Best Golf Resorts

Golfing in the Caribbean

admin — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:15:36 +0000

Head to the Caribbean for a fantastic array of activities. While your kids are in the kids club, your wife is at the beach or your partner is at a boot camp, you can be playing golf at the La Toc Golf Resort & Spa. This is a Sandals resort that offers a nine hole course in a layout of 3,141 yards. It may be smaller than most but is definitely a test for most golfers with tight holes that demand accuracy and rolling terrain. The coastal wind may blow your ball up/downhill or sideways meaning that even the most professional golfers will be challenged.

At the northern tip of the island, the St. Lucia Golf Resort & Country Club offers a challenging 18-hole course. Hazards include bunkers, elevated greens and watering holes for wildlife. The opening hole is par 5 and has a fairway guarded by bunkers on either side. Like the La Toc Golf Resort, golfers need to be aware of the high winds that may affect shots. Week day prices are $115-$140 while weekends cost $115-$140. This golf club will allow you to wear metal spikes

La Manga Club, Spain

admin — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:10:37 +0000

If you don’t know where to take your family on holiday this year, let me suggest one very special place: La Manga Club in Murcia, Spain. There is truly something for everyone at this enormous sports resort including luxury rooms, spas, tennis, football, cricket, rugby and even Gaelic football.

If you are a golfer, you will be blown away by what is on offer. You will be playing golf on courses that have palm trees, lakes and sand bunkers as obstacles. The weather is ideal for year-round playing. For professional golfers, there are promotions to ensure you get your money’s worth. One package is to get 2 nights in every 7 free (7 nights being €495 per person).

For younger or beginner golfers, La Manga has a Junior Golf Academy and practice facilities. The former operates during main school holidays for four days. The latter is equipped with an 80-bay driving range, usable all night thanks to flood lights, a practice bunker, a pitch & putt course and chipping and putting greens. This year Lee Westwood’s exclusive Junior Academy is running for 5 dates from 1^st to 5^th August and then again from 8^th to 12^th August, at either €250 or €300 depending on if the guests are staying at the club.

St Andrews Golf Hotel

admin — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:09:33 +0000

Experience the best of British golf at St. Andrews Golf Hotel in Scotland. The hotel has 22 luxury bedrooms, each with a private bathroom and in room entertainment. The hotel serves first-class meals, the restaurants are called ‘number forty’ and ‘Ma Bells’, the latter being a fabulous bar in the evening serving shots, beers and wine with the music provided by DJ Charlie. When the blinds are closed, the dancing begins!

St. Andrews has “the greatest concentration of golf courses in Scotland” with one of them being the very famous Old Course of 6271 yards and par 72. 40,000 rounds of golf are played at Old Course each year and only golfers with a handicap of 24 for men and 36 for women are allowed to play. 50 per cent of the starting times are put into a lottery and drawn every day for the following day.

Check out St. Andrews Golf Hotel’s website for special offers such as weekend escapes and winter dining deals.

To get to the hotel from Edinburgh (1.5 hrs away), drive north on the M90 over the Forth Bridge then follow the A92 from junction 3. Branch onto the A914 north of Glenrothes and turn right at the roundabout and continue on the A91 through Cupar to St Andrews.

Golf Holidays

admin — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:09:04 +0000

When was the last time you really got away from it all and do what you really want to do? Some people choose spa holidays, some choose to go fishing and some go for white sand beaches. Consider taking a week off from life and combining them all with golf – the activity you really want to do.

The golf consultants at 3D Golf will suggest a holiday in the five star resort of Belle Mare Plage in Mauritius. Bring your family with you as while you play golf they can be playing in the turquoise lagoon off a white sand beach (your kids will think you are on holiday in the Caribbean!). After you finish your round (and your back is killing you), check yourself into one of the two resort spas. For seven nights and seven rounds, expect to pay £1099 in peak season (May to September); for 14 nights and 14 rounds, however, it will cost only £400 more (£1499). Bargain!

Your Golf Travel has a wide range of discounts that will take groups or single golfers all over the UK and the world. The larger the group, the larger the discount. One offer, for example, will take a party of 14 to Selsdon Park Hotel and Golf Club in Northumberland for one night and two rounds of golf on a Sunday for only £99 each.