Hertfordshire’s Brocket Hall is to host a series of shot-saving Dave Pelz Scoring Game Schools between March and October this year. Golfers participating in a Dave Pelz Scoring Game School The one, two and three-day sessions are aimed at golfers looking to improve their short game and putting techniques under the guidance of one of the world’s leading short game coaches, Dave Pelz, and his highly-trained team. A former physicist, Pelz has dedicated a large part of his life to scientifically analyzing the golf swing and paying particular attention to the short game. He worke ..read more

When most people think of sports betting, the first sports that come to mind are football, horse racing, cricket, rugby and the big American sports leagues. Golf is one sport that is often overlooked as a betting sport but there is much potential there.  Betting is an incredibly popular pastime in the UK and online sportsbooks are making it easier and more convenient than ever to bet. It’s the perfect time to give sports betting a try if you’ve never considered it before. Betting on golf has been steadily growing in popularity over the last decade as golf attracts more widespread attentio ..read more

After playing 18 holes at The Drift Golf Club, it will remind you why you enjoy the game so much. Everything is exceptional and focuses on the customer and their experience. The drive into the club is grand and heightens the anticipation of the day ahead. Your green fee includes a warmup bucket on the 28-bay driving range allowing you to hone your yardages on Trackman before heading to the tee box. The fully stocked shop offers you the chance to top up on necessities or purchase a logoed memento.  On to the course, and every hole is a delight to play. The perfect mixture of risk and rew ..read more

The Dartmouth Hotel, Golf & Spa, which was named among the top 100 resorts in the UK to enjoy a golf break earlier this year, is adding to its golf resort with the development of a new golf practise range, planned to open in June 2024. In addition to its 18-hole championship golf course and a nine-hole club course, the Devon golf resort will create a practice range on its six acres of land adjacent to the fifth and sixth holes on the Dartmouth Course.  This will include road access and parking, with a grass teeing area, an artificial teeing area, a practice chipping green, and a gree ..read more

Golf has a reputation as a serious, staid sport. It’s a reputation buoyed by the silence of spectators during play and the polite clapping that responds to a successful stroke. Add to that the peacefulness of playing a sport out in nature instead of in a crowded and brightly lit arena, and golf seems like the kind of sport where nothing too dramatic ever happens.  However, over the course of the past three years, golf has unexpectedly been at the centre of a major controversy involving the use of sports to repair the reputations of countries whose standing in the global arena is impacted ..read more

 Ivor Robson, pictured at The 144th Open at St Andrews in 2015, has died aged 83. Image credit The R&A Ivor Robson, a man with one of the most distinctive voices in golf, has died at the age of 83. He was the official starter at The Open for 41 years and his passing has been met with an outpouring of affection from players and golf administrators alike. He also acted for over 40 years as the DP World Tour’s official starter with his ‘on the tee’ message delivered in his cultured brogue at famous golf venues around the globe. Ivor sent the world’s best players on their way in a ..read more

Win: £150 To Spend at Function18 Function18 is a specialist golf apparel store, offering golfers affordable, niche garments that will set you apart from the rest, both on and off the golf course. Function18 has more than 20 years of experience in designer golf clothing and dresses golfers all over the world. Its wide inventory includes both specialist golf performance and high street brands and promises to kit out the fashion-conscious player with the stylish look and performance edge they need to succeed.  Function 18’s handpicked collection includes products from the biggest global sp ..read more

40 people, aged seven and over, took part in the first ever golf taster day organised in partnership between the Muscular Dystrophy UK and Golf Trust charities.  Families from across the UK travelled to The Shire for the event, which gave people living with muscle wasting or weakening conditions the chance to try golf for the first time. Amazingly, a quarter of attendees have since signed up for a series of 10 sessions, which will be delivered by PGA Members at venues across the UK starting at the end of this month.  There were many highlights from the day, but 17-year-old Archie’s ..read more

Nominations are now open for the 2023 Women in Golf Awards, and the award organisers are delighted to announce the full list of award sponsors from across the world of golf.  This pan-industry-support reflects a shared commitment to acknowledging the contribution women are making to the sport, and in creating a platform where their success can be seen and celebrated to inspire future generations.  By supporting the awards, the sponsors are all contributing to a specially created Women in Golf fund that will ensure that women at every stage of their career can afford to access the eve ..read more

As part of World Ocean Day, OCEANTEE is launching a new podcast series aimed at educating and inspiring people within golf on how to make sustainable changes. Driving the Green, which is available on all main podcast services, is hosted by long term brand ambassador Inci Mehmet.    The first episode dives into the background of OCEANTEE, with Inci in conversation with Founder, Ed Sandison, including how and why the OCEANTEE brand was set up and what it can offer other organisations within golf.  Other notable guests in the series include Jonathan Smith, Executive Director ..read more