Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 22 August 2013
St Andrews Links Trust has announced its visitor green fees for all seven of its courses throughout 2014. There will be an increase of £5 in the high season visitor green fee for the Old Course to £160 in 2014. The green fees on the New and Jubilee courses will also increase by £5 to £75 in the high season, which...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 22 August 2013
De Vere Slaley Hall in Northumberland is ready to provide the perfect setting for the 2013 instalment of the hotly-contested PGA Cup matches between Great Britain & Ireland and the United States of America. Following the successful hosting of the 2013 Glenmuir PGA Professional Championship in June, which finalised the GB&I side, The Hunting course at the renowned resort has remained...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 21 August 2013
Spain’s Lumine Golf Club, one of Europe’s most inspiring 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 golfers the opportunity to experience one of Europe’s most diverse leisure destinations, encompassing 45-holes of championship golf,...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 21 August 2013
Controversial American billionaire businessman Donald Trump is pushing ahead with his plans to extend his piece of golfing paradise in north east Scotland. The detailed designs for the second course at Trump International Golf Links near Aberdeeen went on public display yesterday, as part of the next stage of the planning process. The course already has outline planning permission as granted by...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 20 August 2013
It’s been a sizzling first summer in more ways than one at England’s newest course, the members-only Centurion Club near St Albans, which opened in July. The Club’s 7,064-yard course has already been described as a “modern classic” and has created so much interest that membership sales are well ahead of target. “July 1st was a proud day for all of us,”...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 19 August 2013
An ambitious golf club in the north east is ready to secure a future as prestigious as its past through a massive £160,000 of improvements. Now in its 89th year, Brancepeth Castle GC has fully re-opened – damage caused to parts of the course during storms last year, and which led to just 15 holes being playable, has been repaired through...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 19 August 2013
Seeking a memorable 2-FORE!-1 venue and round of golf? Look no further: take your pick from this week’s ‘Six of the Best’ 2-FORE!-1 layouts – all capable of more than meeting your 2-FORE!-1 needs and expectations. *Nizels, Kent – Has been entertaining golfers from near and far since opening over a decade ago and is plotted on high ground overlooking Kentish...
Written by 2-Fore!-1 on Monday 19 August 2013
2-Fore!-1 isn’t just bringing you half price golf at almost 1,000 courses across the UK and Ireland with vouchers starting at only £3.50, we are also bringing you the opportunity to get your hands on a custom set of PING clubs. This month one lucky 2-Fore!-1 customer who buys 6 or more vouchers in a August will win a full set...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 16 August 2013
Golfers at Stapleford Park, Leicestershire, had more than just lakes and bunkers to contend with recently when a glider landed on the fairway of the 16th hole. It is believed the glider pilot, Luke Dale, lost altitude and was forced to land while taking part in the Midland Regionals gliding event series – staged throughout last week – from The Gliding...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 15 August 2013
The county of Cheshire is one of the strongest 2-FORE!-1 strongholds in the UK and provides quantity and quality of courses you can tee it up for seriously discounted green fees – courtesy of 2-FORE!-1 of course. *De Vere Mottram Hall – two contrasting loops of nine make up a superb test of golf on this Dave Thomas-designed Championship track which...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 14 August 2013
A unique initiative bringing together four of Scotland’s finest and most historic golf clubs is offering outstanding rates for visitors for the remainder of the summer. ‘Links with History’ brings together four golfing gems in the Kingdom of Fife: Scotscraig, Lundin, Ladybank and Crail – among the most historic and popular in the country and are located a short distance away...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 13 August 2013
Looking for a top venue to play some stunning 2-FORE!-1 Golf this week? Well, these six beauties – spread all over the UK – should help you to make up your mind as they’re the passport to some quality golfing action at a great price. *Gleneagles (PGA Centenary course), Perthshire, Scotland – The PGA Centenary will stage the first Ryder Cup...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 12 August 2013
Thirteen-year-old Harry Fricker made history on Sunday as he became the youngest-ever winner of Suffolk’s Ufford Park Club Championship. Harry, who had to hole a 15-foot par putt to force a playoff, birdied the first extra hole to beat 17-year-old Joshua Robertson after two rounds of 79. Victory for the five handicapper also ended Joshua’s hopes of a third successive Championship; a...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 12 August 2013
Popular London pay and play course Richmond Park is celebrating its 90th anniversary year with a weekend of golfing activities on 17th & 18th August, including an irresistible ‘Round for a Pound’ offer. The 36-hole venue was opened in 1923 by HRH Prince of Wales and heralded a place where ‘artisans and royalty are equally welcome’. Ninety years later and the facilities...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 9 August 2013
The 2013 Westminster Wealth Golf Championship is taking place at Stoke Park Club in Buckinghamshire on September 3rd – and is free to enter for City Professionals, CEO’s, Managing Directors, Lawyers, Bankers, Brokers, Fund Managers and others employed in the financial and corporate sectors. This amazing complimentary golf day includes: morning refreshments, Fourball Betterball (Pairs) competition played over 18 holes, dinner,...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 8 August 2013
Jodie Kidd will be bringing a touch of style and glamour to Brocket Hall Golf Club after agreeing to become the new ambassador for the historic venue’s ladies section. A self-confessed golf nut, the former supermodel has swapped the catwalk for the fairways and will be at the forefront of the future development of ladies and junior girls’ golf at the...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 7 August 2013
We check out the 2-FORE!-1 highlights of Fife and East Lothian in Scotland where you’re assured magical and memorable golfing experiences – without having to break the bank, specially if you tee it up thanks to 2-FORE!-1. *Musselburgh Old Links, East Lothian – Nine-hole courses are not everybody’s cup of tee but this one is well worth playing and adding to your...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 6 August 2013
Looking to improve your golf game and skills? Then you might want to check out the new Residential Golf Schools at leading North Yorkshire venue Rudding Park. The resort, just outside Harrogate, has just started golf tuition breaks and they’re already proving a big hit and a winner with all those have participated and taken full advantage of the top coaching...
Written by 2-Fore!-1 on Tuesday 6 August 2013
2-Fore!-1 isn’t just bringing you half price golf at almost 1,000 courses across the UK and Ireland with vouchers starting at only £3.50, we are also bringing you the opportunity to get your hands on a custom set of PING clubs. One lucky 2-Fore!-1 customer who buys 6 or more 2-Fore!-1 vouchers in August will win the ultimate experience of a...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 6 August 2013
Golf’s most prestigious team trophy, the Ryder Cup, will be in Essex next Monday (Aug 12) when it visits Channels Golf Club, in Little Waltham, Chelmsford. The trophy, which dates back to the very first contest between the USA and Great Britain in 1927 at Worcester Country Club, Massachusetts, will be on display for the president’s pro-am competition and visitors to...