Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 1 September 2017
An exciting new course has just opened at Frilford Heath in Oxfordshire in the form of a unique synthetic artificial grass layout. The Yellow Course sits alongside Frilford Heath’s three existing championship courses but what sets it apart is that it has been created using Huxley Golf all-weather surfaces. The course is divided into two accessible loops of three holes each with...
Thursday 31 August 2017
Prince’s Golf Club, in Sandwich Bay, Kent and host of the 1932 Open Championship, has announced extensive and ambitious plans to redevelop the Himalayas nine. Prince’s Golf Club, in Sandwich Bay, Kent and host of the 1932 Open Championship, has announced extensive and ambitious plans to redevelop the Himalayas nine. The club has hired renowned international golf course architects Mackenzie & Ebert...
Wednesday 30 August 2017
The accuracy issue: Whether it’s getting fitted for the right clubs, practicing the perfect drills or taking tips from legends of the game – it’s all right here in the latest issue of TG Lets face it, every single one of us would love to be more accurate. Whether it’s hitting more fairways, boosting that greens in regulation percentage or being...
Wednesday 30 August 2017
Golf, more than anything, is meant to be enjoyable, so we’ve put together a list of 50 fun golf courses in the UK that will make you forget about your scorecard It’s supposed to be fun from the moment you tee it up to the time you walk off the final green. Whether you’ve played well or, for that matter, been...
Friday 25 August 2017
American Golf have crowned their 2017 Junior Champions after a day of excellent competition in all categories The fourth annual American Golf Junior Championship in association with PING came to its climax as the regional winners headed to Gainsborough Golf Club to compete for the coveted championship titles. Despite the hot competition, the American Golf Junior Championship is renowned for its relaxed,...
Friday 25 August 2017
Wondering when distance measuring devices will make it to the big leagues? It could be sooner than you think, as it’s already happening on the EuroPro Tour… Where would we be without range nders, GPS watches and smartphones? Probably still hacking around in the woods, lamenting poor club choice as our score nears double gures. Before 2014, it was a common...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 25 August 2017
Hollywood superstar Andy Garcia loves golf. Here he talks about teeing it up with Jack Nicholson and Joe Pesci, accepting what he’s got and his victory on the PGA Tour. The Godfather III, Oceans 11, Internal Affairs… Andy Garcia has starred in some of Hollywood’s biggest movies over the past three decades. But the 64-year-old loves golf as much as acting...
Friday 25 August 2017
It’s no secret that golf can be an expensive game when you factor in the cost of clubs, green fees and golf balls. But for one player, his biggest expense is dog biscuits! Barry Gell, of Dunfermline, Fife, rewards his collie Jess with a treat every time she finds a golf ball. That may not seem like much, but she’s fetched...
Monday 21 August 2017
European Tour Pro Paul Waring talks through how he warms up before a round of golf – and what his favourite drill is to practice to get course-ready If you just go to the range before you head to the tee and hit as many golf balls as you feel like with no real goal in mind – it’s well documented...
Wednesday 16 August 2017
We’ve teamed up with our good friends at Parkers to bring you their round up of the best estate cars for keen golfers. If you’re a golfer, the size of your car’s boot is vital if you want to fit your golf clubs, bags, trolley and everything else in for an 18-hole round. Standing out in the car park of your club...
Monday 14 August 2017
From Kent to Lincolnshire and Surrey to the Borders, there’s something here for you There a lot of brilliant stay-and-play venues across the UK which offer wonderful deals for you to enjoy both a hotel stay and round of golf- at a varying range of prices. We’ve picked out nine deals in various parts of the country, and we assure they won’t...
Tuesday 8 August 2017
The 2017 American Golf Long Drive Championships had it all: Surprises, upsets, new talents, brilliant battles and record drives. With all three of the defending champions being knocked out, three new champions were crowned at the beautiful setting of Heythrop Park – and will make their way to Oklahoma for the World Championships next month. As Daniel Gathercole, Director of Marketing and...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 7 August 2017
A Scottish hotel has introduced a new quick golf competition and a free post-round beer, or soft drink, is up for grabs for all competitors. And to encourage quick play, anybody completing their round in under an hour-and-a-half at the Westerwood Hotel & Golf Resort, near Glasgow.is rewarded with a bonus Stableford point. Westerwood’s ‘Evening Eights’ competition is open to both...