| |  A newly-designed website details over 250 courses thought to be the best venues in the UK to play golf.
Britain's Finest Golf Courses, compiled by Peter Godsiff - editor of South-West Golfer - gives an overview of the top links, heathland and parkland courses in the country. Continue Reading: New website records UK's finest courses  |  |
| |  Pearl Valley Golf Estates has confirmed its hosting of this year's South African Open Championship.
The event will take place from December 18th to 21st and is to be one of the first events of the 2009 season on the European Tour. Continue Reading: SA Open returns to Pearl Valley | |
| |  The Twenty Ten course which will host its first event this week is the culmination of eight years hard work.
European Gold Design undertook the task of creating nine new holes and remodelling nine old holes in 2000, working towards the hosting of the 2010 Ryder Cup from which the course derives its name. Continue Reading: Twenty Ten course ready after 8 years work | |
| |  Turnberry, the venue which is due to host the 2009 Open Championship, is to be sold to a Dubai-based investment and development firm for £55 million.
Leisurecorp, part of the Dubai World group, has signed a Letter of Intent with the present owners Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Continue Reading: Dubai group buys Turnberry | |
| |  Members at the Royal North Devon Golf Club - the oldest in Britain - have been ordered to stop protecting the course from natural erosion caused by the sea.
The Bristol Channel takes as much as 90 foot from the venue every year, with most damage being inflicted on the seventh and eighth holes, which are in danger of disappearing altogether. Continue Reading: UK's oldest golf course eroded by sea | |
| |  Torrey Pines, the San Diego course due to hold next month's US Open, has been targeted by vandals for the second time.
The San Diego Union Tribune reports that the third hole was damaged early yesterday (Sunday, May 18th) in an incident which has been reported to police. Continue Reading: Torrey Pines targeted by vandals | |
| |  A wayward speedboat took a turn for the worse when it flipped up out of the water and into the bunker at a golf course in Scotland.
According to reports, players at the Loch Lomond course in Dunbartonshire were fortunate not to have been hit as the boat crashed into rocks before flying into the green-side sand pit. Continue Reading: Speedboat lands in bunker | |
| |  Royal Birkdale has been revamped for its staging of the 2008 Open Championship, organisers revealed yesterday (Tuesday, April 29th).
The Southport course will be stretched by 155 yards to 7,173 yards in total ahead of this year's event - still relatively short for a championship course. Continue Reading: Royal Birkdale altered for Open | |
| |  Players who feel the urge for some glamour and glitz on their golfing holiday might want to check out the Spanish Trail Golf and Country Club in Las Vegas after the completion of its $15 million (£7. Continue Reading: Las Vegas course gets £7.5 million makeover | |
| |  The new Earth course, part of Dubai's most prominent residential golf complex Jumeirah Golf Estates, is to play host to the first Dubai World Championship tournament in November 2009, the PGA European Tour has announced. Continue Reading: Earth course to host world's most lucrative tournament | |
| |  June 10th has been named as the date for the commencement of a public inquiry into Donald Trump's proposed £1 billion golf resort in Aberdeenshire.
The inquiry will be conducted at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre and will run until June 4th. Continue Reading: Trump course inquiry to being in June | |
| |  Players who like to test their game on different courses will be interested in a newly-launched service for mobile phone users.
Golf. com's subscription-free Course Finder is a downloadable application allowing golfers to personalise a search engine which will find them a suitable course to play based on chosen criteria. Continue Reading: New course finder launched for mobiles | |
| |  Marriott Golf has announced that 34 of its courses worldwide will become Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuaries this year.
The commitment would mean the courses making efforts to enhance precious natural areas and the protection of wildlife habitats. Continue Reading: Marriott courses go environmentally-friendly | |
| |  The potential of the next Ryder Cup to kindle interest in Wales has been mooted after the managing director of USPGA, Kerry Haig, expressed his admiration for the Celtic Manor course.
The course will play host to the 2010 Ryder Cup, which Mr Haig believes could be one of the best ever from a fans' perspective for UK golf fans and those from across the Atlantic. Continue Reading: Ryder Cup chief relishes Welsh venue | |
| |  A course planned for development in Salford, Greater Manchester, has ambitions to host the Ryder Cup, according to reports.
The £110 million complex detailed in proposals includes plans for a leisure park, with a horseracing track, hotel, equestrian centre and camping facilities, says the Manchester Evening News. Continue Reading: Manchester course has Ryder Cup ambitions | |
| |  Members of an established Swansea golf club have joined forces to face up to the vandals who have caused problems on their premises.
Players at Morriston Golf Club have started patrolling their fairways at night in response to recent incidences of criminal damage and a burglary, reports the Western Mail. Continue Reading: Swansea club members set up night patrols | |
| |  A new course to be built on Merseyside will attempt to mimic some of the world's best par three holes.
As a part of the £10 million Liverpool Sports Park project, a nine-hole pay-as-you-play course will feature copies of the 12th at Augusta, 8th at Troon and 17th at Sawgrass. Continue Reading: New Merseyside course to replicate best par 3s | |
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