Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 16 September 2014
This season has been a memorable one at Harrogate’s Rudding Park Golf Club with 14 golfers achieving golf’s holy grail – the hole-in-one. It’s all been happening on the top North Yorkshire resort’s two courses – the 18-hole Hawtree and the six-hole Repton, both designed to USGA standards by leading architect Martin Hawtree. Robin Lang won a £40,000 car as he secured...
Written by Staff Writer on Tuesday 16 September 2014
Following on from the popular Monty’s Masterclass series in the magazine and on the TG website, we have teamed up with De Vere Golf to offer four lucky readers the opportunity to play alongside the golfing legend, Colin Montgomerie, at De Vere Slaley Hall for his exclusive golf day on Tuesday 30th September. Just two days after the culmination of this...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 15 September 2014
Work has started on an ambitious scheme to create a £30 million championship golf course designed to support JCB’s growth plans. The proposals are for a spectacular 18-hole, 7,150 yard, Par 72 championship golf course on 240 acres of rolling countryside to the south of the World HQ in Rocester, Staffordshire. When completed in 2018, it is expected that up to...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 15 September 2014
World famous Surrey club Wentworth (pictured) has been sold for a whopping £135m. Reignwood Group has announced the acquisition, by Reignwood Investments, of Wentworth Club from Richard Caring’s WG Acquisition Ltd., for a total consideration of £135mn. Dr. Chanchai Ruayrungruang, who founded the Reignwood Group in 1984, commented: “Reignwood has a long history in golf development, a profound respect for excellence in every...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 5 September 2014
For the first time ever, golfers across the country will be pitted against each other in the same open tournament. This is made possible by using VPAR’s award winning app to score their round. It’s a truly ground-breaking competition which brings amateur golf into the 21st century, encouraging more golf to be played and competitiveness between clubs by connecting them live...
Friday 5 September 2014
Love golf and all things digital? Britain’s biggest golf media brand is looking for a Junior Web Producer to work on the award-winning Today’s Golfer website. You’ll be assisting the Senior Web Producer in the maintenance of todaysgolfer.co.uk, including updating and creating content, video editing, creating and sending newsletters, and managing social media accounts. Based at Bauer Media’s Peterborough office you will...
Thursday 4 September 2014
It’s time to pick your favourite. Poulter, McIlroy, Stenson, Rose, and Garcia – who would you choose? The new issue of Today’s Golfer, now on sale, has five special-edition covers to choose from – pick your favourite Team Europe member, or collect all five! Our special Ryder Cup issue not only features five Team Europe stars on the cover, but also...
Thursday 4 September 2014
Download the latest issue of Today’s Golfer to your tablet and you can take TG with you wherever you go – the 19th hole, on the train on the way to work, to the toilet… With our digital edition, the whole magazine is at your fingertips. Browse through our special Ryder Cup section and learn everything you need to know...
Written by Kevin on Wednesday 3 September 2014
War hero and dedicated golfer Bill Allchurch (95) has found himself in the rough more than he’d hoped – but it’s never stopped him swinging. Bill (pictured) was captured during Operation Market Garden – the airborne invasion of Holland in September 1944 – fighting at The Battle of Arnhem. He fought for five days in Arnhem before being captured, interrogated and...
Tuesday 2 September 2014
Sucbscribe to Today’s Golfer and you’ll receive a fantastic gift – 12 Bridgestone Tour B330 RX balls – and you’ll get the magazine delivered straight to your door before it’s available in the shops. BRIDGESTONE TOUR B330 RX BALLS The new Tour B330 RX features Hydro Core Technology, designed to reduce spin for longer distance. Combined with Bridgestone’s patented 330 Dual Dimple...
Written by Kevin Brown on Saturday 30 August 2014
Titchwell Manor is the perfect base for a golfing break in North Norfolk. Located off the A149 and literally just down the road from the fabled links of Royal West Norfolk and within a short drive of another leading historic seaside course – Hunstanton – Titchwell Manor is the ideal venue for golfers seeking somewhere to stay, play and dine in...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 28 August 2014
Crown Golf’s new Ryder Cup Golf Day offer is a limited-time special which puts golfers in the same shoes as European captain Paul McGinley. From August 27th until The 2014 Ryder Cup matches finish, golfers booking a 9-person Golf Day at a Crown Golf club get 3 extra ‘wild card’ picks for free, to join them on the day. That’s a 12-person...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 28 August 2014
De Vere has enhanced its partnership with Golf GameBook, the mobile scoring system and interactive golfing community, by introducing a new series of competitions for users across all De Vere Golf resorts. Golfers can compete for a host of exciting prizes and the opportunity to be entered into a selection of prize draws during each round. Open to all golfers across...
Wednesday 27 August 2014
Pay only £34.99 by annual direct debit or £45 by credit/debit card to get 13 issues delivered to your door, plus a dozen Bridgestone balls. Every new Golf World subscriber receives a fantastic gift (sign up this month to receive a dozen Bridgestone Tour B330RX balls) and gets each issue delivered straight to their door before it arrives in the shops. BRIDGESTONE...
Wednesday 27 August 2014
This month’s Golf World is a special collector’s edition, a gold-plated* guide to the best golf event on the planet – The Ryder Cup. (*Not actually gold plated) Our 45-page guide brings you the captains – Tom Watson and Paul McGinley on why their team will win; the legends – the best tactics and the worst mistakes; the teams – the strongest...
Wednesday 27 August 2014
Go digital with the latest issue of Golf World – download it on to your iPad or other digital device and flick through the magazine at your leisure. This month, we have everything you need to know about the Ryder Cup – from the captains, to the teams, the legends, and the course. We have 45 pages of brilliant content guiding...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 21 August 2014
The stunning Kempinski Hotel Bahía is inviting golfers to swap the UK’s autumnal drizzle for the sunshine of the Costa del Sol this autumn, thanks to its new ‘Autumn Golfers Dream’ package. The offer includes three nights in a deluxe room, breakfast buffet in the hotel’s El Mirador Restaurante, a welcome drink, two green fees per person at two courses of...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 20 August 2014
Award-winning Rudding Park, Harrogate, has launched its new Residential Golf School for golfers to improve their game and experience the ‘Number One Hotel in the UK’ according to TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards 2013. Suitable for all ages and abilities, these structured two, three and five day courses cover all aspects of the game including video analysis, putting through to driving, on...
Written by Joe Downes on Friday 15 August 2014
Stephen Woods and Craig Carrington are on the Road to Gleneagles with BMW having seen off ten other pairs at the Belfry Playoff yesterday. The event – played on the famous Brabazon course – was the culmination of a free-to-enter competition powered by live social scoring platform Golf GameBook. The pair from Milton Keynes scored 42 points to claim tickets to the...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 13 August 2014
Regarded by many as the leading golf instructor in the world, David Leadbetter will be on hand to officially open his new Leadbetter Golf Academy at Spain’s five-star La Manga Club resort in September. Leadbetter, who is based in Florida, is set to fly in to perform the opening ceremony on Monday, September 15 at his latest academy, which provides the...