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Wiltshire’s Bowood Celebrates 20 Years of Golf

With Bowood Golf celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2012, two very special charity events are lined up for this May and June. Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Foundation will be staging its first annual golf day at Bowood Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort (near Calne. www.bowood-hotel.co.uk) on Friday 11 May and there’ll be the chance for [...]

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THE BELFRY WINS DOUBLE GOLF TRAVEL AWARD

The Belfry, four-time venue for the Ryder Cup, has won the ‘Best Hotel/Resort’ and ‘Best Course’ accolades for the East and West Midlands area in the first Travel Awards run by the UK’s top-selling golf magazine Today’s Golfer. The awards – chosen by thousands of readers in association with top golf travel operator Your Golf [...]

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International resort sets a new membership trend

The South West’s leading golf and leisure resort and only 36 hole championship golfing facility in the region has introduced a brand new membership structure, specifically tailored to the each golfers individual requirements. This unique approach makes St Mellion the best value members’ club in the region, where golfers are only required to pay for [...]

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THE BELFRY REPORTS INCREASE IN ROUNDS & CUSTOM-FITS

Three courses & PGA National Golf Academy more popular than ever  The Belfry, four-time venue for the Ryder Cup, has reported growth in both the number of golfers playing its three championship courses and using itsPGANationalGolfAcademyduring 2011. The number of rounds played over The Belfry’s Brabazon, PGA National andDerbycourses increased by 10% from the previous [...]

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Burhill Golf & Leisure on course for GEO Certified™ Ecolabel

Burhill Golf & Leisure, a leading golf course owner and operator in the UK, has become the world’s first multi-course owning business to enrol in the Golf Environment Organization’s (GEO) OnCourse Programme. The OnCourse Programme will provide Burhill with a streamlined, practical on-line sustainability programme to help it save money, exceed member and customer expectations, [...]

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Frilford Heath to host the English Amateur Championship

The English Golf Union will visit long established clubs as well as pastures new for their two blue riband events in 2013. In the 2013 fixtures just released, Frilford Heath in Oxfordshire will host the English Amateur Championship in July while the Brabazon Trophy will be played at The London Club in Kent in June. [...]

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EGU and EWGA to hold handicapping and amateur status seminars

The English Golf Union (EGU) and English Women’s Golf Association (EWGA) will hold Handicap and Amateur Status seminars up and down the country throughout October, November and December to help highlight the changes to be brought in by 2012 CONGU Unified Handicapping System and new Amateur Status code. The series of seminars will include important [...]

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