The return of Open Championship golf to Kent this week is set to result in more than £80 million of...
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Links With History – Ladybank Golf Club 1879
Those of us who are fortunate enough to play Ladybank on a regular basis are fulsome in our praise of the course and its surroundings. On a fine summer’s day there is no finer place on earth – there is no doubt in our minds that this is a course of outstanding quality and rare [...]
Links With History – Lundin Golf Club 1868
The Lundin Golf Club was founded in May 1868 in which year the Leven Clubs had extended their links from the Mile Dyke eastwards towards Lundin Links, the extended course occupied the narrow strip of land between the railway line and the Firth of Forth. The shared links, with Leven and Lundin golfers starting from [...]
Links With History – Crail Golfing Society 1786
Several gentlemen in and about the town of Craill, who were fond of the diversion of Golf, agreed to form themselves into a Society to be known by the name of The Craill Golfing Society’ So runs the inscription on the title page of the Society’s first Minute Book of the seventh oldest golf club [...]
Hanbury Manor – A Marriott Hotel & Country Club
Few golfing venues in Europe blend the old and new so successfully than the historic Hanbury Manor, a Marriott Hotel and Country Club in Hertfordshire. The “old” is the magnificent estate itself, which since the 19th century has featured a Jacobean-style mansion and included a nine-hole parkland course designed by the legendary Harry Vardon. The “new” [...]
Moray Golf Club
Two classic Scottish links courses at one fantastic venue .. Moray Golf Club at Lossiemouth. The championship standard Moray Old Course (Old Tom Morris designed) has played host to The Northern Open, Scottish Professional Championships, Scottish Strokeplay Championships, Scottish Amateur Championships, Scottish Ladies Amateur Championships, Home Internationals, R&A Boy’s Home Internationals and North of Scotland [...]
Carnoustie Championship Golf Course (est. 1840)
Yards: 6941 Holes: 18 Par: 72 With sandy subsoil and open, rolling terrain, Carnoustie’s links were patently intended for the game of golf. It was James Braid who designed the course that we know today, although some of his holes were reckoned too weak for competitive play and the notorious “sting in the tail”, Carnoustie’s [...]
KEEGAN BRADLEY SIGNS CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH CLEVELAND® GOLF/SRIXON®
Keegan Bradley, the winner of the 2011 PGA Championship, has signed a multi-year contract extension with Cleveland® Golf/ Srixon® to remain a member of their PGA TOUR staff. No additional details regarding the contract were made available. Bradley, a two-time winner as a rookie on the PGA TOUR this season, will continue to play Cleveland® [...]
New battery technology increases golf car hire revenues 36% at London Golf Club
New battery technology that enables electric golf cars to drive 36 holes without a recharge has helped one of the UK’s leading golf venues increase rental revenues by 36%. London Golf Club, a European Tour Destination and venue of the 2009 European Open, says the upgrade of its fleet of 50 Club Car Precedent i2 [...]
