Wednesday 20 November 2013
European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has played a starring role in a new 5.3m campaign by VisitScotland to promote the multitude of global events taking place in the country throughout 2014. The 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles and the Junior Ryder Cup at Blairgowrie both feature heavily alongside the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and Scotland’s Year of Homecoming in the...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 20 November 2013
Legendary Surrey venue Wentworth recently hosted a small but important cheque presentation as National Golf Club Challenge Patrons Sam Torrance and Mark Foster handed over a hefty £237,220 cheque to the Help for Heroes charity. The bumper cheque was presented to Mark Elliott, Help for Heroes Head of External Operations, and Band of Brothers member Mark Taylor, and will help fund...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 20 November 2013
The UK’s largest specialist golf insurer, Golf Care, is celebrating its tenth anniversary with more golfers, up-and-down the country, realising the value of being insured with the market-leader. Since launching in 2003, the brands growth has been exponential, with several factors contributing to its remarkable success. Awareness of the brand has certainly been bolstered by the support of 3-time Ryder Cup...
Written by Chris Jones, Editor on Tuesday 19 November 2013
Britain’s biggest golf magazine is seeking a features editor to work within a creative team and make the No.1 title even better. Responsibilities include planning, commissioning and creating features to a very high editorial standard, managing freelancers and ensuring briefs and deadlines are met, editing the front end section and generating content for our website and social media. The successful candidate will...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 19 November 2013
Social live scoring app Golf GameBook proved a hit on and off the course at the recent International Golf Travel Market (IGTM) in Costa Daurada, Spain. The award-winning free app delivered live scoring and social commentary for the event’s annual golf tournament, enabling more than 300 players across four courses to see up-to-the-minute leaderboards and send instant comments to fellow competitors. Good...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 18 November 2013
It’s that crunch time of the year again – the quest to discover the best courses and hotels/resorts in the UK and continental Europe in golf’s biggest and best travel accolades – the annual TG Travel Awards. It promises to be the hottest and most keenly-contested competition so far and once again it will be you, the golfing public at large,...
Tuesday 5 November 2013
British troops based in Afghanistan can now sharpen their golfing skills during their tour of duty thanks to american golf. The retailer has provided a golf practice net, balls, as well a set of irons and drivers, to the RAF, which has been stationed at Camp Bastion since October 2001. The equipment has been donated to a group of 20 soldiers...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 31 October 2013
Lee Westwood took time out of his busy schedule this week to be photographed at the WGC HSBC Champions Event in China holding a very big cheque for Help for Heroes. Westwood has been a patron to the National Golf Club Challenge since its inception in 2010 – contributing his time and influence on a number of occasions to help raise the profile of the...
Thursday 31 October 2013
This month if you choose to subcribe to Today’s Golfer – Britain’s best-selling golf magazine – you will also receive 24 Bridgestone e6 golf balls at no extra cost! You can choose from three packages – print only, digital only and a combination – with balls on offer with each. Print only With this option you pay £29.99 and receive 13 magazines and...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 30 October 2013
The new issue of Today’s Golfer – featuring 20 two minute drills to help you get better fast – is now available to download via Google Play or the Apple Store! You’ll be able to read our instructional cover feature with TG Elite Professional Adrian Fryer will help you cure your faults from tee-to-green. Elsewhere in the new edition, we talk to...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 30 October 2013
The new issue of Today’s Golfer – featuring 20 two minute drills to help you get better fast – is now on sale! Our instructional cover feature with TG Elite Professional Adrian Fryer will help you cure your faults from tee-to-green. Elsewhere in the new edition, we talk to Nick Dougherty about his fall from grace, go behind the scenes of the...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 29 October 2013
EA Sports today confirmed their next PGA Tour game will not feature Tiger Woods’ name or image on the cover for the first time since the franchise debuted in 1999. The developer and the American have made a mutual decision to end their relationship, EA Sports said in a statement. Woods won five times on Tour in 2013 and was named Player of the Year, taking...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 29 October 2013
Spain reigned in the 2013 International Pairs World Finals at Scotland’s stunning Machrihanish Dunes links with Manuel Hernandez Gonzalez and Manuel Sanchez Varela of Team Spain emerging victorious. With a Stableford score of 41, the team from Spain won in a nailbiting play-off against Marcus Law and Stuart Stamps of England. South Africa’s team of Johann Strauss and Pierre van Graan...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 25 October 2013
Eight-year old Adam Buchanan from Northern Ireland has triumphed in a national competition to find the UK’s most improved junior golfer. Adam, who plays at Carrickfergus Golf Club, beat off competition from more than 100 other juniors to win over £1,000 worth of golf gear, courtesy of American Golf. The UK’s largest retailer ran the competition throughout the summer to...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 24 October 2013
If you subscribe to Golf World this month you will receive 13 issues and 12 free Srixon Z-Star balls! For just £45, you will not only make a massive saving on shop prices and have every copy delivered to your door, you will also get a dozen free premium Srixon Z-Star golf balls. The Z-Star is the ball of choice for the likes...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 24 October 2013
The new Golf World – featuring FedEx Cup champion Henrik Stenson – is now available to download on your iPad or iPhone from the Apple Store! You’ll be able to read about the Swede, who reveals his swing secrets from tee-to-green and talks us through his incredible 2013 season that has seen him collect over $12m. Elsewhere in our December issue, we track the comeback...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 24 October 2013
The new Golf World – featuring FedEx Cup champion Henrik Stenson – is now on sale! Inside the Swede reveals his swing secrets from tee-to-green and talks us through his incredible 2013 season that has seen him collect over $12m. Elsewhere in our December issue, we track the comeback year of Jim Furyk that has seen the American climb back to 13th...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 18 October 2013
Britain’s biggest golf media brand is looking for a Senior Web Producer to oversee the award-winning Today’s Golfer website. The Senior Web Producer is central to the digital production of the Today’s Golfer brand. Working with the Digital Business Manager and Today’s Golfer Editor to fulfil objectives and create and action strategic decisions vital for the success of the Today’s Golfer site. The Senior...
Thursday 10 October 2013
A new survey has revealed that the number of people playing golf in the UK could be doubled if clubs and courses were friendlier, encouraged families and offered greater flexibility and better playing conditions. ‘Growing Golf in the UK’, a report commissioned by Syngenta and undertaken by independent market research company GfK, canvassed the opinions of more than 3,500 UK residents,...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 8 October 2013
If you don’t already subscribe to TG’s weekly newsletter then what are you waiting for? Each week almost 60,000 of you enjoy our breaking news stories, new gear launches, instruction videos and much more. Our newsletter, normally sent every Monday, includes an Editor’s welcome, links to TG’s latest stories and contains some great competitions that you can enter. If you don’t already receive...