Modry Las Golf Club has been named Poland’s best golf course at a prestigious global awards ceremony in Portugal. For the second consecutive year, the West Pomerania Gary Player designed-course picked up Poland’s national prize at the World Golf Awards which aims to benchmark excellence in golf tourism. The accolade came in a category that has seen the number of nominees nearly double since the awards were launched a year ago. More importantly, it affirms Modry ...
Terre Blanche has been awarded France’s Best Luxury Golf Resort at the 2015 World Luxury Hotel Awards. To celebrate, the property is now offering a new golf membership package for international travellers. The resort boasts of two fabulous 18-hole championship golf courses, ‘Le Château’ and ‘Le Riou’, designed by Dave Thomas, a five star hotel with 115 suites and villas, as well as a 3,200 square metre spa, Terre Blanche has been recognised as a European ...
Give Golf A Go Finale Balmoral’s Give Golf A Go scheme ended this week with a short fun competition at Balmoral’s golf academy. Ladies’ who participated in the course joined mentors, golf professional Lee, assistant professionals at the Club for a meal and a few glasses of wine. Ann Pendleton who spoke on behalf of all the Give Golf A Go participants thanked Balmoral ladies’ for the welcome they received at the club, and for their help ...
Located in the South of Tenerife in Costa Adeje is the fabulous Sheraton La Caleta Resort & Spa. The resort is beautifully situated between the sea and the mountains. The wonderful climate of The Canary Islands makes it a very popular destination for Irish and UK tourists wanting to escape the long and dreary winters. Rooms at the Sheraton La Caleta are luxurious and extremely comfortable, all have private terraces. You can request to use the ...
Great Britain & Ireland Vagliano Team Member, Olivia Mehaffey is the winner of the 2015 LGU Order of Merit. The 17‐year‐old, a member of Royal County Down Ladies’ Golf Club, gains a full exemption to next year’s Ricoh Women’s British Open which will be played at the end of July at Woburn Golf Club. In order to be eligible for the exemption Olivia must remain an amateur at least until that championship has been played. Previous Winners ...
Louise Suggs, a founder of the LPGA and an honorary member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, has passed away at the grand age of 91. Born in 1923, in Atlanta, Georgia, Suggs first took up golf at the age of ten. She embarked on a highly successful amateur career winning the US Amateur in 1947 and the British Ladies’ Amateur in 1948. She was a member of that year’s American Curtis ...
Balmoral Golf Club have teamed up with Sport N.I. to give women an opportunity to take up the wonderful game of golf. Balmoral are keen to attract a new generation of players to the club, particularly those who are retiring from other sports such as camogie, football or hockey. They especially want to attract women who have never played any sport before but want to give golf a go. The response to Balmoral’s advertising of the scheme ...
Jane Adams is one of camogie’s most recognised stars with her long and successful career as captain of both Rossa and Antrim. Jane has five All-Ireland titles under her belt including a senior club All-Ireland, something many sports women can only dream about. Her achievements have been widely recognised throughout the camogie and gaelic community with an unprecedented 5 Ulster GAA Writers’ awards. Jane was also the first Ulster woman to receive a senior All ...
Hosted by the Rory Foundation May 20th, 2015 WITH just one week to go, the countdown is well and truly on and the excitement is building ahead of this year’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open hosted by the Rory Foundation at Royal County Down from May 28-31. With a star-studded line-up that includes many of the world’s top golfers, 2015 is set to be a year never to be forgotten in the tournament’s illustrious history. So to mark the ...
IRISH OPEN TROPHY AND RORY’S CLARET JUG VISIT CLANE SCHOOL WITH PRO GOLFER DES SMYTH. Sean Dunne (9) from Scoil Padraig NBS, in Clane and Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Golf Ambassador, Des Smyth are pictured with the famous Claret Jug and Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Trophy . Sean was one of the winners of the inaugural Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Trophy Tour competition which gave four lucky schools across the island of Ireland ...