Rent Golf Clubs Online

Rentaclub.co.uk, the online golf service, which has been renting drivers since February, has now launched iron sets to rent, giving golfers the opportunity to hit their best shots with top equipment including the Nike VR Split Cavity Irons used by Open Champion Stewart Cink and the TaylorMade R9 TP Irons favoured by Spanish Ryder Cup star Sergio Garcia.

Golfers will also be able to sample the latest equipment from Callaway, Bridgestone, Cleveland Golf, Wilson Staff, Srixon and Mizuno for just £45 for a five-day trial, putting their chosen clubs into play just 24-hours after ordering online.

Matthew Fagan, Rentaclub.co.uk Managing Director, said: “The site has been incredibly successful since launching earlier this year, and we will now build on that success by giving golfers the opportunity to get their hands on the latest iron sets from golf’s biggest and best manufacturers.”

Rentaclub.co.uk features a simple process for golfers to select their desired clubs. They are then delivered securely next day by UPS to the golfer’s home, or a location of their choice, ready to be put into play.

Rentaclub.co.uk customers receive their clubs in pre-paid packaging, making it easy to return products. On the fourth day of their rental they will be sent an SMS text message reminding them to call UPS to arrange a pick-up the next day from a location of their choosing, including home or work.

Rent-A-Club - the UK’s first online golf equipment rental service

Rentaclub.co.uk, the UK’s first online golf equipment rental service, is giving golfers the opportunity to hit their best shots with top brand equipment, whenever and wherever they want.

The exclusive new service will enable golfers to test drive new products from Callaway, TaylorMade, Nike, Cleveland, Srixon and Mizuno, among others, just 24-hours after ordering the clubs online.

The new website goes live on Wednesday 17th February and features a simple, five-step process with a virtual assistant helping golfers select clubs beneficial to their game.

The clubs are then delivered securely next day by UPS to the golfer’s home, or a location of their choice, ready to be put into play.

Matthew Fagan, Managing Director of Rentaclub.co.uk, said:

“Golfers love talking about new equipment, including the latest drivers, and how it will improve their game. However, new clubs can be expensive, so this is an ideal way to test drive clubs thoroughly on your own course before making a purchase.”

He continued:

“Having returned the club, if the golfer then decides they want to buy the product, Rentaclub.co.uk will refer them to an experienced local PGA professional within the TGI Golf network for a free custom fitting to ensure the clubs are perfectly set up for their game, guaranteeing optimum performance. They will also benefit from a £25 discount off the manufacturer’s suggested retail price.”

The service, which has the backing of leading brands, will offer drivers only initially, with models including the new Callaway FT-iZ, Nike Victory Red Tour STR8-Fit, TaylorMade R9 Super Tri (available March) and Cleveland Launcher DST (available late February).

Driver rentals start from £25 for five days, including free delivery, pick-up and return.

Graham Martin, Callaway’s Regional Sales Director UK and Ireland, said:

“Callaway invests heavily in research and development to create equipment that give golfers an advantage. The best way for consumers to experience this is by enjoying playing and testing the clubs themselves, so we are fully supportive of Rentaclub.co.uk.”

TGI Golf, the UK’s leading network of green grass golf professionals and retailers, is also supporting Rentaclub.co.uk, with its 400 members offering free custom fitting services to the website’s customers.

Matthew Fagan added:

“Although renting clubs is a new concept in the UK, it is a well established practice in the USA. From our own market research, we know that golfers here are keen to try new products in this way and that they will appreciate the value, convenience and fun of turning up at their home course with the best new products – and hitting their best shots.”

Rentaclub.co.uk customers receive their clubs in pre-paid packaging, making it easy to return products. On the fourth day of their rental they will be sent an SMS text message reminding them to call UPS to arrange a pick-up the next day from a location of their choosing, including home or work.

Rental prices for fairway woods, hybrids, sets of irons, wedges, putters and full sets of clubs will be announced as the clubs are added to the rental list.

For more information visit www.rentaclub.co.uk

10th hole Tour Course

The PGA Golf Catalunya Resort are offering golfers the chance to claim a free round on the superb Tour Course, venue of the Qualifying School final stage, for every night they stay at the Meliá Golf Vichy Catalán Hotel, just a short walk from the clubhouse.

The special Winter Packages are launched in November with guests being able to upgrade to play the Stadium Course, home of May’s Spanish Open and ranked at number three in the European Top 10 Golf Courses by Golf Monthly. Golfers will be charged an extra 15 euros to experience the thrills of the Stadium Course.

Billy O’Sullivan, CEO of PGA Golf Catalunya Resort, said:

“This is an outstanding opportunity to experience one of Europe’s finest golf resorts and enjoy the Tour Course with our compliments or upgrade to the Stadium Course. Besides the Stadium Course, which is known as one of the best, and one of the most challenging, in Europe, the Tour Course is actually our most popular in terms of play and offers the same quality and style, but is a little more generous tee to green, which makes for a highly enjoyable round.”

