Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 13 July 2012
Love golf, but can’t fit it around family or fancy a golf break, but need something for the kids too? Well, Forbes of Kingennie Country Resort near Carnoustie, Scotland, is running special Autumn deals on its award-winning four star self-catering holiday lodges, favoured by the likes of 2011 Open Champion and Ryder Cup legend Darren Clarke, and 2011 US Open champion...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 12 July 2012
The amazing new Trump International Golf Links near Aberdeen has just opened and there is bound to be a mad rush to play this stunning layout which its billionaire owner Donald Trump reckons will become the world’s greatest golf course. The course breathtakingly meanders between towering dunesland just outside Scotland’s granite city and is already widely being tipped to stage top tournaments including...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Thursday 12 July 2012
Teeofftimes.co.uk, the UK’s largest online tee-time booking service, has announced a new agreement to be the exclusive provider of online tee-times for Welcome to Yorkshire. Entering into this new partnership will enable Welcome to Yorkshire – the official destination management organisation for Yorkshire – to grow the visitor economy of England’s largest county by helping clubs sell tee-times online through a...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Thursday 12 July 2012
As the North West prepares to welcome the world’s best golfers to the Open Championship at Royal Lytham, top 2-FORE!-1 venue the Mere Golf Resort & Spa is offering golfers the opportunity to take advantage of a new pay and play ‘Twilight Package’ for the summer. Having just hosted the R&A regional qualifiers for the Open, golfers can now experience championship...
Written by TG staff writer on Monday 9 July 2012
Ant and Dec, Alan Shearer, Bobby Davro and Lee Westwood are among the celebrity guests, playing in the Have a Heart celebrity golf day at Close House Hotel and Golf club in Northumberland tomoprrow (July 10). North East entrepreneur Graham Wylie is hoping to raise thousands of pounds for the children’s heart unit that saved his daughter’s life, with the second annual...
Written by TG staff writer on Friday 6 July 2012
Golf in paradise is an often used – and exaggerated – phrase but definitely not in the case of the fabulous Le Touessrok couse in Mauritius. Taking your clubs on the short boat ride from the mainland to the beautiful Ile aux Cerfs gives you time to savour the approaching reality of playing golf in an amazing natural setting. The course...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 6 July 2012
Looking for a great value golfing break with a different change of scenery? Then you’ll probably be interested in Driveline Golf’s special offer (for a group of four) to Leuven, Belgium. The three nights’ B&B break costs from £214 per person and includes two rounds of golf, Eurotunnel travel and a free welcome drink (for travel in Jul & Aug). You’ll be...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Thursday 5 July 2012
Golfers looking for a great value destination close to the UK can now book a trip to play the nine impressive Isle of Man golf courses through a new partnership between Isle of Man Golf Tours and YourGolfTravel.com. YGT sends over 100,000 people on leisure golfing holidays every year and has chosen to feature the short breaks offered by the newly-formed...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 5 July 2012
One of the UK’s top inland golf courses has paired up with an hotel for the first time to attract more visitors to Perthshire. Perth and Kinross Council has helped fund the partnership between Blairgowrie Golf Club and the four star Ballathie Country House Hotel at Kinclaven on the banks of the River Tay. Blairgowrie, which has three highly rated courses...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 4 July 2012
On a super Sunday at Dorset G&CC, an extraordinary hat-trick of aces were recorded on the same day in the same competition, the Kingsley Cup. The competition is in memory of Kingsley Whiffen who was a very good golfer who encouraged and supported the Junior section and had a lively, exuberant personality. And, according to a club official, three holes in one...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 4 July 2012
Evening golfers at Verulam GC in Hertfordshire were recently looking to the heavens …and not just for inspiration. A hot air balloon was about to crash land right in the middle of the course! Actually the giant balloon hit terra firma just behind Verulam’s 14th green close to the 15th tee and club pro Nick Burch conceded: “It made for quite...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 4 July 2012
Avoid wipe out this summer by taking advantage of the newly launched ‘Surf and Turf’ breaks at the Vale Resort near Cardiff. The four-star retreat in the Vale of Glamorgan, which boasts award-winning golf courses, has teamed up with Cressey’s Surf Academy to give adventure-seeking guests a “totally awesome” surf and golfing experience. The breaks are designed for golfing fanatics who want...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 4 July 2012
If money is no object – or you happen to strike it lucky on the National Lottery this weekend – you might well be interested to know that this summer welcomes the launch of Scotland’s best kept secret – gWest by Ochil Developments (UK) Ltd. One of the UK’s most luxurious developments, gWest offers an exclusive style of living and...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 4 July 2012
Swan Golf Designs has recently been appointed as golf course architects to Spalding Golf Club, Lincolnshire. Spalding, known as “The Heart of The Fens”, is well known for being the home of the barcode and its annual tulip parade as well as for its agricultural and horticultural industry. But Spalding’s hidden treasure is its golf club, dating back to 1907, and...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 3 July 2012
With a worldwide television audience of millions watching last weekend’s Irish Open, golf in Northern Ireland is at an all-time high and the country’s courses have been boosted further after receiving the backing of ‘the Voice of Golf’. Legendary TV commentator and presenter Peter Alliss spent four days visiting some of Northern Ireland’s most iconic golfing venues and facilities last month...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 3 July 2012
Shropshire boasts some terrific 2-FORE!-1 courses – top layouts you can play for half-price with a 2-FORE!-1 voucher. Check any of these out and you’re guaranteed a great game…and value-for-money… Hawkstone Park Hotel & GC – an outstanding stay and play venue with the Championship course an extremely popular 2-FORE!-1 track. The Championship layout is a completely contrasting challenge to the mature...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 2 July 2012
World-famous venue The Belfry in the West Midlands has launched a series of Best of British packages this summer. And the one sure to attract plenty of attention among golfers is the belting Belfry Driver stay and play deal which costs just £99 per person and includes ovenight accommodation, dinner in The Atrium restaurant, 36 holes of golf on the Derby...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 2 July 2012
Work is pressing forward on the next stage of development at the nearest hotel to the first tee of the Old Course at St Andrews. The Scores Hotel, adjacent to the world-famous links, occupies two 19th century buildings and commands magnificent views of St Andrews Bay and the West Sands. George Rae’s impressive 1864 Seaton House adjoins St Salvators Boys’ School,...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Monday 2 July 2012
Around 1,000 courses all over the UK belong to 2-FORE!-1 and offer half-price green fees to 2-FORE!-1 voucher holders. And, once again, here are six of 2-FORE!-1s finest… *Aberystwyth, Wales – Designed by the legendary Harry Vardon a century ago and sits on a lofty headland with striking views of the coastline of Cardigan Bay, and the Welsh countryside. The views are...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 29 June 2012
Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2012, the 18 hole championship golf course at Wiltshire’s Bowood is considered to be one of the finest in the south of England and is one of the most popular of the 1,000 plus courses belonging to 2-FORE!-1. And the fact that the British & International Golf Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA) will be staging its own golfing...