Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 23 September 2009
The acclaimed Dundonald Links Golf Club, near Prestwick on Scotland’s West Coast, has launched a new Winter Season Ticket which allows golfers who make an initial down payment of £195 to play unlimited golf between October 1st 2009 and March 31st 2010 for just a further £15 a round. The Winter Season Ticket entitles golfers to play as many rounds as...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 22 September 2009
Despite the recession, there has never been a better time for UK golfers to holiday abroad – in fact there are 250,000 reasons to do so. That is the message from Your Golf Travel.com, which expects to have offered its customers more than a quarter of a million free rounds of golf by the end of the year. Highlighting a combination of...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 18 September 2009
The Nullarbor Links – all 1,365 kilometres or nearly 850 miles of it – is set to open Down Under. Not surprisingly this unique layout is the world’s longest golf course…by many a mile! The 18-hole par 72 course will span 1,365 kilometers with one hole in each participating town or roadhouse along the Eyre Highway, from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia to...
Written by 2-FORE!-1-Golf on Thursday 17 September 2009
There’s some great 2-FORE!-1 Golf to be played and enjoyed in the neighbouring counties of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. In Beds you’ll find a number of excellent parkland courses with Leighton Buzzard and Pavenham being among the best of the bunch. You’ll also enjoy the challenges posed by Bedford & County and The Bedfordshire while in Bucks Flackwell Heath is a splendid heathland...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 17 September 2009
County Champions from across England will head for EGU headquarters at Woodhall Spa this weekend (19th & 20th September) for the English County Champions Tournament and the inaugural Junior County Champions Tournament. Both will be played over 36 holes on the Hotchkin Course, the juniors playing one round on each day, while the men’s event is confined to two rounds...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Wednesday 16 September 2009
2-FORE!-1 Golf is alive and kicking – and thriving – in the golf-mad county of Essex. There are some terrific parkland and American-style layouts sprinkled all over the county including the fabulous Five Lakes resort, home of the 18 hole Links and Lakes layouts which both offer half-price golf. Another top venue is Benton Hall which offers a par-72 course as well...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 16 September 2009
Pre-match events are well underway at De Vere’s stunning Carrick on Loch Lomond golf course as it hosts the 24th PGA Cup matches. The talking stops on Friday morning when the first match gets underway but for now the two Captains are happy to soak up the atmosphere, keep a watchful eye on the form of their players and enjoy the...
Written by TG Travel Writer on Wednesday 16 September 2009
Ireland boasts some of the best golf courses in the world and you can play some of the top layouts which feature in the fantastic Irish golf breaks below…. Break 1: The Burren Challenge This “Early Bird Special” combines 3 of the top Clare courses – Lahinch, Doonbeg & Dromoland. Cost: €235 per person. (approx £212). You can also package the Burren Challenge with various...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 15 September 2009
The county of Shropshire is a 2-FORE!-1 Golf paradise. This underrated golfing county boasts some superb golf venues and fortunately several are in 2-FORE!-1 Golf and offer half-price green fees. Cleobury Mortimer and The Shropshire should be both at the top of your Shropshire hit list – they’re both excellent modern golfing venues and offer 27 holes, three loops of nine, of...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 15 September 2009
Over the past 20 years, Wensum Valley Golf Club has grown to become one of Norfolk’s leading golf and leisure resorts. Set in the heart of the Wensum Valley, there are breathtaking views over the 350 acre site, which is covered by two 18 hole golf courses, a 90 bedroom hotel and excellent state-of-the-art leisure complex facilities. The free draining courses allow...
Monday 14 September 2009
The Duke’s, St Andrews, is already looking forward to a full season of golf as winter approaches and unlike many other courses in Scotland, the championship heathland course will allow golfers to play the full length of the course from a choice of four sets of tees to full greens and directly from the fairways (as opposed to from mats). With...
Written by TG Travel Editor on Monday 14 September 2009
Lots of places pride themselves as being “the ultimate holiday destination”. Very few deliver. The Constance Lemuria Resort, on the island of Praslin in the Seychelles, delivers in spades. Don’t take it from me. Take it from the Hawksbill Turtle. These turtles are famously shy, fussy, nervous creatures. When they shuffle up the sand to make their nests, they demand absolute...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 11 September 2009
Lucky John McGee chose exactly the right time to score his first hole in one. John (28 hcp), from Ingleby Barwick, near Middlesbrough, aced the 15th hole on the new Rockliffe Hall course at Hurworth, near Darlington – and picked up a £23,000 Jaguar car at the same time. John, who had only played three times this year, was playing in a...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 11 September 2009
Golfers are having a ball at 2-FORE!-1 Golf courses up and down the country. And that’s official… Not only are golfers saving themselves loads of dosh by forking out on half-price green fees, they’re having a great time when they actually get out onto the course too. Players regularly inform us of their memorable 2-FORE!-1 Golf experiences and here’s just a handful...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 11 September 2009
Some of the best practice facilities in the country belong to 2-FORE!-1 Golf, enabling you to warm-up for that eagerly-awaited round in style. Practice certainly makes perfect so you’ll have no excuses when you take to the 1st tee for your half-price 2-FORE!-1 Golf round at this quality quartet… Marriott Forest of Arden, Warwicks What to expect: There’s a 16 bay covered floodlit...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Thursday 10 September 2009
Why not head west – to Gloucestershire and Somerset to be precise – for some top deals and 2-FORE!-1 Golf venues? There are plenty of quality courses to be played in these neighbouring counties, ranging from excellent parkland and heathland to impressive links layouts such as Weston-Super-Mare. If it’s a serious golfing challenge you’re after then you’ll get just that at Oake...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 9 September 2009
The refurbished Laguna course in Vilamoura in the Algarve is set for completion in the next few weeks. The Laguna is one of seven Oceanico courses in the region, the others including the famous Old Course and the Arnold Palmer-designed Victoria layout. The course that has played an integral role in providing first class golf and a major part in creating an unrivalled...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 8 September 2009
It’s all change for the PGA North Region Championship as it switches from the North East to Yorkshire after attracting new funding. International freight forwarders Thomson Davis will sponsor the 36-hole tournament, which will include a curtain-raising pro-am, at Marriott Hollins Hall Golf and Country Club on September 29-30. Hollins Hall Golf Club, near Bradford, is a member of 2-FORE!-1 Golf and offers...
Written by TG Travel Writer on Monday 7 September 2009
Charles de Gaulle once said: “To bring together a country that has 265 different cheeses is no simple matter.” France may have a whole range of regional flavours, but none is more powerfully idiosyncratic than Brittany; Bretons, fiercely proud of their Celtic traditions, are a class apart from your average Frenchmen. And for the Briton in search of Breton culture, Brittany...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 4 September 2009
Rockliffe Hall, just outside Darlington, is poised to become a major new star of the north east region. The course – at nearly 7,900 yards off the back tips – is almost certainly the longest in the country. It only opened a few weeks ago but is already looking in superb nick with the five star on-site hotel and spa well on...