Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 3 December 2009
There’s plenty of cracking golf to be played and enjoyed in around the Geordie capital, including many 2-FORE!-GOLF venues. One of the best is the star-studded De Vere Slaley Hall Resort, home of the excellent Hunting and Priestman layouts. Nearby you’ll find the mature parkland course of Hexham while there are a number of other superb stay and play venues such as...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 3 December 2009
A new golf event for amateur golfers across the country is coming to Angus and East Perthshire. The Scottish Golf Pairs Challenge was launched at Blairgowrie Golf Club and helping to do so were 2009 Walker Cup player and recent winner of the Irish Amateur Championship, Gavin Dear, and former Scottish Amateur Strokeplay and Match Play Champion, Kevin McAlpine. The event will...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 3 December 2009
Popular 2-FORE!-1 venue Dorset Golf & Country Club has just invested £1m, having now opened a new bowling rink and fitness centre. This is a fantastic new addition to the popular resort of luxury log cabins and hotel combined with 27 holes of excellent parkland golf. Two of the worlds greatest ever bowlers – David Bryant C.B.E. & Tony Allcock M.B.E. – attended...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 1 December 2009
The West Yorkshire city has some of the best inland courses in the UK and fortunately several belong to 2-FORE!-1 GOLF and offer half-price golf – provided you’ve got a 2-FORE!-1 voucher. Pick of this classy crop is the Robert Trent Jones-designed Moor Allerton which boasts three outstanding loops of nine holes… and offers 2-FORE!-1 golf in midweek. Meanwhile, at the municipal...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 1 December 2009
The award-winning Vigia Group has re-launched its holiday website incorporating a brand new design, additional functionalities and improved user experience… along with a massive 20% discount on all online bookings. With an aim to double the number of online users over the next six months, Vigia’s new site has been designed for those looking to holiday in luxury on first...
Written by TG Travel Writer on Thursday 26 November 2009
Gary Player To Host Debut Saadiyat Beach Classic Abu Dhabi, UAE: Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC), the Abu Dhabi-based master developer of Saadiyat Island and its stunning Saadiyat Beach Golf Club, will stage the Saadiyat Beach Classic, a top-tier international charity golf tournament hosted by golfing legend Gary Player. The event is expected to attract major golfing and non-golfing celebrities...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 24 November 2009
The English Amateur Championship will head to one of its most northerly outposts when it is played at Silloth-on-Solway in London Olympics year, 2012. Also in the 2012 fixtures just released, Walton Heath will be the venue for the Brabazon Trophy while the Men’s County Finals will be staged at Beau Desert. Silloth-on-Solway in Cumbria, proved a testing venue for the Logan...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 20 November 2009
A number of courses only take part in 2-FORE!-1 Golf in low season (winter) – another good reason to keep you on the course year-round. And there are some excellent 2-2-FORE!-1 Golf winter only tracks among them, including the classy North Wales links of Conwy. This quality course can be played for half-price (with a 2-FORE!-1 Golf voucher) any day of the week...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 19 November 2009
2010 marks another milestone in golf history as The Open Championship celebrates its 150th Anniversary in July. And to mark the historic event Musselburgh Old Course Golf Club (MOCGC), the club at the world’s oldest golf course, is hosting the official Scottish Golf Heritage Festival, a golf tournament and festival celebration on July 9-12. The tournament, open to golfers worldwide, will celebrate...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 19 November 2009
Heythrop Park, England’s newest golf resort, is launching two exclusive ‘Membership Open Days’ on Saturday December 12th and Wednesday December 16th. Golfers throughout the region – Heythrop is 30mins north west of Oxford near Chipping Norton – are invited to register promptly for either date and play the Championship Bainbridge Course for the very first time: the day includes breakfast on...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 17 November 2009
The Wales capital is a hotbed of 2-FORE!-1 Golf. There are some great courses in and around Cardiff – particularly when it comes to quality stay and play options. Just down the M4 outside Newport is the 2010 Ryder Cup venue of Celtic Manor – you can tee it up for half-price on both the Roman Road and Montgomerie layouts provided you’ve...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 13 November 2009
Leading UK golf resort – and top 2-FORE!-1 GOLF venue – Slaley Hall will host the De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Championship for a third successive year. The £250,000 tournament – one of only two 72-hole strokeplay events on the European Senior Tour – will be played over the Dave Thomas-designed Hunting Course from June 24-27, 2010. Record Senior Tour money winner...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 13 November 2009
The National Golf Club Challenge has announced that all 11 of the prestigious UK De Vere Hotels, Resorts & Venues golfing resorts will be participating in the 2010 Challenge event, with the aim of raising thousands of pounds for the worthy Help for Heroes cause. The Challenge, to be held on the 24th and 25th July, will bring hundreds of...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 13 November 2009
Here’s six very good reasons to make sure you stay on course this winter – half-a-dozen off-season stars of 2-FORE!-1 Golf. All these venues not offer only half-price green fees – provided you’ve got a 2-FORE!-1 Golf voucher – but they’re almost certain to be open with the normal tees and greens in play. Watch out for this new feature every week...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 13 November 2009
Want to know all about Britain & Ireland’s greatest courses? Of course you do and you can do just that by buying Golf World magazine’s 132-page book – a lavishly-illustrated list of the very best places to play in the land. GW’s judging panel – the most respected in the game, including players, commentators and designers – has put together the definitive...
Written by TG Features Writer on Friday 13 November 2009
Seven-time World Matchplay champion Ernie Els visited Wentworth’s new-look West Course on Wednesday and hit the first ever shots onto the new 18th green. Els, whose design team have been overseeing the £6 million renovation project of the West Course, was excited to see the final phases of the incredible modernisation of Harry Colt’s classic. He said: “Since my last visit to...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 11 November 2009
Carnoustie Golf Links Management Committee has announced that its online bookings increased by 18% during the year ending October 31st 2009. The value of online green fee sales rose by 24% during the same period and for the first time exceeded £400,000. “We launched our online booking system back in 2003 and each year since then we have seen significant increases in...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 10 November 2009
This is the second in our new series looking at great 2-FORE!-1 Golf courses in and around Britain’s main cities. After kicking-off with Coventry last week, we turn our attention to the golfing delights based around the city of Bristol. Probably the pick of the classy Bristol bunch is The Players Club which opened seven years ago and, being one of the...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 9 November 2009
A West Lothian golfer has been crowned national amateur champion after lifting the TaylorMade Amateur Championship in association with TGI Golf. Stephen Hubbard, a member of Bathgate Golf Club, beat off competition from 19 other golfers in the grand final, played at Dalmahoy Hotel, Edinburgh. The championship was contested over Dalmahoy’s East Course, and each team received amateur championship adidas shirt, TaylorMade...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 9 November 2009
Fantastic winter deals are coming in thick and fast but you’ll struggle to beat this one based at world-famous Scottish resort Gleneagles. From now until April 10 you can take full advantage of a superb Sunday night offer for £125 per person (based on two people sharing) which costs just £125 per person and includes a complimentary round of golf or a...