe golfing examination thanks to the combination of the undulating terrain...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 5 October 2012
Hoebridge Golf Centre’s Sandra Combstock was popping the Champagne corks after winning the UK Public Courses Championship, at the Home of Golf, St Andrews for the second year in succession. Sandra, from Woking, Surrey, who plays off a handicap of seven, saw off the challenge of 31other golfers from across the UK to be crowned Gross Winner of the championship, played...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 5 October 2012
You’ll discover some great 2-FORE!-1 venues in this region and here are just a handful you must play and visit, specially with a 2-FORE!-1 vouicher! *Breadsall Priory, Derbys – Home of two contrasting 18 hole layouts with the Priory the main attraction.The Priory is a mature parkland layout and has been thrilling golfers since 1977. Something of a rollercoaster of a...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 5 October 2012
Another classy crop of 2-FORE!-1 courses you can tackle for half-price – with a 2-FORE!-1 voucher of course. *The Players Club, Bristol – You’re guaranteed a round to remember at The Players Club but you need tio turn up with your A game. The brash Bristol layout is the ultimate in golfing challenges – it’s ultra-long and strewn with hazards, most of...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 4 October 2012
Prince’s Golf Club, situated on the stunning Kent coast alongside Royal St Georges, has once again been recognised by being chosen for the prestigious Chairman’s Award at the 10th Anniversary Visit Kent Awards. An evening of celebrations at Brogdale Farm in Faversham on the 25th September bought together local businesses and suppliers and culminated in Visit Kent Chairman, Mrs Amanda Cottrell OBE, presenting...