2-FORE!-1 six of the best
By 2-FORE!-1 Golf
Course News
24 January 2012 09:59
Another top six tracks which should be on your 2-FORE!-1 radar in 2012. Remember you can play all of them for half-price with a 2-FORE!-1 voucher.
* Gleneagles (Queen's course), Perthshire, Scotland - it may be regarded as the third of the trio of Gleneagles courses but the Queen’s is an absolute gem and classic in its own right. The par-66 may lack yardage alongside its two superstar neighbours - the King's and the PGA Centenary - but majestically manoeuvres through an idyllic setting.
* The Machrie, Isle of Islay - right up there with Scotland’s legendary links courses. At just over 6,000 yards the course isn’t long but there’s no doubt the Machrie can be a beast as well as a beauty when the wind is blowing.
*Northop G&CC, Flintshire, Wales - home of a striking Georgian-style clubhouse, as well as a superb John Jacobs-designed parkland course.
*Portal (Championship course), Cheshire - one of the north west’s finest stay and play venues, Portal is nothing short of a golfing paradise. You’ll find two quality 18 hole courses, a nine-hole par-30 layout and one of Europe’s largest indoor golf centres plus a four star Macdonald hotel.
*Meyrick Park, Dorset - set in 120 acres of scenic undulating parkland in the seaside town of Bournemouth and memorably starts with a 244-yards par-3.
*North Shore, Lincs - literally down the road and coast from Skegness and provides superb holiday golf. A splendid James Braid parkland/links combo.
