October

  • Golfers make a bee-line for Camberley Heath

    Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 31 October 2013

    Project Pollinator was launched at Surrey’s Camberley Heath GC back in August when eight honey bee hives were installed in the out of play area near the 17th and 18th fairways. The idea came about when Course Manager, Nick Paris, was exploring ways to regenerate the heathland on the course and one option he suggested was to increase the heather growth. Nick...

  • Links with History bargain this winter

    Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 30 October 2013

    Golfers can enjoy winter golf at its finest in Scotland’s Kingdom of Fife thanks to a special offer from ‘Links with History.’ The unique initiative is offering a special rate of £90 for golf at all four member clubs between November 1 and March 31, 2014. A minimum of two courses must be booked to take advantage of this offer. Links with...

  • 2-FORE!-1 Best of Britain: Kent

    Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 30 October 2013

    Kent, the so-called Garden of England, is a golfing paradise and fortunately boasts some magical 2-FORE!-1 courses, both coastal and inland. Here are some of the best you can play for half-price thanks to 2-FORE!-1 Golf of course. *Walmer & Kingsdown – This historic James Braid clifftop/downland layout opened in 1909 and during the Second World War was used as a...

  • 2-FORE!-1 Six of the Best

    Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 28 October 2013

    A cracking Cornish clifftop layout and a long established super Surrey venue are among this week’s pick of 2-FORE!-1 Golf – the biggest and best discounted green fee scheme in golf. *Linden Hall (pictured), Northumberland – This impressive Macdonald hotels venue is well worth pencilling into your diary for the new season. It’s a mature parkland layout and you have to deal...

  • The Big Easy does it in Malaysia

    Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 25 October 2013

    Destination Resorts and Hotels (DRH), a strategic owner and developer of world class resort destinations, welcomed Ernie Els to The Els Club, Teluk Datai in Langkawi today. The 4 time Major Champion, made the short journey to Langkawi from Kuala Lumpur with representatives from DRH and Troon to examine the progress of the course and make any final adjustments before the...

  • 2-FORE!-1 Best of Britain: Wiltshire

    Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 24 October 2013

    Wiltshire may be a relatively small county but when it comes to 2-FORE!-1 golf it’s huge. It provides 2-FORE!-1 quality aplenty with the stunning layouts of Bowood G&CC and nearby Manor House showing the way. *Bowood G&CC (pictured) – This mature and outstanding DaveThomas parkland track provides a memorable round and is always in tip-top shape. Bowood has a splendid variety of...

  • Great value golf in Britain’s smallest county

    Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 24 October 2013

    Greetham Valley Hotel, Golf and Conference Centre, ideally located just off the A1 in Rutland – Britain’s smallest county – is offering some cracking deals this winter. The popular venue boasts two contrasting 18-hole courses (Lakes and Valley), a short course and excellent practice facilities including a floodlit driving range plus a comfortable on-site hotel of course. Another plus factor is that...

  • Black sheep welcome addition to Machrihanish Dunes family

    Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 22 October 2013

    One of Scotland’s most dramatic golf courses, Machrihanish Dunes, is celebrating the Year of Natural Scotland by herding an unusual bunch of ‘locals’ back onto the course. Keeping it neatly nibbled during the winter months, the maintenance of this stunning coastal course is a labour of love for these ‘natural lawnmowers’; a flock of 40 black Hebridean sheep. After swinging back into...

  • 2-FORE!-1 Six of the Best

    Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 22 October 2013

    2-FORE!-1 Golf boasts 900-plus course members all over the country and picking one out is no easy task so every week we look to give 2-FORE!-1ers a much needed helping hand and guide. So this week’s 2-FORE!-1 selections are: *Seascale, Cumbria (pictured) – Links golf isn’t all about the superstars of St Andrews, Muirfield, Royal Birkdale you know. It’s all about...

  • Club secures funding to attract non-golfers to sport

    Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 15 October 2013

    Gaudet Luce Golf Club near Droitwich has secured funding for a national programme aimed at attracting more people to the sport. The club is aiming to encourage more people to the club to try the game through the county-wide Get Into Golf initiative. As part of the programme, the family-owned club, which opened its doors in 1995, has launched a five-week programme of...

