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,...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 13 March 2012
Hundreds of thousands of golfers, including superstars Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and the late Seve Ballesteros, have taken on the world-famous 10th hole at The Belfry’s Brabazon course over the past 35 years, but not one could claim a hole-in-one – until Welsh 3-handicapper Dan O’Connor at the weekend. Playing the course for the first time, 19-year-old O’Connor from Maesteg amazed...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 9 March 2012
A major bid is being made to turn the Costa Dorada region of Spain into a red-got golfing destination with the 45-hole facility at Lumine Golf Club leading the way. A landmark agreement between Lumine GC, the Tourist Board of the Tarragona Provincial Government, and the Association of European Golf Professionals has been announced, aligning three significant stakeholders in a partnership...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 8 March 2012
The Algarve Promotion Bureau has teamed up with budget airline Jet2.com to offer free golf clubs carriage on flights to Faro throughout April and May. During this promotional period, golfers can avoid paying golf carry charge when travelling to Faro International Airport, making it even more cost effective to play in the Portuguese sun. Offer details: ·Free golf clubs carriage for all passengers...
Written by Chris Jones, Editor on Wednesday 7 March 2012
American Gil Hanse has beaten a host of big names, including Jack Nicklaus and Greg Norman, to win the chance to design the golf course for the sport’s Olympic return in 2016. The man who designed Castle Stuart in Inverness was a surprise choice of a judging panel which included R&A Chief Executive Peter Dawson. In a statement issued this evening, Hanse...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 6 March 2012
In 1562, a Montrose schoolboy, James Melvill, wrote in his diary that he’d been taught how to use ‘the glub for goff’ on Montrose Links by his schoolmaster, Reverend William Gray. Exactly 450 years later, golf remains the favoured activity on Montrose Links – and this is to be celebrated in the Angus town from April onwards. Montrose 450, as the...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 6 March 2012
Here are more TG recommendations where to use that precious 2-FORE!-1 voucher entitling you to half-price green fees at around 1,000 courses this season… *Troon Darley, Ayrshire, Scotland – A magical seaside municipal offering top value-for-money just down the road from Open venue Royal Troon. In fact the delightful Darley is one of a trio of links tracks on this site (Lochgreen...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 5 March 2012
The inaugural St Andrews Golf Festival being held between March 28-April 1st promises to be a fantastic event and one of the many highlights will be the St Andrews Golf Festival Awards, presented by Today’s Golfer’s sister publication Golf Illustrated. The awards will celebrate the best traditions of the game from art and literature to photography and golf course architecture and...