Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 6 June 2014
To celebrate De Vere Ambassador Colin Montgomerie claiming his maiden major title at the recent US Senior PGA Championship, De Vere Golf is offering golfers a cracking green fee deal. For just £20.14 golfers across the UK can play at any of the nine premier golf resorts within the De Vere Hotels & Resorts portfolio, from The Carrick on Loch Lomond,...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 6 June 2014
Norfolk boasts some of the best courses in the country and De Vere Dunston Hall is a great base to experience them. It’s handily located on the outskirts of East Anglian capital Norwich and the grand Victorian mansion hotel provides excellent accommodation, dining options and facilities including, of course, a wonderful, fast maturing parkland golf course. The course was in excellent...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 6 June 2014
Legendary Scotland resort Gleneagles is celebrating its 90th anniversary today. And staff at the luxury Perthshire hotel marked the occasion by channelling the glamour of the 1920s (pictured), when Gleneagles first opened its doors to high society on June 6th, 1924. It’s a huge year for the resort which of course stages the Ryder Cup which will be contested by Europe and...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 5 June 2014
Geoff Swain, the reigning World Golf Trick-Shot Champion, will perform his award winning ‘Golf Unplugged’ trick-shot show at the UK’s newest golf festival in July. Swain (pictured) will entertain competitors at the Thorpeness Festival of Golf, Britain’s newest golf festival, from July 28-31 at Thorpeness Hotel and Golf Club, Suffolk. A PGA qualified Golf Professional from Bedford, Swain combines rare levels of...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 4 June 2014
This week’s pick of the 2-FORE!-1 Golf crop ranges from Saltash just outside Plymouth to the northern outpost of southern Scotland with a quartet of cracking 2-FORE!-1 courses in between… *Oulton Hall (pictured), West Yorks – Classy De Vere venue offering 27 holes of quality parkland golf in the form of the Calverley layout which boasts a decent variety of holes and...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 4 June 2014
The county of Norfolk boasts some of the best courses in England and a great way of experiencing them is the top value North West Norfolk Golf Tour. The NWNGT is available for parties of two to 40 golfers and centres around Heacham Manor, the only on-course hotel in this outstanding neck of the golfing woods. Heacham Manor is handily located just...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 30 May 2014
Colin Montgomerie is still on cloud nine after claiming his maiden major championship with a four stroke victory at the US Senior PGA Championship at Harbor Shores, Michigan. After a glittering career in which he topped the European Order of Merit eight times, Monty claimed the one prize that had so far eluded him, a major championship, after a stunning final...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 28 May 2014
Looking for a memorable round of 2-FORE!-1 Golf? Look no further: check out any of the super six courses below and you’re guaranteed a game to remember… *Leighton Buzzard (pictured), Bedfordshire – A magical mix of woodland and heathland holes. It’s not the longest layout (two par-4s are under 255 yards) but most fairways are densely tree-lined so you’ve got to keep...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 28 May 2014
England’s footballers have been warming up for their World Cup bid in Brazil at the luxury Vale do Lobo Resort in the Algarve. Players, coaches and support staff were welcomed to Vale do Lobo for a training camp to prepare the squad for the upcoming World Cup in Brazil – the Three Lions kick-off against Italy on June 14th. The resort was...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 23 May 2014
The Scottish Borders is seeing the opening of one of the most exciting golf and business developments and the largest investment in golf in the region for over 10 years. The Woll golf course at New Woll Estate, Ashkirk is officially opening its newly redeveloped holes on the original course at the start of next month (June). Developed to USGA specification the...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 23 May 2014
Quinta do Lago, one of Europe’s most prestigious golf resorts, has teamed up with Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley and leading equipment manufacturer TaylorMade to offer four friends the chance of a lifetime to live as golfing royalty for a week. In the free-to-enter Best Fourball Ever competition, the winner and three friends will be flown out to Portugal on a private...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 22 May 2014
You’ll discover over 900 courses in 2-FORE!-1 Golf, including a splendid selection in the county of Oxfordshire. Here are a handful of the very best on offer… *The Wychwood – A hidden gem in the heart of the Cotswolds, The Wychwood has a number of holes which feature water hazards, so shot selection is vital. The course is extremely picturesque, and...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 21 May 2014
2-FORE!-1 is all about top value golf and you’ll certainly get that at these super six courses dotted across the UK. *Celtic Manor (Roman Road course), South Wales – It may be now overshadowed by the Ryder Cup-staging Twenty Ten, but the Roman Road has hosted three Wales Opens and offers a superb collection of holes, particularly the 8th and 14th,...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 21 May 2014
Legendary Spanish resort the La Manga Club has launched a range of exciting new Leadbetter Golf Academy ‘stay, play and learn’ packages. The Leadbetter Golf Academy – the only such facility on the Spanish mainland – opened earlier this year and has proved extremely popular, fuelling a 300 per cent increase in guest and resident golf tuition. Overseas visitors can now pre-book...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 16 May 2014
As a celebration of the Ryder Cup being staged at Gleneagles in September, UK-based golf travel company Golf Planet Holidays have managed to secure a sizzling summer Scottish break. The top value Home of Golf package involves a two nights’ B&B stay with three rounds of quality Angus golf – at Montrose, Monifieth and Panmure (pictured), all close to Open Championship venue...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 16 May 2014
Scotland is home to some of the world’s best courses and is in a class of its own when it comes to quality links layouts. Fortunately many belong to 2-FORE!-1 Golf , including the world’s oldest course and a luxury resort with two stunning 18-hole layouts… *Musselburgh Old Links (pictured), East Lothian – Nine-hole courses are not everybody’s cup of tee but...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 15 May 2014
Horsham-based international wildlife charity, the Born Free Foundation, is calling for teams of golfers to take part in this year’s ‘Go Wild Golf Day’ which will this year be attended by the Foundation’s founder and much-loved actress, Virginia McKenna OBE. The event will be held on Thursday 4 September at Surrey’s Gatton Manor Hotel and Golf Club (pictured) near Dorking. Now in...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 14 May 2014
De Vere Carden Park Hotel, Golf Resort and Spa has furthered its reputation as the leading golf resort in the North West with a £100,000 bunker refurbishment programme across its two championship golf courses. The Cheshire resort and popular 2-FORE!-1 venue has received a host of accolades from leading industry awards over recent years, and this investment aims to further build...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 14 May 2014
This week’s 2-FORE!-1 selection features a former European Tour venue, a Braid links-parkland combo and one of Scotland’s finest inland layouts. Take your pick: the 2-FORE!-1 choice is yours… *Forest of Arden (Arden course), Warwicks – Donald Steel-designed layout which enjoys a wonderful pedigree after hosting the British Masters three times. Unsurprisingly, the Championship circuit is not the easiest parkland track,...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 12 May 2014
Unlimited free beer is on offer in Portugal – but only if rain stops play! So confident is the multi-award-winning Onyria Palmares Beach & Golf Resort (pictured) of the weather in Portugal, it’s offering golfers unlimited free beer should they be unable to finish their round in November or February owing to rain. The unusual step has been taken by the 27-hole...