Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 16 May 2013
The Golf Care Matchplay Championship, the UK’s largest amateur golf event, did not disappoint, after a pulsating third and final day of action concluded at the world-renowned Els Club in Dubai. The event, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, was the scene of some spectacular golf from the competitors, including a final round score of 45 stableford points from...
Thursday 16 May 2013
Budding golf stars of the future are being given the opportunity of a lifetime and the chance to meet 2014 European Ryder Cup star Paul McGinley when they take part in a top junior event at Quinta do Lago in Portugal’s Algarve this summer. The resort will host the Paul McGinley Junior Cup for the second year running on Friday July...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 16 May 2013
TPC Four Seasons hosted the Byron Nelson singularly in 1986-1993 and again since 2008. The par-70 course has measured 7,166 yards since a redesign in 2008. The par-5s serve as the antepenultimate holes on each nine and the players will want to make the most of them as the duo averaged 4.64 in 2012. Especially as the 528-yard third has ranked annually among the...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 16 May 2013
Direct Golf UK Chairman John Andrew has been nominated by RBS for the prestigious Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award 2013. The British PGA Professional set-up and established Direct Golf UK in 1991 and 22 years on it remains 100% privately owned by its founder. Now Andrew has taken the business from one store in Huddersfield to 21 stores across the...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 15 May 2013
IJP Design is offering a professional clothing contract worth £2000 to the lucky winner of the Matchplay Championship, a season long tournament that is running in association with The Players Tour – a new development tour that launched in 2012. The Matchplay Championship, which culminates in an all-expenses paid two day final at Ian Poulter’s home club, Woburn, is the only tournament of...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 15 May 2013
IJP Design is offering a professional clothing contract worth £2000 to the lucky winner of the Matchplay Championship, a season long tournament that is running in association with The Players Tour – a new development tour that launched in 2012. The Matchplay Championship, which culminates in an all-expenses paid two day final at Ian Poulter’s home club, Woburn, is the only tournament of...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 15 May 2013
The Golf Care Matchplay Championship, the UK’s biggest amateur golf event, will crown new winners this week as competitors from across the UK and Ireland gather at the world-renowned Els Club in Dubai Sports City, for the third successive year. The three-day Grand Final showdown is underway and scores have been surprisingly low in the first round, with the players revelling...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 15 May 2013
TG has teamed up with TaylorMade staffer and world number four Justin Rose to offer 12 lucky readers the chance to win amazing one-of-a-kind signed prizes! The 3D cover star of our 25th Anniversary special has signed a TaylorMade R1 driver for our one lucky winner. He has also signed a 2013 Masters flag for second prize and 10 copies of the magazine for lucky...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 13 May 2013
TG has published thousands of tips over the years and in the table below you can find some of our favourites, brought back to life by TG Elite Teaching Professional Adrian Fryer for our 25th Anniversary special issue. The tips include everything from alignment at set-up and checking your swing plane, to perfecting your chipping and hitting a high spinning bunker...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 9 May 2013
TG has teamed up with VPAR Live Golf Scoring to give you the chance to follow the 2013 Celebrity Cup live on our website. In the cup England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales will match up, with representatives including Sir Steve Redgrave, Peter Jones, Jodie Kidd, Kenny Dalglish, Alan Hansen, Rob Brydon, Gethin Jones, Craig Bellamy, Keith Duffy and Martin O’Neil. You can...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 9 May 2013
TG has teamed up with VPAR Live Scoring and Celtic Manor to offer you the chance to win a fourball on the Montgomerie or Roman Roud courses at the venue of the 2010 Ryder Cup. To enter all you need to do is download the VPAR App and register it with them. The App lets you view live leaderboards, use GPS and...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 9 May 2013
The new Golf World is now on sale and includes a host of features that will keep you turning pages for weeks on end. Our July issue is led by cover star Luke Donald, who shares his top tips for better ball-striking, from how to middle your short clubs, from setting your weight at address and coiling in your backswing, to starting your downswing and the...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 9 May 2013
The new Golf World is now on sale and includes a host of features that will keep you turning pages for weeks on end. Our July issue is led by cover star Luke Donald, who shares his top tips for better ball-striking, from how to middle your short clubs, from setting your weight at address and coiling in your backswing, to starting your downswing and the...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 8 May 2013
There have been few more popular Major winners in recent years than Darren Clarke and Your Golf Travel is giving golfers the chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend a day with the 2011 Open champion – and play golf with him on his home course. The world’s largest golf travel company has teamed up with Tourism Ireland to offer...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 8 May 2013
The owners of a popular Midland Golf and Country Club have completed a £1 million refurbishment of its clubhouse facilities – with the promise of future investment. Wharton Park Golf & Country Club in Bewdley, Worcestershire was taken over in 2010 by local businessman Alan Umbers, his wife Anne and daughter Stacie. Mr Umbers quickly pledged to ‘breathe new life’ into...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 1 May 2013
Amateur golfers from across the UK have until May the 19th to sign up for the prestigious HowDidiDo National Matchplay Championship, which will have its grand final at Quinta do Lago in the Algarve next February. A total of 32 golfers will enjoy a week-long, expenses-paid trip to Portugal, including flights, accommodation at the luxury Monte da Quinta Resort, golf –...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 30 April 2013
Today’s Golfer has teamed up with Sharpie, the nation’s favourite permanent marker, to offer one lucky winner a VIP trip to The Celebrity Cup at Golf Live on Saturday 11th May. As official sponsors of the Golf Live autograph tent, Sharpie is offering this A-list trip which includes access to the event’s Premier Lounge, admission to both Golf Live and The...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 29 April 2013
A Worcestershire children’s nursery has developed a unique way of increasing the confidence and social skills of its pre-schoolers through a successful golf tuition programme. Phoenix Childcare Nursery, part of the Gaudet Luce Golf and Leisure Club near Droitwich, is now into the sixth year of its popular kids golf lessons – an initiative which has seen over 100 children take...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 26 April 2013
They say that a prevention is better than a cure, and when it comes to hayfever golfers know only too well the effects that pollen can have on your round when not looked after. Hayfever symptoms are caused by an allergic reaction to too much pollen and when a certain level is reached – the ‘trigger level’ – then an allergic reaction occurs. By reducing...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 26 April 2013
St Andrews, the historic and globally recognised ‘Home of Golf’, has played host to countless golfing triumphs in the past, and this summer it will be the stage for four amateur golfers to complete a unique golfing challenge. Graeme Dawson, Gary Davidson, Ally Love and Angus Watson will attempt to complete each of the 189 golf holes in and around the...