  • De Vere pays tribute to late course architect Dave Thomas

    Tuesday 15 October 2013

    De Vere has chosen to honour the legacy of iconic course designer Dave Thomas by installing a number of unique commemorative plaques at each of the courses he designed across the group’s portfolio of UK golf resorts. Thomas has a legendary status within the game following a stand-out playing career, before becoming one of the world’s most renowned golf course designers,...

  • 2-FORE!-1 Six of the Best

    Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 14 October 2013

    Here’s another smashing six 2-FORE!-1 courses which do 2-FORE!-1 Golf proud – and ensure you get a great game at a great price. This week’s venues range from the quirky Scottish links of Cullen to the inland beauty of Cumbrian cracker Kirkby Lonsdale. *Cottrell Park, South Glamorgan  (pictured right) – Cottrell has two 18 hole courses with the Button Gwinnett layout...

  • Perthshire club looks to the future

    Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 14 October 2013

    Work has begun on the third and final stage of Pitlochry Golf Club’s ground-breaking Centre for Excellence project, with a new 6 hole short course due for completion this month. The scenic course below Ben Y Vrackie is undergoing the biggest development in its history, adding practice facilities that will make put Pitlochry firmly on the golfing map. Earlier this year a...

  • Mouth-watering winter offer at magical Manor House

    Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 11 October 2013

    Golfers are set for a treat at The Manor House Golf Club this winter with the popular Wiltshire venue’s latest stay-and-play packages including the chance to experience fine-dining at its Michelin-starred restaurant. The popular venue in Castle Combe (pictured right), near Bath, is offering exceptional value to visitors this autumn and winter – with a one-night break and two rounds of...

  • Costa Dorada venue going from strength to strength

    Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 11 October 2013

    Lumine Golf Club this week demonstrated its growing status as one of Continental Europe’s most alluring and sought-after golfing destinations, welcoming over 400 golfers across its two championship courses in a single day. On the back of a record year in which the resort has already out-performed its forecasted rate of uptake from core European Golf target markets, with increased Year-on-Year...

  • Royal Dornoch offers 25% discount to Scottish club members

    Wednesday 9 October 2013

    Royal Dornoch (pictured) – the spectacular links course on the Dornoch Firth – has entered into a partnership with the Scottish Golf Union to offer members of affiliated golf clubs in Scotland savings of 25% off green fees on its Championship course. The offer, which is exclusive to full members of all clubs affiliated to the SGU, provides golfers with the...

  • 2-FORE!-1 Six of the Best

    Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 8 October 2013

    You’ll discover well over 900 courses in the 2-FORE!-1 scheme, including superstar venues The Grove, Turnberry, Gleneagles and St Mellion – all offering sensational half-price golf. Here are another half-a-dozen not-so-familiar – ‘unsung heroes’ if you like – which will nevertheless provide you with a golfing outing to remember. For all the right reasons… *Wokefield Park, Berkshire  (pictured) – A challenging but...

  • Free golf on offer at top Cornwall venue

    Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 8 October 2013

    That’s right, there are some great deals going down this month (October) at Cornwall’s stunning four star Carlyon Bay Hotel just outside St Austell. For starters, you can save up to £240 on a four night stay on the Brend Hotel’s seasonal breaks tariff – stay for three nights and you’ll receive the following absolutely free! In addition, you’ll not only benefit...

  • La Manga in the running for hat-trick of travel titles

    Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 8 October 2013

    The five-star La Manga Club is seeking to complete an unprecedented hat-trick by being named Spain’s no.1 resort in Today’s Golfer’s annual Travel Awards for a third year in a row. The award-winning venue was the unanimous choice of readers of the leading UK golf magazine in 2011 and 2012 and once again is in the running for the coveted title...

  • 2-FORE!-1 Best of Britain: Shropshire

    Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 7 October 2013

    The county of Shropshire, bordering the West Midlands and North Wales, boasts a terrific variety of courses with several belonging to 2-FORE!-1 Golf. They include a stunning little gem and a trio of belting stay and play venues. *Church Stretton (pictured right), near Shrewsbury – One of the county’s oldest 18-hole layouts and with legends like James Braid, Harry Vardon, and J.H.

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