Heythrop Park Unveils Ambitious New Greens Team For 2015

Heythrop Park Unveils Ambitious New Greens Team For 2015

A new golfing reputation is being built on the edge of the Cotswolds, with the 282-room Heythrop Park Resort near Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire making a major statement of intent by boosting its Course Management team for 2015. Steve Cherry, a 25-year career greenkeeping professional who prepared 17 European Tour events under Alex Hay at Woburn, heads the new team as Estate Manager at the prestigious golf resort which features the 7,088 yard Bainbridge Course, rated by many as the best in Oxfordshire. Experienced 34-year old Brett Smith arrived at Heythrop Park in…Read more …
Golf Club’s Big Drive To Get People Swinging

Golf Club’s Big Drive To Get People Swinging

Ramside Hall Hotel and Golf Club, County Durham’s only 36-hole golf resort, has launched a major drive to encourage more people to take up the sport. According to England Golf, the national governing body, golf participation is declining in the UK with fewer people taking up the game because it’s seen as too expensive and time consuming. Ramside Hall Hotel and Golf Club, which opened England’s newest golf course last September, hopes to reverse this trend by making it cheaper for people to join its club and then pay for only as much…Read more …