Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 16 September 2009
Pre-match events are well underway at De Vere’s stunning Carrick on Loch Lomond golf course as it hosts the 24th PGA Cup matches. The talking stops on Friday morning when the first match gets underway but for now the two Captains are happy to soak up the atmosphere, keep a watchful eye on the form of their players and enjoy the...
Written by TG Travel Writer on Wednesday 16 September 2009
Ireland boasts some of the best golf courses in the world and you can play some of the top layouts which feature in the fantastic Irish golf breaks below…. Break 1: The Burren Challenge This “Early Bird Special” combines 3 of the top Clare courses – Lahinch, Doonbeg & Dromoland. Cost: €235 per person. (approx £212). You can also package the Burren Challenge with various...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 15 September 2009
The county of Shropshire is a 2-FORE!-1 Golf paradise. This underrated golfing county boasts some superb golf venues and fortunately several are in 2-FORE!-1 Golf and offer half-price green fees. Cleobury Mortimer and The Shropshire should be both at the top of your Shropshire hit list – they’re both excellent modern golfing venues and offer 27 holes, three loops of nine, of...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 15 September 2009
Over the past 20 years, Wensum Valley Golf Club has grown to become one of Norfolk’s leading golf and leisure resorts. Set in the heart of the Wensum Valley, there are breathtaking views over the 350 acre site, which is covered by two 18 hole golf courses, a 90 bedroom hotel and excellent state-of-the-art leisure complex facilities. The free draining courses allow...
Monday 14 September 2009
The Duke’s, St Andrews, is already looking forward to a full season of golf as winter approaches and unlike many other courses in Scotland, the championship heathland course will allow golfers to play the full length of the course from a choice of four sets of tees to full greens and directly from the fairways (as opposed to from mats). With...
Written by TG Travel Editor on Monday 14 September 2009
Lots of places pride themselves as being “the ultimate holiday destination”. Very few deliver. The Constance Lemuria Resort, on the island of Praslin in the Seychelles, delivers in spades. Don’t take it from me. Take it from the Hawksbill Turtle. These turtles are famously shy, fussy, nervous creatures. When they shuffle up the sand to make their nests, they demand absolute...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 11 September 2009
Lucky John McGee chose exactly the right time to score his first hole in one. John (28 hcp), from Ingleby Barwick, near Middlesbrough, aced the 15th hole on the new Rockliffe Hall course at Hurworth, near Darlington – and picked up a £23,000 Jaguar car at the same time. John, who had only played three times this year, was playing in a...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 11 September 2009
Golfers are having a ball at 2-FORE!-1 Golf courses up and down the country. And that’s official… Not only are golfers saving themselves loads of dosh by forking out on half-price green fees, they’re having a great time when they actually get out onto the course too. Players regularly inform us of their memorable 2-FORE!-1 Golf experiences and here’s just a handful...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 11 September 2009
Some of the best practice facilities in the country belong to 2-FORE!-1 Golf, enabling you to warm-up for that eagerly-awaited round in style. Practice certainly makes perfect so you’ll have no excuses when you take to the 1st tee for your half-price 2-FORE!-1 Golf round at this quality quartet… Marriott Forest of Arden, Warwicks What to expect: There’s a 16 bay covered floodlit...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Thursday 10 September 2009
Why not head west – to Gloucestershire and Somerset to be precise – for some top deals and 2-FORE!-1 Golf venues? There are plenty of quality courses to be played in these neighbouring counties, ranging from excellent parkland and heathland to impressive links layouts such as Weston-Super-Mare. If it’s a serious golfing challenge you’re after then you’ll get just that at Oake...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 9 September 2009
The refurbished Laguna course in Vilamoura in the Algarve is set for completion in the next few weeks. The Laguna is one of seven Oceanico courses in the region, the others including the famous Old Course and the Arnold Palmer-designed Victoria layout. The course that has played an integral role in providing first class golf and a major part in creating an unrivalled...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 8 September 2009
It’s all change for the PGA North Region Championship as it switches from the North East to Yorkshire after attracting new funding. International freight forwarders Thomson Davis will sponsor the 36-hole tournament, which will include a curtain-raising pro-am, at Marriott Hollins Hall Golf and Country Club on September 29-30. Hollins Hall Golf Club, near Bradford, is a member of 2-FORE!-1 Golf and offers...
Written by TG Travel Writer on Monday 7 September 2009
Charles de Gaulle once said: “To bring together a country that has 265 different cheeses is no simple matter.” France may have a whole range of regional flavours, but none is more powerfully idiosyncratic than Brittany; Bretons, fiercely proud of their Celtic traditions, are a class apart from your average Frenchmen. And for the Briton in search of Breton culture, Brittany...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 4 September 2009
Rockliffe Hall, just outside Darlington, is poised to become a major new star of the north east region. The course – at nearly 7,900 yards off the back tips – is almost certainly the longest in the country. It only opened a few weeks ago but is already looking in superb nick with the five star on-site hotel and spa well on...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 4 September 2009
There are some simply stunning links courses you can play using a 2-FORE!-1 Golf voucher. It makes some seriously impressive courses much more reasonable. Royal North Decon would normally cost £60 for a round in the week. Two of you can play for that price thanks to 2-FORE!-1 Golf. There are stacks more classic links courses you can play for half price.
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Thursday 3 September 2009
The county of Hertfordshire has some quality golf courses and fortunately many belong to 2-FORE!-1 Golf and offer half price golf. The shining Herts star is of course the classy Grove resort just outside Watford. The Grove has staged a World Golf Championship event (won by Tiger Woods) and offers 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Mondays & Tuesdays. Bushey Hall, the county’s oldest golfing...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 3 September 2009
Two top golf resorts – Slaley Hall and Oulton Hall – have just announced fantastic winter offers for groups of 12 or more golfers. The winter warmer specials at European Tour venue Slaley Hall in Northumberland and Oulton Hall, just outside Leeds, are available from Oct 1 to the end of March and are as follows: Slaley Hall: Tea or coffee on...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 31 August 2009
Fancy a terrific value-for-money golf break? Then head for the Morley Hayes Hotel just outside Derby. It’s the home of a modern four star hotel with an award-wnnning restaurant as well as a splendid 18 hole parkland course, a nine-hole Tower layout and outstanding practice facilities. It’s located in rural Derbyshire countryside just a short drive from Derby city centre and a...
Written by Golfers Guide Writer on Thursday 27 August 2009
We all love links golf. The sea breeze; the tight turf; soft sand in tiny pot bunkers; blazing yellow gorse; lumpy greens; whispy rough… In fact, there’s only one thing we don’t like about this genre of the game – links courses are generally tricky to get to. Unless you visit Merseyside. Here, drive north or south from Liverpool city centre and...
Written by Golf World on Wednesday 26 August 2009
Golf clubs from Dornoch to Devon have some fantastic green fee discounts at the moment to get you on to their course. From fourball deals to a free lunch, you can save money at great courses. We’ve scoured the internet and spoken to our extensive network of club golfers to bring you this guide to 50 of the best green fee...