Win a dream trip to China

By Golf World

14 June 2010 10:19

Vote in the first HSBC Premier Golf Network Awards to stand a chance of winning.

We’re giving you the opportunity to celebrate the very best of British golf – and stand a chance of winning a fantastic prize in the process.

The HSBC Premier Golf Network is all about providing added value to Premier account holders who have an interest in golf. And these Awards are about those courses, clubhouses and people which provide added value to any golf trip.

We are searching for the ultimate golfing experience, asking Golf World readers to vote on the key components that make up the perfect golf outing.

Everyone who votes will be entered into a draw for one winner, plus their guest, to experience their own ultimate golf trip to the WGC-HSBC Champions Tournament in China in November, where Phil Mickelson won the title last year against a stellar World Golf Championship field.

This once-in-a-lifetime prize includes:
- Return Business Class flights to China.
- Six nights room-only accommodation in a five-star hotel.
- A four-day pass to the WGC-HSBC Champions Tournament, which will include transport to and from the Sheshan golf course each day.
- HSBC hospitality on each of the four days, which will include breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea.

To stand a chance of being there, you need to nominate your own ultimate golf experiences – see right for details. To cast your vote and stand a chance of winning that trip to China, you can enter here.

Terms and conditions apply and can be found on www.hsbc.co.uk/premier-golf-network.

THE AWARDS: HOW TO VOTE

Over the next four months, we will be inviting you to vote for your favourite elements which make up the ultimate golf trip in the first HSBC Premier Golf Network Awards.

Those four elements will cover the courses, the clubhouses, the people and the local accommodation. This month, we’re looking at the courses.

We have five course categories for you to vote in; your favourite course, your favourite hole, your favourite view, the best-conditioned course you’ve ever played and your No.1 halfway hut. You can nominate any course in any of the five categories; it just has to be memorable to you. Vote now! Everyone who does will stand a chance of winning that dream trip to China in November.

Golf World and guests have nominated their favourites in each course category. What are yours?

OUR FAVOURITE COURSES
From Dornoch to Devon, tell us about the courses which have stuck in your memory.
1: Turnberry Ailsa, Ayrshire
2: Royal County Down, Co Down
3: Royal Birkdale, Merseyside
4: St Andrews Old, Fife
5: Muirfield, Lothian
Chosen by: The judges of Golf World’s Top 100 Courses in GB&I (2008).

OUR FAVOURITE VIEWS
Coastal, moorland, heathland… we want to hear of the most scenic tracks in GB&I.
1: The Castle Course, Fife
2: Turnberry, Ayrshire
3: Gleneagles, Perthshire
4: Perranporth, Cornwall
5: Goodwood, West Sussex
Chosen by: Chris Jones, Editor, Golf World.

OUR FAVOURITE HOLES
They might be strategic masterpieces, set in a stunning location… or both.
1: Par-3 15th at Kingsbarns, Fife
2: Par-4 17th at the Old Course, St Andrews, Fife
3: Par-5 5th at Wallasey GC, Merseyside
4: Par-4 16th at Waterville, Co Kerry
5: Par-4 10th at The Belfry, Warks
Chosen by: Chris Jones, Editor, Golf World.

OUR BEST-CONDITIONED COURSES
Vote for the courses you’ve played where there isn’t a blade of grass out of place.
1: St Andrews, Old Course (“fast fairways”)
2: Hankley Common (“perfect heathland”)
3: Loch Lomond (“the course delivers”)
4: West Sussex (“tight turf, heather, gorse”)
5: Muirfield (“perfect links turf”)
Chosen by: Adam Lawrence, Editor of Golf Course Architecture magazine

OUR FAVOURITE HALFWAY HUTS
From a great cup of tea to a brilliant bacon sandwich, vote for your best rest stop...
1: Sunningdale Old (“superb sausages”)
2: Wentworth West (“great memorabilia”)
3: The Grove (“all made to order”)
4: Rudding Park (“really good choice”)
5: Turnberry Ailsa (“best views”, below)
Chosen by: Jock Howard, who’s played 96 of Britain’s Top 100 Courses.