Entries by Midlands Golfer

Gaudet Luce – 25 years of progress (and counting)

This is a modern golf and leisure complex that doesn’t like to sit still and the steady growth in popularity of the club since its opening in 1995 has enabled the family ownership to put investment back into the course and facilities.

Always special – The South Staffordshire Club

The South Staffordshire Club is always a special visit. Nestled in the leafy suburbs of Wolverhampton, a traditional members club with a much admired parkland course that never fails to impress. Messrs Vardon, Colt, Braid and more recently Donald Steel have all played their parts in creating a layout that charms, teases and yields a low score very reluctantly.

Morley Hayes – the full package

A major East Midlands player, Morley Hayes truly has it all, you can play, learn, socialise and get your head down. All ages and abilities of golfer are welcomed and share the off course charms with many non-golfing visitors, diners, hotel guests and businesses. A hive of activity, in this special feature we introduce you to it all, and new for 2017 the complex is now introducing membership packages for the very first time.

SGA Tour – Tour Championship 2018

[three_fifth] Sociable Golf Association (SGA) Season Finale ends with a Bang! Once again, we planned our season ending Tour Championship event on recommendation from our friends at MG. Heading over the Warwickshire border for a two-day weekend, with overnighter, to Whitefields Golf Club. With our very own Race To Whitefields season long points system, the […]

PTF Golf Society – Derby

  [three_fifth] Production Test Facility Golf Society Our society was founded in 1991 by employees from the Production Test Facility (PTF) at Rolls-Royce Aero Engines in Derby. 2018 Mid-Season Review 2018’s busy calendar of events and Darren ‘Dash’ Ashmole’s year on the Captain’s throne was planned to start as ever at Morley Hayes over the […]

Play and Stay – At The Nottinghamshire

The No1 Society Venue in The Midlands – As voted by you, the MG readers in our poll, held at the beginning of this year. They wear their banner proudly, you can’t miss it as you drive into the car park. The bad news for their rivals is that The Nottinghamshire G & CC is a club refusing to rest on its laurels. It’s time to vote again now and this venue has an even more compelling case to make in order to retain the title.

Another level – Leamington & County

Leamington and County GC has the experience of over 100 years of golfing tradition combined with a healthy modern attitude to bringing new golfers into the game.

Leamington have undertaken some course developments this year too, a slightly altered layout now exists with a re-route and two changed holes which include a new 18th. A joint editor’s visit was required to check it all out, Mandy and myself chose the hottest day of the year to do it!

Nuneaton GC – In good shape

The fortunes of Nuneaton Golf Club are doing rather nicely of late, a rate of progress to compare favourably with their famous son. Locally born Andy Sullivan played his golf here from picking up a club at the age of ten. He still lives in the area and during his downtime away from the European Tour is often to be found on the fairways of Nuneaton, still playing money games with old mates.

Summer Loving – at The Manor

[three_fifth] The family owned and run Manor (Kingstone) GC, situated on the outskirts of Uttoxeter is a club on the rise, and there’s no better time to discover its unique charms than in mid-summer. Countryside charm in the heart of the Staffordshire countryside, from the clubhouse balcony you can literally see for miles over fields […]

STAGS on Tour – Murcia 2018

[three_fifth] Captain’s Report STAGS (St Thomas Association Golf Society) Erdington on Tour – Murcia 2018 ~ Day 1 ~ It was an early start for the 16 STAGS who arrived at Birmingham Airport for 4am which was probably a wonderful sight for the other passengers as they witnessed us tuck into our large English brekkies […]

Golf in South Wales – Cottrell Park

  [three_fifth] A 36 hole venue set in a delighful countryside setting on the outskirts of Cardiff, easy to find and totally tailor made for society trips. Cottrell Park celebrated 20 years of existence in 2016 and is constantly moving further forward. In a golfing area rich in quality and quantity too, their progress has […]

Archie’s coast to coast challenge

[three_fifth]  Derbyshire based junior golfer Archie Qualtrough is preparing for a daunting fundraising challenge to become the first person to hit a golf ball from coast to coast. The 11-year-old, who plays off a 16 handicap, is aiming to raise much-needed cash and awareness for four charities in memory of two High Peak sporting youngsters. […]

2018 BIG MAX bag line up complete

[three_fifth] Hot on the heels of being named as #1 bag brand in Germany by Golf Datatech, BIG MAX has finalised its line of award winning AQUA and DRI LITE golf bags for 2018. With three new additions to the new year offer, BIG MAX now has innovative and stylish bags across various technologies, categories […]

Baker v The Ambassadors

[three_fifth] We’re testing Peter Baker’s professional knowledge this summer for a collection of noble causes. Its Majors time and a repeat for something we did this time last year which is all good fun but wasn’t an overwhelming success. Seeing as how it’s all for charity as well, we must do better this year. Peter […]

Peter Baker – Back on Tour

[three_fifth] We’re very pleased to introduce Peter Baker as our magazine contributing professional in 2018. Peter will be writing a regular blog for us in the magazine and online here too. BIO Peter Baker was born in Shifnal, Shropshire in 1967, he currently lives in Wolverhampton and is Head Professional at The South Staffordshire Club. […]