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Golfers from all over the South East of England gathered at the Kent-based club Pedham Place on 10th June 2017, all hoping to be this year’s The Social Golfer Par 3 Championship winning golfer. Meanwhile, the event celebrated a new format, making for an exciting finish…. The Social Golfer Par 3 Championship – The Day……
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Emma Ballard – New Golf Formats Over the last few years there have been many initiatives introducing new golf formats to the game, but is all the razzmatazz necessary to get people playing golf? We asked Emma Ballard, Head of Digital at Medi8 Limited, PR agency to American Golf and many other brands. She is…
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The World Golf Awards serves to celebrate and reward excellence in golf tourism, world-class courses, and golf destinations. The 2017 World Golf Awards will focus on the leading 130 nations that are shaping the future of this dynamic industry. Golf tourism constitutes a vital segment in the global travel and tourism marketplace as a whole,…
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Welcome to The Social Golfer Newsletters Archive! Catch up on the latest developments on the website, or look back at The Social Golfer’s history. Have you signed up for The Social Golfer Monthly Newsletters? Click the link below then tick “Send me The Social Golfer monthly newsletters” (N.B. You can unsubscribe at any time!) Send us…
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TheSocialGolfer.com (TSG), the online social networking community for golfers celebrated its 4th annual TSG Masters 2017 Championship at Warley Park Golf Club on 22nd April. The TSG Masters 2017 – The Day… Golfers from all over the South East of England gathered at the Essex-based club, all hoping to be this year’s TSG Masters 2017…
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Organisers of The TSG Open are delighted to announce Farleigh Golf Club has been chosen as the host venue for this year’s event, following a competitive tender…. The flagship event of popular Nomadic golfer community, TheSocialGolfer.com, is now in its 7th year. Due to attract over 70 golfers from around London and the Home Counties…
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Discrimination in Golf We know golf is always some years behind the rest of the world in its moral outlook maybe it should have been no surprise, when I recently experienced (in our opinion) a truly awful show of ignorance by my local council toward Paul Houghton – TSG’s very own Disabled golfer. Having got to…
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Firstly, let me introduce myself, my name is Paul, and I’m a golf addict! So at this stage, I have been playing golf for roughly three years, my ‘Society handicap’ was 25 (before I knew about The Social Golfer) and I still wanted to improve. Fuelled with the comments made to me by other society golfers (that I…
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The Social Golfer meets Beef Johnston As always, we like to bring you the best from the London Golf Show each year and this time we were especially flattered that TSG were asked to the Press Junket by the organisers. London Golf Show – Beef Johnston And were given the chance to meet and interview…
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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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TSG Masters 2016 TheSocialGolfer.com, the online social networking community for golfers celebrated its 3rd annual TSG Masters Championship at Warley Park Golf Club on 23rd April 2016… 30+ Golfers from all over the South East of England gathered at the Essex-based club, all hoping to be TSG Masters 2016 Champion golfer. The TSG Masters 2016…
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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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Pro Tips – Golf Psychology As we approach the new season, we start with the year discussing the ‘Psychology of Golf’ and how to prepare yourself mentally for the season ahead. Psychology of Golf – The basics I’m not going to give a lesson in ‘winning‘ or ‘how to get in the zone‘ here (although…
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As TSGers know, we are always keen to help promote disabled golf whenever we can and this year is no exception. Venue: Vila Sol Golf Club, Pestana, Portugal (17th – 19th November 2015) We asked TSGer Paul Houghton to send us his event report… The EDGA Portuguese Open 2015 – The venue Playing in my first official EDGA event,…
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Thesocialgolfer.com 2016 Tournament News: Dates & times for your dairy… TSG MatchPlay 2016: (sponsored by The Altonwood Group): Our 2015 event went all the way to the wire, with the final being contesting on the green of the 18th hole. John Barber finished our victor. Once again there will be spaces available for 64 TSGers…
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TheSocialGolfer.com, the online social networking community for golfers celebrated its annual TSG OPEN Championship (in association with londongolfshow.com) at Bletchingley Golf Club in Surrey on 11th July 2015…. Celebrating its 5th year, the now much coveted Halliwell Cup (donated by stroke victim Ian Halliwell) was won by Harlow & Essex based TSG member Steve Slater,…
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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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TheSocialGolfer.com, celebrated its 2nd annual TSG Masters Championship (in association with GolfGear247.co.uk) at Warley Park Golf Club on 3rd May 2015….. Golfers from all over the South East of England and from as far away as Lancashire gathered at the Essex-based club, all hoping to be TSG Masters Champion golfer… How they qualified for The…
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Despite stiff competition, The Social Golfer competed with websites from across all genres and won the Gold Award accolade in the SPORT & ENTERTAINMENT category!! It was a balmy spring evening at Colchester United Football Stadium, where the great and the good from Media and Marketing throughout Essex and the South East gathered for an…
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We asked you the members to share your TSG (TheSocialGolfer.com) stories with us. Here it’s the turn of Richard Adinolfi to tell us about his TSG experience. Richard joined TSG in December 2013. TheSocialGolfer.com – My Story… “TheSocialGolfer.com means more to me than just playing golf. It started as therapy of sort and developed into an…
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What are the Essex Digital Awards? The social networking community and online golf club TheSocialGolfer.com (TSG) has been selected as finalists in this year’s Essex Digital Award. Now in their second year, the Essex Digital Awards look to reward innovation and progressive thinking by businesses across the county. Previous winners span several industries and range…
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ESTABLISHING A GOLF HANDICAP CERTIFICATE When you first take up the game of golf, you quickly find that one of the first things ‘other’ golfers asks you is “What’s your Golf Handicap?” Of course, if you’ve only just taken up the game, the chances are you won’t have one, but that’s where TSG can help. Handicapping…
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Free TSG PRO Golf Membership for THREE months! Over the last five years we have worked hard to grow the TSG community and whilst the members have played a huge part in this growth, we have now decided it is time that rewarded those members. As such, in our 2014 November newsletter we launched our MEMBER get…
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TheSocialGolfer.com, the online social networking community for golfers, held the TSG MatchPlay Championship Final (Sponsored by The Altonwood Group) at Westerham Golf Club, on Sunday 21st September 2014. The finalists Mark Crane and Matt Taylor (both Kent based golfers) had spent the summer working their way through a field of 64 to secure their place at…
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The Social Golfer launches Ad Campaign on Talksport Radio The online social networking community for golfers celebrates its fourth year in existence, by launching its first ‘Above the line’ marketing campaign. The website run by ex-Media Planning Director, Ian Mullins, will be running a series of 10-second commercials throughout July and August. The campaign will…
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The Social Golfer Open 2014 The online social networking community for golfers held its annual TSG OPEN Golf Day Championship at Bletchingley Golf Club in Surrey on 5th July 2014. The day was attended by over 60+ able-bodied and disabled golfers from all over the South East of England and from as far away as…
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The Social Golfer Masters The Social Golfer Masters 2014 started with a warm welcome from The TSG Team, along with a lovely fresh coffee and bacon roll. However, the Green fee also included a no. of freebies including ball markers, discount vouchers. PLUS, a FREE lesson for all who attended. The venue, Warley Park GC, was fantastic,…
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Thesocialgolfer.com reviews…
Obviously, we here at TSG HQ think we have a great website but what do other people think? Here are just some of thesocialgolfer.com reviews that have been sent to us by you the members “After years of playing golf irregularly on pay and play courses, I discovered TSG, my golfing life changed overnight!…
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