Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Wednesday 30 June 2010
There are several quality 2-FORE!-1 courses in and around Watford, Herts, just north of London. And the pick of the classy crop is undoubtedly the stunning Grove which famously staged a World Golf Championship (won by Tiger Woods) a few years ago. Just outside Watford you’ll also find the impressive parkland pair of Bushey Hall – the oldest course in Herts –...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Tuesday 29 June 2010
The Oxfordshire will be celebrating the opening of its 50-bedroom Hotel & Spa this July. The four-star hotel will boast a luxury spa with 15-metre pool and a signature restaurant overseen by Head Chef Richard Buy. The styling of the hotel has been personally overseen by Jennifer Gibbons, joint owner along with Paul Gibbons, its design a contemporary interpretation of traditional English Country House style. “I have...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 29 June 2010
The Open Championship is just a couple of weeks away but don’t worry if you can’t make St Andrews on July 15-18 because you can take part in your very own Open…at 10 brilliant 2-FORE!-1 links courses all over the UK. 2-FORE!-1 offers some of the best linksland in the land, including the magical Kintyre course at Turnberry in Scotland which...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 28 June 2010
Anything really interesting or extraordinary going on at your golf club? Then let us know and as a result your course could well make its way into the newlook August issue of Today’s Golfer magazine. We’re looking for all the top news and wackiest happenings at your golf club – whether it be somebody bagging two holes-in-one in a single round,...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 28 June 2010
Ian Gaunt, Assistant Director of Sport at St Andrews University, staged a superb finish to win the first hickory-only PowerPlay Golf event held at Kingarrock Golf Club on 4th June. Gaunt, who played professional football for Walsall FC, scored an amazing 22 Stableford points over the last 4 holes to total 29 points in winning the 9-hole ‘PowerPlay Golf Kingarrock Hickory...
Written by TG Courses editor on Saturday 26 June 2010
The Carrick on Loch Lomond will welcome golfers from around the World next month, when the magnificent championship course set on the banks of the infamous Loch Lomond, hosts the inaugural Hickory Open on the 7th of July. The event offers golfers of all abilities the chance to experience golf in its purest form, playing an 18-hole stableford competition with hickory...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 23 June 2010
Only three UK inland courses featured in sister magazine Golf World’s new Top 100 Courses of the World poll. The highest placed was the English Golf Union’s pride and joy – the superb Hotchkin track at Woodhall Spa in rural Lincolnshire. Wonderful Woodhall in fact was the lone UK inland course to secure a top 20 placing although both Loch Lomond and...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 22 June 2010
Talk about magical Middlesex. It’s not only the home of Lord’s and England cricket’s HQ, but some top quality 2-FORE!-1 golf courses as well. That’s right folks, this particular part of London offers an abundance of excellent golfing venues where you can use that 2-FORE!-1 voucher, entitling you to half-price green fees. You’ll certainly enjoy teeing it up on the pair of...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 22 June 2010
Award-winning golf operator Crown Golf has launched a new golf coaching programme, intended to revolutionise the way beginners take golf lessons at its network of Academies across the south of England. And the new scheme – which starts with a seven day free trial – marks the group’s largest-ever initiative to boost the number of golfers in the UK, with the...
Written by TG Courses Editor on Friday 18 June 2010
Travelling golfers will be rooting for England to go all the way in South Africa this summer because the longer the Three Lions stay in the World Cup the more opportunity there is to win vouchers from www.YourGolfTravel.com. Europe’s largest online golf travel retailer is giving £175 worth of vouchers to anyone booking with them while England remain in the World...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 16 June 2010
This week’s US Open venue – Pebble Beach in California – predictably fared well in Golf World magazine’s World Top 100 Courses poll. The breathtaking American links layout is widely regarded by many golfers as the finest course on Planet Golf though it had to settle for eighth place in GW’s Top 100 listing. Actually links courses dominated the poll and in...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 15 June 2010
2-FORE!-1 is extremely popular north of the border, specially in and around the city of Dundee in Angus. Jewel in the Dundee area’s 2-FORE!-1 crown is undoubtedly the stunning Medal Course at Montrose Golf Links – one of Scotland’s best seaside layouts and you can’t get much higher praise than that! Elsewhere, you’ll love the mature heathland track of Forfar as well...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 10 June 2010
The partnership with The European Tour will result in top-flight professional golf being staged in Turkey on a new José Maria Olazábal-designed course. Belek, 25 kilometres east of Antalya International Airport, is already a golf tourism hotspot and was voted European Golf Destination of the Year by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators in 2008. Now, joining London Golf...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 10 June 2010
The 2010 Ryder Cup is less than four months away and with the public ticket ballot well and truly closed, The Celtic Manor Resort, host venue of October’s showpiece event, is offering golf fans one last chance to be a part of the action. Celtic Manor’s exclusive Twenty Ten membership, available until the end of June, is the last option for...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Wednesday 9 June 2010
Following a two-year £2 million investment, the new Kernow Course at St Mellion International Resort is now complete. With the Kernow Course now open, St Mellion – owned and operated by award-winning golf group Crown Golf – once more merits a place in the upper tier of European 36-hole golf resorts. With nine brand-new holes, and with nine of the best from...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 9 June 2010
America has provided five of the top ten courses in Golf World magazine’s Top 100 Courses in the World poll. Courses from these shores occupy four other top 10 placings while Australia’s classy Royal Melbourne also features in the coveted top 10. Turnberry’s magical Ailsa Course, scene of last year’s memorable Open Championship, is the best placed of the British contenders with this...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 8 June 2010
Thailand is a fantastic golfing destination with some truly amazing courses…and guaranteed weather! And it’s a good idea in terms of getting value-for-money to take your holiday before October 31st, when courses and hotels are still at low season discounted rates. The climate through July to October is still generally pretty good, and the golf courses are in great condition after the...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 8 June 2010
To celebrate its 250th anniversary Brocket Hall, the premier golf club, stately home and country estate, has launched a cracking residential golf package that will undoubtedly appeal to golfers who enjoy the very ´best of British.´ This summer the Hertfordshire based club launches the Stately Home Golf Promotion by opening its illustrious doors to golfers who want to play championship golf...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Monday 7 June 2010
If you’re looking for a quality round of 2-FORE!-1 GOLF then head for the university city of Oxford and you won’t be disappointed. Some great 2-FORE!-1 golf is to be had in and around Oxford and here’s a handful of the best courses to use that 2-FORE!-1 voucher at. You’ll be well impressed with both the course and the price – remember...
Written by TG Courses editor on Saturday 5 June 2010
Looking for a great value-for-money golf break in sunny Spain? Then here’s some cracking deals that will almost certainly do the trick. You’ll be based at the four star Hotel Iberostar Royal Andalus hotel with the golfing action centred around the superb Club de Golf Novo Sancti Petri which dramatically overlooks the Atlantic coast. So check these out then: Till the end of...