Written by TG Staff Writer on Thursday 16 July 2009
Great value is par for the course when you play golf at Marriott’s 11 Hotel & Country Clubs in the UK and Ireland. Beautifully maintained in stunning surroundings, experience the ultimate range of championship courses and lavish off-course facilities at unbelievable prices. Group Golf days from £44 per person Test your skills and catch up with your golfing buddies over lunch or...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 10 July 2009
The Open Championship gets underway at Turnberry next week which means that links golf will be well to the fore in the coming days and weeks… So if you fancy a round of quality links golf, pretending to be battling it out for the Claret Jug, there are some fantastic links layouts on offer in 2-FORE!-1 Golf. And among them is Royal...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Thursday 9 July 2009
Another cracking course has just signed up for 2-FORE!-1 Golf. 2-FORE!-1 Golf will now be on offer at the superb Park Course at historic Goodwood, West Sussex, with immediate effect. From now on, half-price golf will be available at this top venue – provided you’ve got a 2-FORE!-1 Golf voucher of course – after 1pm seven days a week until August 31st. The Park was...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 7 July 2009
If you do you could well be duly and rightly rewarded with a whole bunch of 2-FORE!-1 vouchers up for grabs every week starting from this week… That’s right golfers, every week we will be offering a grand total of TEN 2-FORE!-1 vouchers and all you have to do to get among the 2-FORE!-1 vouchers is to say what you really...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 7 July 2009
Liverpool’s flying Spanish winger, Albert Riera, is the latest celebrity golfer to enjoy a round at prestigious Majorcan course Son Gual. For the £8m, 13-times-capped former Mallorca man it was a trip home, as he was born in the nearby town of Manacor, 28 years ago. Riera’s Liverpool team-mates returned to training on Monday while the winger, whose season had been...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 6 July 2009
De Vere’s stunning Carrick on Loch Lomond golf course welcomed its touring professional, 1999 Open Champion, Paul Lawrie and 19 European Tour stars as the Paul Lawrie Foundation hosted a special fund raising event on the eve of the Barclay’s Scottish Open. To open proceedings local school children were invited to the picturesque resort to enjoy a short game clinic...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 6 July 2009
The Fairmont St Andrews, a 5-star cliff-top resort just outside the Hoem of Golf, has announced it will open the exciting new Torrance Course for play on 13th July. The new improvements on The Torrance Course were conducted under the direction of golf course architect Gary Stephenson. With 8 holes re-designed, new tee boxes and revetted bunkers throughout, the course is set...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 3 July 2009
Parkland courses are far and away the most common type of golf course in the UK….and there are some fantastic ones on offer for half the normal green fee in 2-FORE!-1 Golf. In fact some of the country’s very best parkland layouts happen to belong to 2-FORE!-1 Golf, so with a 2-FORE!-1 Golf voucher in hand you can secure a memorable round of...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Thursday 2 July 2009
Heathland courses are a big hit with golfers everywhere…and there’s loads of them in 2-FORE!-1 Golf. There’s something extra special about playing a heathland course. For starters, with the heather and gorse in full bloom they’re very pleasing on the eye. Secondly, they’re usually based on sand so boast firm, crisp fairways and greens which are playable throughout the year. As we say,...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 2 July 2009
The spectacular new Nick Faldo course at Lough Erne opened this week. And golfers eager to be the first to play Ireland’s newest golfing masterpiece in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, can now book on-line. Simply go to www.loughernegolfresort.com click on book a tee time on the home page and select the preferred date and time to play this stunning new championship course...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 1 July 2009
Sundridge Park Golf Club’s two 18-hole courses will begin a phased renovation this autumn under the auspices of Swan Golf Designs. Swan GD has recently completed the blueprints for the management of the landscape and bunker strategy on both the East and West courses at the Kent venue, following a detailed appraisal of both layouts, and is being retained by the...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 1 July 2009
Golf fanatics who can’t make it to Turnberry can still enjoy the 138th Open Championship in style thanks to Your Golf Travel.com. Europe’s fastest-growing golf travel company has put together a range of Open Sunday packages at more than 20 golf venues across the UK, giving golfers the perfect way to experience the climax of the country’s biggest golf event. Arriving on...
Written by Padraig Harrington on Wednesday 1 July 2009
1st hole The first hole is a nice pleasant opening hole, although it depends on how the wind is blowing as to how it will play. Generally it will be a lay up off the tee with a hybrid or maybe even less; depending on how firm conditions are it maybe even a four or five iron off the tee...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 30 June 2009
The railways have played a major role in golfing history and down the years have been instrumental in putting many golfing venues on the map. Our 2-FORE!-1 half-price scheme is littered with courses which have strong railway connections, none more so than Cornwall’s Carlyon Bay – the Great Western Railway literally runs through the heart of this coastal cracker. So if you’re...
Written by Golf World on Monday 29 June 2009
There have been quite a few changes made to The Open venue this year. get the latest news on The Open course and see what the players will face. Toughened Turnberry Designers Mackenzie & Ebert talk us through the changes on each hole… 1. Ailsa Craig 354 yards, Par 4 With the opening hole being driveable in certain conditions, it was...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 26 June 2009
They’re the unsung heroes of 2-FORE!-1 Golf – the so-called no.2 courses at leading UK golfing venues. However, very often these layouts are quality courses in their own right and though they usually get overlooked for the neighbouring main attractions, they’re still very much well worth giving a go especially as you can tackle them for half-price with a 2-FORE!-1 voucher… These...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 25 June 2009
Moortown Golf Club’s Centenary Year reaches its climax next week with a week-long Festival of Golf featuring 18 former Ryder Cup players with 33 Ryder Cup appearances between them. They will be competing at the Leeds club in a Ryder Cup Reunion Pro Am on Monday, June 29th – one of two signature events in the Centenary Festival Week. The following day,...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 25 June 2009
In many eyes, a round of golf followed by an afternoon at the races provides the perfect sporting day out. And the great news is that this memorable sporting day can be experienced at several 2-FORE!-1 golf venues which just happen to be a stone’s throw from leading horse racing tracks up and down the country. So if you’ve lost a few...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 25 June 2009
A team of six West Country golfers shot more than 50 birdies while taking part in a 24-hour golf marathon at Thornbury Golf Centre, Bristol, to raise money for prostate cancer care and research. The team played 126 holes – that’s seven complete rounds – to raise funds for the Bristol Urological Institute’s Prostate Cancer Appeal, which the Golf...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 22 June 2009
Marriott has launched a Group Golf offer that is both great value and ideal for golfers looking for that intimate golfing experience with friends or colleagues. This exceptional deal is available at 9 of Marriott’s Hotel and Country Clubs, which are conveniently located around the UK. Available seven days a week until the end of April 2010, this unique Group...