Written by TG Instruction Editor on Tuesday 25 November 2008
We’re all trying to improve our golf swing at all times and quite often you can end up making it worse rather than better! The good news is this month’s Today’s Golfer Magazine, out now, contains a huge golf instruction feature based entirely on coaching you to strike the golf ball better and therefore improve your golf swing. As part of that...
Written by TG Tour Editor on Tuesday 25 November 2008
Tiger Woods is facing a major hole in his future earnings after splitting from a big bucks deal with Buick cars in the wake of the Credit Crunch. In ending the nine year endorsement deal a year early Tiger will now find himself $7 millionshort in 2009 as they agreed to go their separate ways after Buick’s parent company General Motors...
Written by Kit Alexander on Monday 24 November 2008
This year’s Miss World contestants have been put through their paces on the putting green at the Legend Golf & Safari Resort in South Africa. The girls have all been given basic lessons on golf etiquette, safety and a brief insight into the principles and great traditions of the game. Miss England, Laura Coleman, worked at Stapleford Park GC in for four...
Written by TG staff writer on Monday 24 November 2008
For nearly half a century, he’s wowed Hollywood and the world with his prolific directing, sublime writing and acting talent. But this New Year’s Eve, Woody Allen and his band will be setting their sights on winning over guests by playing New Orleans jazz at the opening of the InterContinental La Torre Golf Resort in Murcia. The event promises to be...
Written by Kit Alexander on Monday 24 November 2008
Christmas is all about giving generously and you can do your bit at a charity golf event this festive season. What better way to warm the cockles of your heart than by playing the game you love for the benefit of a worthy cause. The Saint Omer Golf Day on Wednesday 3 December in northern France gives you 18 holes on a...
Written by Kit Alexander on Thursday 20 November 2008
The Golf Foundation’s Golf Roots programme has introduced more than 12,000 children from 155 schools across 16 cities to the game. The programme exceeded some ambitious targets and more than 1,150 children have taken part in follow-on lessons at Golf Foundation Community Links centres at golf clubs and driving ranges. The 16 urban areas involved were London (two schemes, in Hackney and...
Written by TG Editor on Thursday 20 November 2008
You’ve always wanted to be the cover star for Today’s Golfer magazine right? Well now you really can – and we’ll even let you choose the photo! No it’s not some weird dream but part of a new service the TG team has created to sweeten up our latest Today’s Golfer Subscription deal. Buy yourself, your friends and family a subscription to Today’s...
Written by Kit Alexander on Wednesday 19 November 2008
With Christmas approaching, there’s no better time of year to buy your nippers a golf-themed present to get them hooked on the game we all love early. The life-long addiction can start with the smallest thing and TG Compare’s Christmas stockings have some great present suggestions. The weather may be bad outside but get the little ones playing virtual golf and they’ll...
Written by TG staff writer on Wednesday 19 November 2008
A nine-year old girl from Oldham and a 12-year-old boy from Lymm, Cheshire, have won the world’s first ever X Factor-style search for young golf stars. Katie-Jane Stanley and Jake Williams wowed a panel of celebrity judges – not including Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole – at the Playgolf Manchester complex where 13 youngsters competed in the grand final of ‘Talent Hunt’...
Written by Kit Alexander on Monday 17 November 2008
Turkey’s PGA Sultan course, Antalya, will host the PGA National Pro-Am Championship for the second time from November 30 to December 4. 16 teams have qualified for the 36-hole final from more than 1,000 entries, making it the biggest Pro-Am in Europe. Each team is made up of the club professional and an amateur member, with the pros battling it out for a...
Written by Kit Alexander on Monday 17 November 2008
I love the festive season – jolly old Santa Claus, classic TV (kind of) and more food than Jon Daly would know what to do with – and then there are the presents. Of course we all know it’s better to give than receive, but there’s nothing quite like the feeling of guessing what you’ve got and then ripping back the wrapping...
Written by TG Editor on Wednesday 12 November 2008
Today’s Golfer magazine fans stand by your beds as the new issue of Today’s Golfer has hit the shelves! It’s quite an issue too, even by our usual standards, as it’s brimming with features designed to improve your enjoyment of the game. And to add to the value the package offers we’ve also stuffed it with an exclusive 2009 Today’s Golfer calendar...
Written by Kit Alexander on Friday 7 November 2008
The first event may have already teed off but there are still plenty of reasons to join the free-to-play Winter Fantasy League. As the old proverb says, “it’s better late than never”, and this certainly applies to the fantasy league with prizes galore up for grabs. You could be jetting off to Arcos Gardens, Spain, for a week of great golf and...
Written by TG instruction editor on Thursday 6 November 2008
FREE* David Leadbetter DVD for every reader – worth £14.99 If you were to choose one golf coach to have a lesson with it would undoubtedly be David Leadbetter. The world renowned instructor has fashioned the swings of everyone from Nick Faldo to Ernie Els and the great news is he could be about to sort yours for FREE* thanks...
Written by Kit Alexander on Wednesday 5 November 2008
Sign up for the Winter Fantasy League today and you’ll have a one in 500 chance of winning a shiny new fairway wood. Every 500th person that registers will bag themselves a new club recently tested by the TG Equipment Team. Click here to sign up for the free-to-play fantasy league.
Written by Kit Alexander on Tuesday 4 November 2008
The excitement is building ahead of the first event in the Winter Fantasy League and Race to Dubai, the HSBC Champions. TG Editor Andy Calton is bravely putting his pride on the line by revealing his six picks each week. This week his team has a very British feel to it: Darren Clarke ($1.4m) Camilo Villegas ($3.5m) Sergio Garcia ($4.5m) Ian Poulter ($2.0m)...
Written by Kit Alexander on Tuesday 4 November 2008
To quote one of the greatest rock songs ever written, “it’s the final countdown” and time is running out to pick your first team of the Winter Fantasy League. The HSBC Champions is just hours away – play gets underway in Shanghai in the early hours of Thursday 6 November so make sure you submit your first team before midnight on Wednesday. The tee times...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Tuesday 4 November 2008
FREE David Leadbetter Faults & Fixes dvd worth £14.99!* * Simply pay £2.50 p&p to receive your dvd. Legendary coach David Leadbetter and Major champion Nick Price combine to offer a unique perspective on mastering the game of golf in Faults and Fixes. Part of Leadbetter’s eight-set DVD series -which is available for just £49.99 (so anyone ordering the series will get this DVD...
Written by Kit Alexander on Monday 3 November 2008
The Winter Fantasy League is finally upon us and everyone will be keen to get a fast start in the hunt for the £10,000 prize pool, but which players are going to be the big-performers at this week’s HSBC Champions? Each week I’m going to be picking out six stars with the potential to score big so without any more further ado...
Written by Kit Alexander on Friday 31 October 2008
There’s less than a week to go until the first events of the TG winter fantasy league, the HSBC Champions. The Shaghai event, also the first of the money-spinning Race to Dubai, tees off on 6 November, but make sure you pick your team before 11.30pm on Wednesday 5 November to allow for the time difference. You’ll have a star-studded field to...