10 NEWS Marathon man Estonia’s potential
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Travel Tralee by RXV
Tough training sessions are said to be going well as chairman of Direct Golf UK John Andrew prepares to run the 2012 Virgin London Marathon in aid of the Seve Ballesteros Foundation. On the 22nd April, wearing
the iconic number ‘1984’, the year that Seve won T e Open at St Andrews, Class AA PGA professional Andrew will take on the 26 mile course in a bid to raise vital funds for the Foundation and their research into brain cancer. T e 44 year-old owner of
Direct Golf UK, commented: “As a PGA professional and golf business owner, it’s an honour to be wearing the number 1984 and be taking part in the 2012 London Marathon. Seve was a hero of mine growing up and his foundation is such a great cause.” He added: “I’m looking forward
to one of my biggest personal challenges and raising some much- needed funds for Seve and Cancer Research UK.” • To support John and help raise funds for the Seve Foundation please go to
www.direct-golf.co.uk/seve.
Team places are now available for the 26th Golf Foundation Pro-Am, which will be held on Monday, 8th October, at London Golf Club. T e Pro-Am occupies a special
place in the golfi ng calendar, supported by T e European Tour and held this year at one of the country’s most popular golfi ng venues at London Golf Club, in Ash, Kent (near Brands Hatch). T e action on the day will take
place on the Heritage course which has been host to T e European Open. Teams of three amateurs
Estonian Golf & Country Club experienced a 10% increase in overseas visitors throughout 2011 on the back of a tourism boom in the Baltic State. Tourism across the country was up 16% compared to 2010, with visitors drawn from across the continent by the capital Tallinn’s status as European Capital of Culture and the fact that low cost airlines increased the number of routes into the country. Hanno Kross, Estonian Golf &
Country Club chief executive, said: “We are seeing more and more visitors from overseas, particularly from the UK. With Tallinn a mere 25 minutes away people are combining a visit to the stunning city with a round of golf at our fi rst class European Tour course. “Our total number of rounds
increased by 7% in 2011 compared to 2010 – the appetite for golf in Estonia is growing and it is
testament to the quality of our facilities that people are choosing to visit.” Estonian Golf & Country Club
– featured in Golf World’s Top 100 Golf Courses in Europe – has two excellent courses. Visitors to Estonia from the UK
doubled over the course of 2011 according to statistics published in a report by Visit Estonia, which also showed a vast increase in the number of visitors from Russia, Germany, Finland, Sweden and Denmark as well as substantial growth in tourists from Spain, France and the Netherlands. Flights to Tallinn from the
UK are available through Ryanair (
www.ryanair.com) and EasyJet (
www.easyjet.com) from Luton, Stansted, Liverpool, East Midlands, Edinburgh and a new route opening in April from Manchester. •
www.egcc.ee
Pro-Am offers Tour experience
breakfast before a shot- gun start, an excellent dinner and a charity auction and raffl e, with all money raised on the day going to the HSBC Golf Roots
will be supported by a Tour professional for a Stableford better-ball competition which features a range of prizes and on-course challenges. T e atmosphere on the day is always very friendly as amateurs are joined by European Tour, European Senior Tour and Ladies’ European Tour players. Attractions include a champagne
programme, the Golf Foundation’s national strategy to make the game more accessible to children from all backgrounds and abilities. T e big day is on the 8th
October. Bookings are for £1,200 per team. Shotgun start at 10.30am. • To fi nd out more about booking a team, call +44 (0)1992 449830 or see
www.golf-foundation.org.
CHARITY GOLF Love good greens?
If you enjoyed the Masters and relish playing on superb greens, have you ever played at Muswell Hill Golf Club in North London? When the GBD editor played in the ‘Swing for Sammy’ charity golf day last year, he was raving about how good the greens were. Find out more about this very worthy event, always played in a superb atmosphere, on page 27. This year’s day is in June.
Situated on the rugged Atlantic coast of Ireland’s south west lies the Arnold Palmer-designed Tralee Golf Course, a unique combination of traditional seaside golf links and stunning scenery. The links has a variety of features including towering dunes, undulating fairways, punishing rough and cliff top tees and greens. To enhance the golfi ng experience for its members and the many visitors from the USA, the club recently purchased a fl eet of E-Z-GO RXV golf cars from local distributor Kevin Broderick Ltd. Manager/secretary Anthony
Byrne said: “We previously ran a fl eet of E-Z-GO TXT golf cars, but our four-year lease was up and we needed to refresh the vehicles, especially as they are popular with many of our US visitors. “We are a golf destination
from American golfers, and although you can only really appreciate this stunning course by walking it, we appreciate that for some, a golf car is essential. The RXV has many excellent features, but its in-built technology ensures more rounds per charge than any other golf car on the market and, for enhanced safety it applies the brakes automatically when the buggy stops.” •
www.ransomesjacobsen.com
Kevin Broderick and Anthony Byrne at the handover of the new RXV golf cars
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