Finca Cortesin Hotel, Golf & Spa’s reputation as one of the world’s elite golf resorts has received a glowing double endorsement after being ranked as one of the best 50 hotels in the world, and second in Spain and Portugal, by UK magazine Condé Nast Traveler.
It’s etiquette right? You hit the ball in the direction of another person on a golf course, you shout ‘fore’. It instilled in you from almost your first shot on a golf course, be you ten year’s old or eighty. However, it seems for some professionals that once they have reached the lofty heights of the tour this unwritten rule no longer applies to them.
KK Downing, the Judas Priest guitarist and 12-handicap golf addict, yesterday saw his dream of one day bringing the Open Championship his Astbury golf course in tatters after the 320-acre estate collapsed into administration.
This week’s Betfred British Masters hosted by Lee Westwood marks the beginning of the European Tour’s UK Swing, and former World Number One Westwood enters the week not only as tournament host but also as one of the favourites to take the title. Westwood has been on a strict health regime and has never felt fitter, so he will be a force to be reckoned with at his home course.
An innovative solution has been found to deal with the droppings from Canada Geese, which have been the bane of a local golf course in Berlin, Mayland. Meet the Goosinator.
Thorpeness Golf Club and Hotel has teamed up with East Coast Fishing Trips of Lowestoft to offer golf and sea fishing breaks on Suffolk’s Heritage Coast. Fish and chips if you like.
The tales of woe at Wentworth gone from bad to worse. The membership are in uproar over plans for massive price hikes. Their local MP, foreign secretary Phillip Hammond has been petitioned to intervene. But just as things couldn’t get any darker for the Surrey institution, they announce that Mike and the Mechanics are playing a gig the week of the BMW PGA.
Spain's Lumine Mediterránea Beach & Golf Club, which boasts 45 holes of golf against the backdrop of the Mediterranean coastline, has officially re–opened its stunning Beach Club for 2017.
For 400 students in Shanghai, afternoon sport means taking to the golf course. And it’s compulsory! What’s going on?
Golfers might wait until after their round at one of the Algarve’s nearby stunning courses to enjoy the more enticing sand trap of Praia Do Carvoeiro, after it was named the best beach in Europe.
Crown Golf, the UK’s largest golf club operator, has installed SkyTrak launch monitors at 22 venues after a successful year–long trial at several of its clubs.
Golf's Greatest Holes, a new golf TV show hosted by winning Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley and British sports broadcaster Chris Hollins, landed on NBC GolfPass on 8 March following critical acclaim from major broadcasters around the world.
