Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 31 August 2012
Youngsters hoping to follow in the footsteps of golfing superstars such as Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald and Lee Westwood have been honing their skills with the expert PGA Professionals at Wycombe Heights Golf Centre, Buckinghamshire, throughout the summer holidays. The children, aged from five up to 13, have been enjoying the coaching camps, learning the fundamentals of the sport, by utilising the...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 29 August 2012
As the summer draws to an end, not that it really started, golf resorts around the globe are looking for ways to entice players to their fairways. One of our favourite offers this autumn is one free package per eight bookings, which is being offered by the Oceânico Amendoeira Golf Resort in the Algarve. Ideal for groups and families, the resort boasts 36-holes...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Wednesday 29 August 2012
With over one thousand courses to choose from nationwide, you’re really spoilt for choice when it comes to using that 2-FORE!-1 voucher entitling you to half-price green fees. So, once again, we thought we’d give you a helping hand… *Hexham, Northumberland – A traditional parkland course on fast-draining land on the south side of the Tyne, Hexham is a tough enough...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 28 August 2012
Cornwall is a great holiday – and golfing – destination. And here are the cream of the county’s 2-FORE!-1 crop… 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 of the magical Nicklaus course, one of England’s leading inland layouts and the first created by...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 24 August 2012
2010 Ryder Cup Captain Colin Montgomerie has revisited The Montgomerie Maxx Royal, at Belek in Turkey where he met key players in the country’s rapid golf development. He was also in the country to look at potential development opportunities with his golf course design partner European Golf Design. His visit follows the recent announcement of a new matchplay event in October, supported by Turkish Airlines, featuring Tiger Woods...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 24 August 2012
Got a spare 2-FORE!-1 voucher but don’t know where to use it? Here are another six more super tracks where you can do that 2-FORE!-1 voucher justice… and where you’ll receive half-price green fees of course. *Royal Tarlair, Aberdeenshire – Spectacularly overlooks the Moray Firth and after opening in 1926 was granted ‘Royal’ recognition by HRH the Princess Royal. This clifftop, parkland...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 23 August 2012
British show-jumping gold medallist, Peter Charles barely let his feet touch the ground before escaping to the magnificent Amendoeira Golf Resort in Portugal, for a post-Olympic relaxation holiday with his family. Following a ‘jump off’ which lead to Team GB striking gold in the equestrian event, keen golfer Peter flew down to the Portuguese resort to unwind, recuperate and enjoy golf on...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Thursday 23 August 2012
Lincolnshire is a relatively small county but it’s definitely big 2-FORE!-1 country with over 20 venues offering 2-FORE!-1 and half-price green fees. Here are the pick of the crop… *Forest Pines, Brigg – Outstanding stay and play venue and the pride of the Q Hotels group offering 27 holes, three loops of nine (Forest, Pines and Beeches), carved out of an...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 22 August 2012
Golfers visiting Spain’s Number One course, PGA Catalunya Resort, will be able to receive a unique VIP experience with the new Royal Green Fee upgrade. The new premium package – available from September 15th 2012 – will allow guests to enjoy five-star services plus exclusive access to reserved areas of the award-winning resort, which is ranked among the World’s Top 100...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 21 August 2012
Prince’s Golf Club, a former Open Championship venue, is the latest Kent golf course to invest in academy facilities, significantly elevating the county’s status as a region of golf performance excellence. Prince’s new Links Golf Academy, set to open in September, will be England’s first specialist centre dedicated to links golf. Its driving range caters for all weather conditions from grass tees...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 21 August 2012
The Irish qualifier for the Waterways Ireland World Corporate Golf Challenge takes place in the gorgeous surroundings of Lough Erne Resort on Tuesday September 25. An event which takes place in more than 20 countries world-wide, to date over 1 million golfers have taken part since the inception of the Waterways Ireland World Corporate Golf Challenge in 1993. The Waterways Ireland...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 21 August 2012
Portugal’s Monte da Quinta resort has moved to cement its reputation for excellence by forming a new partnership with one of golf’s rising stars in the south of England. The Algarve venue has secured an agreement with Old Thorns Manor Hotel, Golf & Country Estate that will see visitors and members at the two resorts benefit in the coming months. As part...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Thursday 16 August 2012
Got a 2-FORE!-1 voucher but not sure where to use and take advantage of it? Here are six more dream 2-FORE!-1 tracks… *West Cornwall, Cornwall – Established in 1889, this is the oldest course in the county and one of the finest links in the region. Moulded around the natural contours of the sand dunes, which form part of the Hayle Estuary...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 16 August 2012
Tech-savvy golfers can enjoy the best courses in Spain and Portugal at bargain prices – thanks to the launch of a new iPad app by Just Tee Times. The free app gives travelling golfers a choice of nearly 200 courses on the Iberian Peninsula, and the ability to view stunning videos and images of each, as well as detailed course information,...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 16 August 2012
St Andrews Links Trust has announced its visitor green fees for 2013. There will be an increase of £5 to £155 in the high season to play on the Old Course, but the green fees on the other five 18 hole courses at the Home of Golf will stay the same. The New and Jubilee courses will remain at £70 in...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 16 August 2012
The Celtic Manor Resort, host venue for the 2010 Ryder Cup, welcomes top drivers of another kind when it plays host to an all-new special stage of Wales Rally GB in September. Eight-time World Rally Champion Sebastién Loeb, and his fellow WRC stars, will descend on the resort for the event on Saturday 15th September, arriving at the venue in...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 15 August 2012
Quality golf across the Channel is not just about Normandy and Brittany and 2018 Ryder Cup-staging Paris you know. There is a quaint corner in the south west of the country close to the Pyrenees and Spanish border in Basque country which is just as good… if not even better. Welcome to brilliant Biarritz… The classy seaside resort beside the Atlantic...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 14 August 2012
Swan Golf Designs has been appointed as golf course architects to the My Time Golf group, which now operates 19 centres in the South, the South East and Midlands focusing on the development of former public and proprietary golf courses. My Time Golf is part of a charitable organisation that has the stated aim of reinvesting its returns in promoting...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 14 August 2012
There has never been a better opportunity to play top class golf courses while visiting one of the world´s greatest cities. Albatross Golf Resort, the Ladies European Tour (LET) venue, has joined forces with the stunning Beroun Golf Resort to offer an unforgettable golfing break to Prague, the beautiful capital city of the Czech Republic. The three-night package features rounds for...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 14 August 2012
A Suffolk hotel and golf club and a 500-year-old grade I listed Hall and Gardens have teamed up to launch a new green-fingered golf break package to the UK market. Thorpeness Hotel and Golf Club, in the holiday village of Thorpeness on Suffolk’s Heritage Coast, and Helmingham Hall and Gardens – ancestral home of the Tollemache family near Stowmarket – have...