Monday, 18 November 2019
Your guide to short, straightforward and easy golf courses for you to try when you’ve just taken up golf If you’re new to playing golf, heading out to play a course for the first few times can be an incredibly intimidating thing to do. When you’re just a beginner, taking on a 500-yard par-five or a course with a lot of water...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday, 2 June 2020
Courses & Travel Editor Kevin Brown hopped aboard the Rocky Mountaineer train to play some truly sensational golf courses. It may not be the first country you think of when planning an overseas golf trip, but with over 2,600 courses, Canada is actually the second largest golfing nation in the world. And, when normal service has been resumed, everything is back up...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Our Courses & Travel Editor Kevin Brown reckons it’s a serious candidate… No wonder the Staysure European Tour brings its season to a climax in Mauritius these days. It’s a paradise island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, with great weather and golf courses to match. In other words, you can’t lose. It’s a win-win scenario so...
Friday, 3 January 2020
Costa Navarino: A breathtaking year-round destination that has elevated golf’s status in Greece beyond recognition Located in Messinia and overlooking the historic Navarino Bay, award-winning Costa Navarino has transformed the south-west Peloponnese area of Greece into a world-class golf destination. It’s staggering to consider that while Messinia may have a history that dates back 4,500 years, it has been less than a...
Friday, 1 November 2019
Bad Little Nine: A Par 3 course that’s so tough, the man who owns it will give you $1,000 if you break par when the pins are tucked away Par-3 courses conjure up images of pitch and putt layouts where non-golfers have fun on their family holidays. But if you’re a multi-billionaire, mad-keen golfer who loves to gamble – and insists...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday, 22 October 2019
The Top 50 Best Par 3s in the UK and Ireland Every golfer loves a par 3. The short holes offer welcome respite from having to hit it miles – and dead straight – on ultra-demanding par 4s and 5s. They create anticipation, tension, thrills and spills with excitement coursing through your veins as they give you a chance, albeit a million-to-one...
Thursday, 8 August 2019
Blessed with one of European most spell binding settings, Bled has a course and resort worthy of its incredible surroundings. Sitting invitingly beneath the Slovenian Alps, the impressive Royal Bled is one of Europe’s most scenic golf venues. Plotted close to Triglav National Park, the Royal Bled story began before World War Two when it was the brainchild of a former...
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
Ever wondered how to map a course? SkyCaddie’s Steve Winstone has the answer As far as jobs go, spending your days roaming the world’s top courses sounds like the best thing ever. But unlike most golfers, Steve Winstone never gets the chance to play them. He maps them instead. Known to clubs as SkyCaddieSteve, he heads up a team of enablers who visit...
Thursday, 4 July 2019
If Royal Portrush whets your appetite for Northern Irish golf, there are some sensational courses on this stretch of coastline Northern Ireland’s coastline stretches for miles around bays, islands, peninsulas, seas and oceans. The northern stretch, from Belfast to Londonderry, is known as the Causeway Coastal Route, home to the magical Giant’s Causeway. These famous rock formations lie between the courses...
Monday, 13 May 2019
Where the PGA Championship will be one and lost this week? The PGA Championship returns to May for the first time since 1949 this week and will be contested over Bethpage Black Golf Course in Long Island – the site of the 2002 and 2009 U.S. Open, as well as the 2012 and 2016 Barclay’s Championship (now known as The Northern...
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
La Reserva Club in Sotogrande has unveiled its breathtaking new leisure facility, The Beach. The Beach at La Reserva Club hosts an unrivalled array of amenities, providing a luxurious retreat in the hills of Andalusia that includes Europe’s first full sandy bottom fresh water fixture complemented by an elegant beach club & restaurant, and a large man-made water sports lagoon. Marc Topiol,...
Written by Golf World on Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Fed up of battling 7,000 yard courses on your golf holiday? Try on of these selections from all over the country… each one is guaranteed to entertain 1: Fife With St Andrews to call on, a golf break in Fife can be anything you want it to be. The Home of Golf can easily morph into any kind of golf holiday. The Old...
Monday, 7 May 2018
We head for the neighbour of Royal Birkdale and this year’s British Masters host Hillside to find out if it deserves as much acclaim as the Open venue? For a course that sits next to and is overshadowed by 2017 Open Championship venue Royal Birkdale, Hillside has lots of admirers. Hometown hero Tommy Fleetwod reckons Hillside boasts “one of the best...
Tuesday, 11 April 2017
WIN a Fourball at the International Course, London Golf Club by entering TG’s Fantasy Golf league! We’ve teamed up with London Golf Club to offer one lucky winner a fourball at the Jack Nicklaus designed International Course as one of our Fantasy Golf prizes for 2017. Sign up now! London Golf Club, located just 25 miles from the centre of London, boasts two...
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
The European Challenge Tour, which has acted as a springboard for many current European Tour stars, will visit Pont Royal, in Provence, for the first time in September (20-23). The stunning venue, which boasts the only Seve Ballesteros-designed course in France, had, for 10 years, hosted an Alps Tour Event, which had seen many of France’s top golfers take part, including...
Tuesday, 11 April 2017
WIN A Fourball at Littlestone by entering our TG Fantasy Golf League! We’ve teamed up with Littlestone Golf Club to offer up a fourball at the stunning links course as one of our Fantasy Golf prizes for 2017. Sign up now! Littlestone is a championship links gem set out on naturally-undulating terrain amongst its own set of sand dunes close to Romney Marsh...
Thursday, 1 February 2018
12 Great Escapes… …from £79 to £400 and they’re dotted all over the UK so there’s bound to be one near you! UNDER£100 DRUMOIG GOLF HOTEL & GC, FIFE This venue is very much the unsung hero of the Kingdom of Fife, even though it was once the home of the Scottish Golf Union before it moved to the more salubrious surroundings of The...
Thursday, 11 January 2018
Paradise Islands: Staying, playing and living the dream in the breathtaking Seychelles… the trip of a lifetime Turquoise bays, tropical forests, white sand beaches, coral reefs, palm trees, glorious sunshine… if anywhere lives up to paradise, it’s the Seychelles. As well as that natural beauty, it’s home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites and one of the most spectacular golf courses...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday, 5 January 2018
It’s Open Season: Now is the time to play an Open venue for far less than summer Always wanted to play an Open venue courses? With many Winter green fee deals lasting until the end of February or end of March, now is definitely the time to play some past and present courses. We’ve rounded up the best offers from 10 famous Open...
Thursday, 16 November 2017
Don’t put the clubs into hibernation… take advantage of these green fee deals Some golfers pack away their clubs at this time of year – but we think they’re missing out. They’re missing out on gorgeous, crisp mornings… on tons of pre-spring practice… on being warmed up by a bacon roll and a coffee… and, perhaps most importantly, they’re missing on...