Delaware Valley Golf Club

England and South Wales Trip

Friday August 5th 2011 thru Thursday August 13th 20011

 

 

         

The grapevine is correct DVGC is hosting a golf trip to England and South Whales in 2011.  We will be using the same travel agency, Golf UK Vacations, who put together the 2011 Scotland golf trip with no hitches.  If you are interested in this trip all the information is listed below. We will need a $500 deposit made to DVGC by October 2010 in order to reserve your reservation. This deposit is fully returnable if you cancel by February of 2011. We are playing great courses see the provided web links to each course with pictures below.  This trip is open to all DVGC members and they’re significant others, plus any golfers that would like to attend.  If you have any questions about the trip please call us at 864-704-8883.

 

 

 

 

 

PACKAGE DATES:                             August 5th to 13th August (Provisional)        

 

PRICES:                                               £2,442 (US$3,819) per golfer

 

                                                            £1,365 (US$2,134) per non golfer

 

                                                            Single room supplement: £295 (US$461)

 

 

Prices are in GB£ Sterling double occupancy accommodation both being golfers – single supplement as shown

 

US$ price shown is for guidance only and based on the current exchange rate on the date this quote is issued. All transactions will be in GB£ Sterling therefore US$ rates will vary.

 

Tour includes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Itinerary

Friday

Group leaves US to fly to Manchester England.

 

Saturday

Group fly into Manchester International Airport, where they will be met by their driver

Transportation throughout the week will be by executive coach similar to the one shown below, for exclusive use of the group

 

Transfer from Manchester airport to Newport area in South Wales, where the group will stay for the next 3 nights in Manor Hotel Rooms at Celtic Manor. Travelling time by coach is around 3 ½ hours dependant upon traffic conditions.

 

Relax on your first day in Wales or golf can be arranged if you wish

 

Mercedes Esker Executive coach

 

Coach Interior

 

Celtic Manor – The Manor House

There are three hotels at The Celtic Manor Resort. Guests can choose to stay in the luxurious five star Resort Hotel, the four star 19th century Manor House or the Newbridge on Usk, which is located only a stone's throw away from the Resort itself. Each hotel has its own style and atmosphere. The costs for this tour are based on the 4 star Manor House

 

Sunday

Play 1 round at Celtic Manor Twenty Ten Course – venue for the 2010 Ryder Cup

 

 

Celtic Manor Twenty Ten Course

Built to stage The Ryder Cup in 2010, the course opened for play in July 2007.  The first course to be built specifically for golf's greatest team tournament, it measures a robust 7,493 yards off the back tees and has a par of 71. With water hazards on half of its holes, the course has six signature holes and presents many more memorable tests and risk-and-reward dilemmas. One of the features of the spectacular new course is its variety with many of the earlier holes having a links-like feel with some long rough and greenside swales, before the middle section of the course reveals the full extent of the lake-lined challenge.

A tough finishing stretch culminates in a real sting in the tail at the 18th.

 

Monday

Play 1 round at Royal Porthcawl (50 minute drive from Celtic Manor)

Royal Porthcawl was described as being one of the twelve finest courses in the world by the late Tom Scott, a leading writer on golf and former editor of Golf Illustrated. Since his day the club has acquired a large practice area and further improvements have been made to the course, developments which keep Royal Porthcawl firmly among the world's top golf courses. The status of the course is sustained by the many prestigious professional and amateur events held at the club over the years. ichael Williams, writer, of the Daily Telegraph summed it all up with; "Royal Porthcawl epitomises all that is best about the game, as it once was, even down to a creaking clubhouse that is as unchanging as the magnificent links and unrivalled hospitality."

 

Tuesday

Early check out of Celtic Manor and travel north to Formby, Merseyside where your group will stay for the next 4 nights at Formby Hall Resort

Driving time from Celtic Manor to Formby Hall is around 3 ½ to 4 hours.

 

 

 

Formby Hall

Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa opened in 1996 and is one of the newest courses on England's Golf Coast but has already built an enviable reputation. The golf club has been transformed into a hotel following an extensive £10million development that has repositioned this former golf club into a complete residential golf resort destination. This is a 62 bed roomed 4 star hotel with an 18 hole course, a superb 9 hole par 3 course, a new driving range and a unique new PGA Residential Academy together with a superb Leisure & Fitness club and Spa destination.