Special Offer 1
• €83.50 per person, per night, based on two people sharing a double room (upgrade subject to availability – single use supplement €26/night)
• Includes free day ticket/green fee on PGA Golf Catalunya Tour Course
• €15 supplement per person to play the Stadium Course

Special Offer 2
• €97.50 per person, per night, based on two people sharing a double room (upgrade subject to availability – single use supplement €26/night)
• Includes bed & breakfast
• Free day ticket/green fee on PGA Golf Catalunya Tour Course
• €15 supplement per person to play the Stadium Course

For more information, terms and conditions, visit the PGA Golf Catalunya Resort website.

Linna Golf clubhouse & green

Linna Golf in Finland has recently joined the elite golf courses across Europe after ranking in Golf World’s Top 100 Courses in Europe.

The scenic forest course, designed by European Golf Design and opened in 2005, borders a 7km long lake on the historic Vanajan Linna Hotel estate, 100km north of Helsinki.

The golf course, country house hotel and striking clubhouse, has previously been described by Golf Digest Sweden as the, “the most luxurious golf resort in northern Europe.” It is the home course of two-time European Tour winner Mikko Ilonen and was the glamorous venue for the wedding of Ferrari Formula 1 star Kimi Räikkönen.

Linna Golf President, Mika Walkamo, said: “To go straight into Golf World’s Top 100 rankings is a very significant achievement and puts Linna Golf on the international golfing map. Our vision was to create a world-class resort and golf course in Finland and everyone involved in the design, construction and maintenance of the golf course has helped us realise this vision.”

The 6,624m (7,244 yard) layout cuts through majestic birch and pine forest. Its natural beauty and outstanding strategic challenge, featuring memorable holes that ride a rolling landscape peppered with rocky outcrops, has led to Linna Golf being tipped to host a European Tour event in the future.

The course has become a popular alternative golf holiday venue where midnight rounds are possible during June, owing to the long daylight hours. As well as the exquisite Vanajan Linna, the only country house hotel in Finland, there is luxury guest accommodation in the clubhouse, with suites overlooking the course featuring private saunas.

For more information and package details check the Linna Golf website.

PGA Golf Catalunya Stadium Course

The PGA Golf Catalunya Resort has once again been ranked amongst the Top Ten golf courses on the continent in Golf World magazine’s Top 100 European courses.

The acclaimed 36-hole resort close to Girona, Barcelona and the beautiful Costa Brava, which hosted the 2009 Spanish Open won by Thomas Levet, has consistently ranked in the magazine’s Top 10 since its opening a decade ago.

Now, with a new modernist clubhouse and the release of its first phase of exclusive residences PGA Golf Catalunya Resort is recognised as a world class golf estate in one of the most naturally beautiful and culturally distinctive regions of Spain.

While Golf World ranked the Stadium course in seventh position, the UK’s Golf Monthly magazine voted the course number three in Europe although both magazines confirm PGA Golf Catalunya as being second only to Valderrama in Spain.

Billy O’Sullivan, CEO of PGA Golf Catalunya Resort, said:

“To have maintained our position within the top 10 in Europe since opening is testament to the quality not only of the golf courses at PGA Golf Catalunya Resort, but the experience and service that visitors receive when they come to the resort.

We have invested heavily in the courses and the new clubhouse, and have the benefit of a hotel on site. To complement our new residences, which are available as plots, finished turn key villas and self-build, we also have plans to add a sports and tennis club, plus more spa facilities. PGA Golf de Catalunya is not just one of the finest golf resorts in Europe, it is a world class resort.”

The convenient proximity of the resort and its hotel to Girona-Costa Brava Airport  means that golfers from across the UK, Ireland and the Continent are less than a two-hour flight away.

Tee times, including special offers, are available to book via the PGA Golf Catalunya Resort website

Visual Golf

“Our unique visitors increased by 10 per cent after just one month of the promotional golf video being live on the website. Many colleagues have also remarked how it has brought the website to life,” said Christopher Strong, General Manager of Donnington Grove Country Club. “The visualisation, professionalism and expertise of Visual Golf were greatly appreciated.”

Visual Golf’s online video production focuses on being inspirational to golfers while being as informative as possible. The video covers the main areas of the venue and all parts of the golf course including a favourite hole chosen by Director of Golf Gareth Williams. The newly refurbished hotel and new Summer House bedrooms also feature in the production.

Tim Stansbury, Managing Director of Visual Golf said: “We are delighted with the figures received by Donnington Grove and that the video is having an immediate impact. There is no doubt that online video is a rapidly growing industry and we are very excited to be offering these services to the golf sector. With the summer months upon us, now is the perfect time to be out on the course filming. Therefore I’d urge any venues thinking about video promotion to contact us soon to enjoy the benefits for 2009.”

As a lefty myself, what I like best is not the helpful staff and very reasonable prices, but the fact that the whole shop is full of left handed clubs; and more importantly a very wide selection of demo golf clubs.

The Left Handed Golf shop has an excellent reputation for left handed golfers, who travel from far and wide to visit the shop.

However, if you cannot visit the bricks & mortar pro shop then you will be pleased to know that the website has been given a face lift and now comes complete with an online shop.

Take a look at the new Left Handed Golf website