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Golf Societies in Essex Golf Societies in Essex are extremely popular and there are a variety of courses in Essex to choose from to organise your golf Society or Charity fund-raising day, including private members clubs, proprietary clubs, and ‘Pay and Play’ clubs. Essex is an excellent county for both the above golf day option but also…
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Looking for a new golf GPS App? Here we review the latest in golf GPS app technology, The Smart Caddie It is a common assumption that a caddie’s role is only limited to carrying the golfer’s clubs around the course. But caddies do so much more than this. They help you to navigate the course, give you…
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Looking for golf lessons or a golf professional in your area? LocoPro is the new website hub for golfers to find and review golf coaches across the UK and Ireland. The intention is to make it easier for people to get involved in the sport, no matter their gender, age, or skill level. Launched in January 2021…
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Best Golf Watches 2020? Golfers are notoriously known for loving a new piece of golf gear but what are the best golf watches to buy in 2020… Golfers are always looking for new ways to improve their game and having any type of new golf gear makes it easy for them to indulge in the…
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Golf games and formats to enjoy with your golf mates All golfers love to moan about how we would have had two more Stableford points but for the unlucky bounce on the 7th and the stupid missed putt on the 16th. All the time while forgetting the good fortune that went our way. And that…
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Improving your golf game – Where to Begin Once you’ve been hooked by the golf bug, the next thing you’ll want to do is look at ways of improving your golf game. We spoke to our friends at Bird Golf Academy in Arizona and asked them for their advice. Even Tiger Woods started practising his…
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Which Electric Golf Trolley Is Right For Me? So, despite saying I would continue to carry my golf bag until I can’t, the recent improvements in design, fold-up size, and battery life have forced me to rethink this stance of late. Now in my early fifties, is this the time to make the change? However,…
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Why are people playing less golf than ever before and who’s to blame? As many people have reported over the last few years, golf in the UK has seen a decline both in rounds played and in membership. So, is the game in terminal decline or is there a renaissance around the corner? Here, Ian…
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Thorpeness Golf Club is set on the Suffolk coast, a few miles south of Southwold, and is most famous for its unique landmark, the ‘House in the Clouds’. Located just off the A12, it is within easy reach of Ipswich and Lowestoft. We sent TSG course reviewer Ian Mullins to check out the course and…
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To maintain our email reputation, it will help us hugely if you could take the time to add us to your email contacts list More and more online businesses and platforms are suffering at the hands of scammers. So the more of us that do this, the better our email reputation with the big providers…
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It’s 2018 and that means The Ryder Cup year! As some of you may have read on the TSG Facebook newsfeed, we recently took up the invite to visit Le Golf National – the host venue in Paris. Here’s our Le Golf National Course Review. The Club Although only built in 1990, Le Golf National is much more established than its…
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How many times have we all been heard to say the words, “I need new clubs!“? Probably once a round if you’re playing with some of my friends… so, should you change your equipment? And how do I go about selecting new golf clubs? Selecting new golf clubs – How to choose… Should you change your…
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Following on from our article on how they retrieved lake balls early in 2016, we now asked Scott Phillips at Premier Lake Balls, about the process of grading lake balls once they have been retrieved and arrived at the cleaning factory… Grading Lake Balls… Based on customer feedback and with our own experience of over…
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Let me introduce myself, my name is Paul and I’m a golf addict! I came to the game late in life re-starting after a 12 year sabbatical and post the rather unusual sport of Amputee Football, where’s he going with this I hear you say…well stick around, it’s going to get a lot weirder I…
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Looking to spend more time golfing in Spain? Like all golf trips, it starts with one of your golfing buddies suggesting it’s time you went away for a few days without the family. It then quickly moves to everyone saying which courses they would like to play and in which countries. The next step is…
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Looking for a Father’s Day Gift for Golfers? Why not surprise your loved one this Father’s Day with a gift that lasts all year? Let them join golf games in their area, track their scores, watch tuition videos + compete in site competitions. By joining thesocialgolfer.com community, you can arrange games close to home or with…
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In January, we issued the TSG Golfers Survey questionnaire, asking you to give us your views on the website, what we were getting right and what we were getting wrong. Your thoughts on how we can improve and your opinions on the golf industry as a whole. We are very grateful to all those that took part,…
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Slow Play on the golf course is usually a habit acquired over time, with the accumulation of many bad habits. If this is you, it’s often the result of the golfer never having been taught proper golf etiquette. Meaning, a slow player can usually be encouraged to play quicker. Of course, that golfer has to…
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Do I need a Golf Trolley? I have always carried my clubs, however, I recently decided to carry out some research to see if a golf trolley would improve my game. The fact that I get regularly beaten by people nearly twice my age is neither here nor there, surely buying powered golf trolleys is…
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