Written by Ashburnham Golf Club, Course News on Friday 29 June 2007
Ashburnham Golf Club has been given a double reason to celebrate after being chosen to host two of the most prestigious amateur tournaments in Wales. The Carmarthenshire course has beaten off competition from a strong list of contenders to be selected by the Golf Union of Wales (GUW) as a future venue for the Welsh Open Strokeplay Championship – the union’s...
Written by Courses editor Kevin Brown on Friday 15 June 2007
Retief Goosen may be struggling to find his best form on the course at the moment but things are going well for the South African off course: he’s rapidly making a name for himself in the world of golf course design. The ‘Goose’ has already designed four courses in South Africa and one in Korea but his best yet could be his...
Written by Kevin Brown, Courses Editor on Tuesday 5 June 2007
Six-time Major cham Nick Faldo was in Turkey last week to officially open one of his “best courses” – the 27-hole Cornelia Golf Club near Belek, in Southern Turkey. It’s Faldo’s first design project in the eastern Mediterranean and consists of three separate nine-hole loops, Cornelia is built on a vast ridge of sand dunes, and threads its way through...