Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 4 April 2012
Ever fancied flying by private jet to play golf at five of Europe’s most scenic golf courses in five days or playing some of America’s and the Caribbean’s most exclusive golf courses with your friends? Well now you can thanks to a new bespoke golf tour series offered by Swiss travel specialists Le Bureau. Specialising in delivering extraordinary money-can’t-buy experiences, Le...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Wednesday 4 April 2012
The 2012 season is now underway, the Masters is being played this week and you’re chomping at the bit for a quality but top value round of golf. Where do you go? Check out any of these 2-FORE!-1 belters and you’ll be in golfing heaven…you can tackle all of them for half-price with a 2-FORE!-1 voucher. *Gleneagles (Queen’s course), Perthshire, Scotland –...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 4 April 2012
LatestGolfWeather.com is a quick and simple service that provides golfers with everything they need to predict the weather on their golf course. The instant and accurate course specific weather forecasts pin-point the conditions for the next 14 days on any golf course. And now it’s available in the Apple app store . Whether you need to choose the best day to play...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 3 April 2012
Following an enthralling team trial for this year’s Curtis Cup, the GB & I team has praised the host venue – Nairn GC in the Scottish Highlands – for its preparations ahead of the eagerly awaited international match. With less than 70 days before the 37th staging of the Curtis Cup between June 8-10, the final stages of a three-year improvement...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 2 April 2012
Troon, the leader in upscale golf course management, development, and marketing, has seen one of its UK-managed properties develop a unique strategy that is attracting interest from golfers in the Midland and Northern regions of England. Astbury Hall, developed by famed musician Ken Downing, has just unveiled a new innovative loyalty scheme aimed at moving the club away from the...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Monday 2 April 2012
Cornwall is a great holiday – and golfing – destination. And here are the cream of the county’s 2-FORE!-1 crop…six venues which confirm it’s status as one of the best golf holiday hotspots in the land. Don’t forget, if you’ve got a 2-FORE!-1 voucher you can secure half-price green fees at all of them! * St Mellion – This is the home...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 2 April 2012
The long awaited two-tier driving range at Thorpe Wood Golf Course in Peterborough opened at the weekend. The first ball to be fired on the driving range was struck by Roger Fitton, who ran the golf course from 1975 until 2011. Having retired last year it was felt it was fitting for Roger to return to be a part of the...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Wednesday 28 March 2012
Don’t know where to use that 2-FORE!-1 voucher? Take your pick from these top tracks dotted all over the country… *The Glen, East Lothian – originally a nine-hole golf course, The Glen was extended to 18 in 1906 by James Braid and Ben Sayers. It hugs the sparkling coastline and its series of spectacular holes have great views of the Firth...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 27 March 2012
The county of Derbyshire is the home of around a dozen 2-FORE!-1 venues and they’re all pretty tasty. And here’s the pick of Derbyshire’s classy 2-FORE!-1 crop….great courses you can play at a great price: half-price green fees provided you’ve got a 2-FORE!-1 voucher. *Breadsall Priory – superb Marriott country club where you where you can take your pick between the contrasting...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 23 March 2012
De Vere is celebrating the second anniversary of its pioneering membership scheme, the De Vere Club, which has experienced remarkable success since being launched by Honorary Captain Peter Alliss in March 2010. De Vere has changed the way modern golfers look at golf club memberships with a unique approach that has been championed for its flexibility and affordability. The Club...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 23 March 2012
The signature 18th at Burhill Golf Club is a daunting closing hole requiring a tee shot that carries water to a two-tier green protected by tall trees, 161-yards away – all done with the eyes of the clubhouse and restaurant fixed upon you. However, none of this fazed Rob Kenwood, who watched his shot sail over the River Mole, thread between...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 23 March 2012
Six more top 2-FORE!-1 tracks where you’re guaranteed a round to remember… * Portal (Championship course) – one of the north west’s finest stay and play venues, Portal is a golfing paradise. Top attraction though is the 20-year-old Donald Steel-designed Championship course which claimed the region’s Golf Course-of-the-Year award in 1995. There’s a terrific combination of holes including the stunning par-5...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 22 March 2012
The Duke’s Golf Club – part of the five red star Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa in St Andrews – has won the accolade for providing the “best greens” in Britain at an award ceremony recognising ‘Service Excellence’ within golf. The honour, awarded by 59club – the independent golf analysts measuring service at leading golf venues across the country – resulted...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 22 March 2012
Preliminary course design work to prepare the venue of The 2018 Ryder Cup, Le Golf National, Paris, for one of the world biggest sporting events, has already begun. It may be six and a half years away, but the European Tour Destination’s Albatross Course is benefiting from the expertise of European Golf Design (EGD) whose senior design team is liaising with the European...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 20 March 2012
Celebrities and local business people will be competing against each other on the Jack Nicklaus Championship Course at St Mellion International Resort On June 26th to raise money for a local charity, the Harvey Hext Appeal. Some tickets are still available and keen golfers are being encouraged to sign-up for the event in the summer. The 2012 SHC Celebrity Charity Classic is...
Monday 19 March 2012
2-FORE!-1 is huge in West Yorkshire with around 40 venues belonging to 2-FORE!-1 and offering half-price golf…with a 2-FORE!-1 voucher. The county has quantity and quality and here are some of West Yorkshire’s 2-FORE!-1 finest… *Moor Allerton, near Leeds – “A golfing experience larger than life,” is how Peter Alliss describes Moor Allerton and its facilities. Moor Allerton has the distinction of being the...
Written by TG Courses editor on Saturday 17 March 2012
That’s right, Today’s Golfer would like to attend your society or group golf event this season for a special new feature in the magazine. Let us know when and where and we’ll be there on your big day, along with a photographer, to cover all the action – both on and off the course. Hopefully TG’s participation in your upcoming society/group golf...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Thursday 15 March 2012
It’s that time of the week again when we reveal six more of the best 2-FORE!-1 courses where you can use that precious 2-FORE!-1 voucher in style. So here we go then… *Gleneagles (PGA Centenary), Perthshire, Scotland – will stage the Ryder Cup in 2014 and will almost certainly produce another memorable encounter. But the layout will have undergone major surgery since...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 15 March 2012
Golf in Cyprus ahs just received a major boost following budget airline Ryanair’s decision to make Paphos, Cyprus, one of its international hubs. This news should especially benefit visitor numbers at Sir Nick Faldo’s ‘Mediterranean Masterpiece’, Eléa Golf Club, situated just 10 minutes from the airport, according to senior figures at the award-winning development. Ryanair begins 14 new routes to and from...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 14 March 2012
Morocco is fast becoming a major golfing destination and seems to be following in the tracks of Turkey as a leading new golfing hotspot. Top courses are emerging all over the country and one of the best is the stunning Gary Player-designed Mazagan Beach which is breathtakingly plotted along the beach about an hour’s drive from Casablanca airport. Mazagan is sheer class,...