Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Wednesday 29 February 2012
The Belfry has been acclaimed Britain’s most successful golf resort at the recent 59Club Awards ceremony at the De Vere Mottram Hall where it scooped four awards for outstanding customer service. The awards, based on consumer research conducted by 59Club – the golf benchmarking company and official supplier to the Professional Golfers’ Association – considered 59 resorts throughout the UK &...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 28 February 2012
Scotland’s stunning Kingsbarns Golf Links has announced the appointment of a new Caddie Master and is implementing a new caddie programme to ensure the service they provide is on a par with the world’s best golf resorts. Taking up the role is Sean Wiseman, who has more than ten years’ experience as a caddie in Scotland and America. He has...
Tuesday 28 February 2012
2-FORE!-1 Golf is all about quantity and quality of courses but most of all…great golfing value-for-money. Here are six more top 2-FORE!-1 tracks where you can a memorable round – for half the normal green fee so long as you’re in possession of a 2-FORE!-1 voucher. *Seaton Carew, Co. Durham – this top links track unfashionably sits amidst the industrial heart of...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 28 February 2012
With 100 days to go before the start of the 2012 Curtis Cup, preparations for the biennial contest are nearing completion at Nairn Golf Club in the Scottish Highlands. The main thrust of the three-year project will conclude this month when the last of 60 bunkers earmarked for revetting is rebuilt. The renovation work being carried out across the famous links...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 27 February 2012
Top Spanish venue Lumine Golf Club has begun a significant year in impressive style after delivering a headline event as host venue and key partner of the PGAs of Europe. With ambitious plans to become one of Europe’s most exciting new golf and leisure developments, the prestigious PGAs of Europe Fourball Championship underlines Lumine’s credentials as an up-and-coming championship destination. Following...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Monday 27 February 2012
You’ll find about a dozen 2-FORE!-1 venues in Oxfordshire and not a weak one among them – all offer excellent golf where you can play for half-price with a 2-FORE!-1 voucher. Here’s the pick of the classy Oxon crop: *The Wychwood GC – a wonderful modern layout plotted within 170 acres of scenic Cotswold countryside, The Wynchwood has matured well since opening...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 24 February 2012
There are some fantastic stay and play venues in 2-FORE!-1…and here are some of the very best venues where you can stay and play (for half-price with a 2-FORE!-1 voucher) in style…. *Celtic Manor, Monmouthshire, Wales – Home of three outstanding 18 hole courses – the Twenty Ten (staged the 2010 Ryder Cup), the Robert Trent Jones-designed Roman Road and The Montgomerie.
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 22 February 2012
The UK golf travel industry is witnessing a sea change that is good news for golfers. Seven established golf travel specialists with a shared desire to offer quality holidays at the best possible price, have formed a Golf Tour Operators Consortium (GTOC). They act as a single negotiating body to secure more favourable contracted rates from overseas golf courses and...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Wednesday 22 February 2012
It’s that time of the week again value-seeking golfers. Here are six more top 2-FORE!-1 tracks where you can use that 2-FORE!-1 voucher and enjoy a round to remember…for half-price! *Canterbury, Kent – Designed by Harry Colt, this is one of the best-looking and most challenging inland courses in the county. The front nine is particularly striking as it wonderfully weaves...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 21 February 2012
The county of Lincolnshire boasts both quantity and quality of 2-FORE!-1 courses – venues offering half-price green fees for 2-FORE!-1 voucher holders. Altogether Lincs is the home of 22 2-FORE!-1 tracks and there’s barely a weak one among them. Take your pick from Lincolnshire’s 2-FORE!-1 finest: *Forest Pines just outside Brigg – Among the best new courses to emerge in the UK over the past two...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 17 February 2012
The fine pedigree of the courses that comprise England’s Atlantic Links (www.atlantic-links.co.uk) has once again been brought to the fore with the recent announcement that Saunton in north Devon will stage the English Amateur Championship in 2014. Saunton’s East and West Courses, recognised as two of the most distinguished links in south west England, have been given the honour of hosting...
Thursday 16 February 2012
Surrey-based Windlesham Golf Club has announced its top value 2012 Guest Golf Day packages. The summer 2012 (April – October) and winter packages (November 2012 – March 2013) offer groups of visitors the opportunity to enjoy the club’s par 72, 6,650-yard course, have access to the high quality clubhouse and conservatory and experience the fine-dining the club has to offer. Peter Lumley, Managing...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 14 February 2012
The Algarve Promotion Bureau has launched an online integrated campaign to drive early summer holiday bookings to the world-class golfing destination in 2012. The campaign portal (www.bookingalgarve.co.uk) works alongside the Algarve’s website to provide information about the destination as well as operating as a direct booking portal which will remain live until March 31st. The Algarve Promotion Bureau is working with 19...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 14 February 2012
You’ll find some quality 2-FORE!-1 golf in Hampshire – top courses offering half-price green fees with a 2-FORE!-1 voucher. Here are six not-to-be-missed tracks, all guaranteeing a great round at a bargain price. STAR COURSE *Marriott Meon Valley – an impressive stay and play venue just outside Southampton. Plotted within over 225 acres of exquisite parkland, this Marriott country club is regarded as one of the...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 golf on Monday 13 February 2012
Not sure where to use that coveted 2-FORE!-1 voucher? Here are six more top 2-FORE!-1 tracks which will definitely provide plenty of golfing thrills and spills… *Stapleford Park, Leics – a class act on and off the course. The Donald Steel-designed course is a great test of golf as members of the European Seniors Tour have recently discovered. It’s nearly always...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 10 February 2012
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner (next Tuesday), you can surprise the special person in your life than with a relaxing break at one of the hundreds of UK venues available through BookaSpa.com. The Windsor-based company, part of the Golfbreaks group, has a fantastic selection of special offers that will keep spa lovers and golfers alike happy, ensuring the romantic month of...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 9 February 2012
Throughout March and until April 6th, in the lead up to the US Masters at Augusta, Ufford Park will be running several top deals to entice golfers to this corner of Suffolk. A new deal, available during February and March, means a four-ball can tee it up for only £80 after 11am with two buggies being part of this special offer. Other Ufford Park...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 9 February 2012
Brittany Ferries and well known charity, The Lord’s Taverners, have come together in a fund-raising golf tournament in France this Spring with an entry price of only £99 per person. This includes a crossing with car from Portsmouth to St Malo overnight on Monday 19th March on board the luxury cruise-ferry, Pont Aven; a round of golf at one of...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Wednesday 8 February 2012
Undecided where to use that precious 2-FORE!-1 voucher? Here are six more 2-FORE!-1 crackers which guarantee a great golfing day out… *Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales – celebrated its centenary last year and was designed by the legendary Harry Vardon just over a century ago. Loftily sits on a headland with striking views of the coastline of Cardigan Bay, and the Welsh countryside. *Ballater, Scotland...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 7 February 2012
Carnoustie’s Craw’s Nest Tassie can lay claim to the title of Britain’s most popular amateur golf tournament – all 339 places for the 2012 event were snapped up within 10 minutes of the competition’s online application system going live! Such was the level of interest, a further 80 reserve places were also filled for the week-long event staged each September over...