Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 17 September 2013
The weekly guide where you can take full advantage of 2-FORE!-1 Golf – the biggest and best discounted green fee scheme in golf. Another half-a-dozen courses where you’re guaranteed a great game for a seriously reduced green fee rates. take your pick: the choice is yours and remember 2-FORE!-1ers there’s 900 plus courses in 2-FORE!-1 in total so there’s bound...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 12 September 2013
This is the swanky new £1.35m clubhouse – and pride and joy – of Edinburgh-based golf club Baberton. Designed by Susan Stephen Architects, the new clubhouse replaced a century old building which was struggling to accommodate the members and did little to encourage families and youngsters to visit. Indeed the former clubhouse site was sold to a care home operator with the...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 11 September 2013
Looking for some quality links golf? Then head for the south-west of England where you can experience some of the best seaside golf in the country in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. The region is the home of the breathtaking Atlantic Links venues which include belting Cornish links St Enodoc and Trevose, Devon duo Saunton and Royal North Devon and Burnham and...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 10 September 2013
A lucky golfer was handed the keys of a brand spanking new BMW car after scoring a hole-in-one during an annual charity golf day. Christopher Townson collected the keys to his new car after acing the par-3, 166 yard, 10th hole, at Close House Hotel & Golf Resort in Northumberland, where Lee Westwood is attached. And fortunately for the event organisers, specialist...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 10 September 2013
Many golfers pack their clubs when the colder weather arrives but Brocket Hall Golf Club has launched a selection of exceptional-value golf group packages this winter that could force them to have a change of heart. The prestigious Hertfordshire venue is offering a day to remember for visitors over the winter months, with golf and a range of other attractive benefits...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 10 September 2013
Six more stunning 2-FORE!-1 venues dotted around the UK you can play and experience for significantly reduced green fee rates, including a Welsh links classic, and intriguing nine holer and a Seve Scottiosh special. *Conwy, Caernarvonshire – a quality links layout in a spectacular location on the North Wales coast. It’s staged a series of top tournaments including Open qualifying, the...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 10 September 2013
Leading golf travel company Golfbreaks.com has again launched its popular ‘Early Birdie’ promotion that gives early bookers cash discounts, loyalty Breakpoints worth up to £600 and even new TaylorMade SLDR drivers. Now in its 10th year, the Early Birdie promotion rewards groups of four or more who book their 2014 golf trip before September 30th. In addition to TaylorMade equipment and...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 10 September 2013
Look out golfers: there’s a new ‘signature’ hole in the making at Blue Mountain, Berkshire, but beware – it might just consign your golf balls to a watery grave. The par-4 13th hole at Binfield’s Blue Mountain G&CC runs alongside the busy Temple Way road, which is lined with houses. Following a health & safety review, the club has announced that...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 6 September 2013
A Midland golf club is gearing up for a big hit when it opens its new purpose-built floodlit driving range. Wharton Park Golf and Country Club, near Bewdley, will be welcoming golfers to tee off at its new range when it’s completed in November following a £250,000 investment by the club’s family owners. It is hoped the facility, which will be based...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 4 September 2013
The county of Dorset boasts some of the best inland golf in England and fortunately many of them belong to 2-FORE!-1 and therefore offer quality golf for seriously discounted green fee rates. Altogether there are 14 2-FORE!-1 courses in Dorset and here’s the pick of the crop… *Dorset Golf & Country Club – This superb five star venue features 27 holes...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 4 September 2013
Emirates Golf Club, one of the world’s most iconic golf venues and home to the World Top 100 Majlis Course, has celebrated yet another huge milestone, recording its one millionth round of golf. The brainchild of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Emirates Golf Club has grown...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 3 September 2013
Scotland, Cheshire, Somerset, Hampshire and Surrey provide this week’s 2-FORE!-1 six of the best venues – courses which belong to the biggest, best and brightest discounted green fees scheme in golf and provide quality golf for a quality price. *Old Thorns, Hampshire – Any course that was designed by Peter Alliss simply has to be taken seriously, and this track provides...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 3 September 2013
Spain’s Lumine Golf Club, one of Europe’s most impressive new golf resorts has launched a trio of stay and play packages to suit those seeking a golf and leisure break in warmer climes this winter. Catering for short and longer stays, the packages afford travelers the opportunity to experience one of Europe’s most diverse leisure destinations, encompassing 45-holes of championship golf,...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 3 September 2013
Golf groups are being offered exceptional value when they stay at Devon’s Dartmouth Golf & Country Club over the next 12 months, with savings of more than £650 available on unlimited golf breaks in 2014! Golfers can enjoy amazing discounts when they visit the South Devon resort on its ‘Early Bird’ package until October 2014, with a two-night golf break with...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 3 September 2013
For the sixth successive year Goodwood members and their guests will turn back the clock almost 100 years to compete in the annual “Revival Golf Challenge” with original hickory shafted clubs and dressed in formal period costumes on Friday 13th September 2013. More than 70 golfers are expected to take part in the 18 hole event played over the Sussex club’s...
Thursday 29 August 2013
The golf world is in mourning following the death of Dave Thomas, one of the world’s leading course designers, aged 79. And the tributes have been pouring in for the popular Welshman, whose illustrious golfing career included four Ryder Cup appearances. After his playing days, Thomas successfully turned his hand to course design and created more than 100 courses around the world,...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 28 August 2013
The Lodge at Prince’s on the Kent coast is a fantastic place to stay and play and these two offers (below) provide golfers – and non-golfers for that matter – the ideal opportunity to experience it. Prince’s is a historic links venue, sitting slap bang nextdoor to Royal St George’s and having famously hosted the Open Championship won by the legendary...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 27 August 2013
Oceânico Golf, the ultimate destination for winter golf, is promoting fantastic savings to the Algarve with a series of packages available between 1st September 2013 and 31st October 2014.From large groups on short stays to couples on longer trips, golfers can realise their ideal trip with Oceânico. Oceânico Golf packages: For bespoke golf-only packages, guests can choose between 3, 4, 5 or...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 27 August 2013
2-FORE!-1 Golf is the biggest and best discounted green fees scheme in the game and offers cheap golf at around 900 courses all over the country. Here, once again, are six of the very best of 2-FORE!-1. Book up a round now and we can guarantee you won’t be disappointed…. *The Nottinghamshire, Notts – Formerly known as Cotgrave Place, this club...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 23 August 2013
Wonderful Wiltshire venue Bowood G&CC is finishing the season in sizzling fashion. It’s certainly been a memorable few days for the popular 2-FORE!-1 Golf resort whose 20-year-old Jordan Smith learnt of his his selection for the Walker Cup team. He is the only Wiltshire player included in the squad. Having been enrolled as a youngster into its scholarship programme, Jordan’s progress over...