 

Play a mid afternoon round at Formby Golf Links

Formby Golf Club is one of the classic courses of the Lancashire coastline. Although somewhat protected from the elements by pine trees that line several of the holes, the course is a tough one, particularly when the wind does break through. Such is the profusion of wildlife and plants at Formby that it has been declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest with the magnificent, fragile dunes a designated conservation area. Formby Golf Club are proud to have an outstanding amateur championship course with par 3s amongst the most challenging to be found anywhere. Formby has hosted many important national and regional amateur golf events, particularly three Amateur Championships. It was on this course that Jose-Maria Olazabal beat Colin Montgomerie to win the final of The Amateur Championship in 1984.

 

Wednesday

Play 1 round at Royal Birkdale Open Championship Links (Image on following page)

Royal Birkdale hosted the 2008 Open! Among the many great courses along the Northwest coast, Royal Birkdale stands out as a perfect example of links golf. It is currently the number one course in England and has been voted the number one in Britain, most recently in the survey published in

 

 

 

1998 after The Open. The course has been the stage for many great golf championships including the Walker Cup, the Curtis Cup and the Ryder Cup. On eight occasions the greatest championship, The Open, has been played here and in 2005 the club was the venue for The Amateur Championship, for the third time.

The links measure 6,690 yards and although the distance itself is a test even for the most accomplished golfer, the wind, whistling down the fairways when it comes from the sea, adds to the challenge. Each hole runs through a landscape of high dunes, the fairways are flat and fair and from the tee there is generally a clear view of the task ahead. Each hole is memorable, from The Open Championship tee the 13th measure 498 yards, one of the longest par 4s in championship golf. Visitors to the course can walk in the footsteps of many of golf's legends, among them Open Winners, Peter Thomson, a double winner at Royal Birkdale, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Johnny Miller and Tom Watson. On the 15th hole, a plaque commemorates Arnold Palmer's great shot in appealing weather conditions, on the way to his Open win 1961.

 

Thursday

Play 1 round at Royal Lytham & St Anne’s Open Championship Links

Nestling between two busy seaside resorts, the Royal Lytham and St. Anne’s Golf Course is one of the most unique courses in the rotation of the British Open. It is a links in every sense of the word, with sandy soil and the wind blowing in from the Irish Sea. Open to the elements, the trees on the course permanently lean sideways, with the wind often proving a formidable competitor in the homeward five holes of the course. Unusually, the course is set amongst a Victorian housing estate, and occupies a limited piece of land, with red-brick houses in plain view. Located nearby is the St. Anne’s train station with the railway line running adjacent to the first nine holes of the course.  The course is well designed, with holes to test every level of player. It opens with a Par 3, the only major championship course to do so. The first four holes and last five are said to be

 

amongst the trickiest in Britain, but some respite is offered in between with holes which are within everyone can hope to emulate Seve Ballesteros' five birdies and am eagle in this stretch on his way to winning the 1979 Open

 

Friday

Play 1 round at Royal Liverpool (Hoylake) Open Championship Links

The ancient links of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake, site of the first British Amateur championship, was thankfully been added back on to the Open Championship rotation in 2006, a fact that made some of the pros a bit squeamish! It has been left out of staging the tournament since Roberto deVicenzo’s popular 1967 victory, and since then they have not had to face its controversial challenges such as the out-of-bounds practice area just right of the 1st and 16th fairways, the blind tee shot on the 5th, and the old-fashioned, undulating fairways. You can feel the past here, both out on the links and inside the clubhouse, one of the most famous in England, housing some terrific Bobby Jones’ memorabilia with much of it commemorating his Open Championship win at Royal Liverpool during his Grand Slam year of 1930. No education of links golf is complete without a visit to Hoylake!

 

Saturday

Transfer to Manchester International Airport (Around a 1 ¼ hour drive) for your return flight

 

End of Tour

 

Please note that the order of play for the golf courses is dependant upon availability on your chosen dates and order of play may therefore vary.

 

 

 

Notes