Nottingham’s Highfields Park welcomes pitch-and-putt golfers

This weekend you can take a few practice swings then set your shoulders and eye the next pin at Nottingham’s biggest 18-hole opportunity outside the Wollaton Park and Bulwell golf clubs.

But you can leave your woods and irons at home. A supplied putter is all you will need at Highfields Park Adventure Golf, the newly-landscaped pitch-and-putt challenge whose opening this weekend marks the latest stage of the upgrade of the popular park.

European Golf in Cottingham tees off with UK first…

European Golf in Cottingham is creating the country’s first full-sized golf course covered entirely with artificial grass.

Using specialist synthetic ‘grass’ handpicked and imported from Arizona, the nine-hole course is being painstakingly laid to ensure it offers the same consistent ball speed and ‘true roll’ expected of ‘real’ grass, as well as being able to withstand any conditions the British weather can throw at it.

Company founder David Lowe said though the deal was unique, he believed it could open the door for similar contracts at sites across the UK.

Read more at Hull Daily Mail

European Golf deliver at Burnley’s Prairie Sports Village

A Lancashire leisure complex (Burnley’s Prairie Sports Village) is the latest proud owner of European Golf’s premier artificial surfaces.

Prairie Sports Village in Burnley has had its bespoke golfing requirements met by the company’s dedicated team of professional installers.

The complex, which is owned by registered charity Burnley Leisure, placed an order which put them at the forefront of artificial golf turf provision in the East Lancashire area.

Following the completion of the works, they are now able to offer the following practice aids to the region’s golfers:

Burnley’s Prairie Sports Village the latest venture for synthetic…

A Lancashire leisure complex is to be the latest proud owner of European Golf’s premier artificial surfaces.

Prairie Sports Village in Burnley is currently having its bespoke golfing requirements met by the company’s dedicated team of professional installers.

The complex, which is owned by registered charity Burnley Leisure, has placed an order which will put them at the forefront of artificial golf turf provision in the East Lancashire area.

Once the works are completed, they will be able to offer the following to the region’s golfers:

European Golf offer perfect pitch for Scottsdale putters

European Golf has been selected by club manufacturer Scottsdale Golf to provide a putting green. It will be used for prospective buyers to ‘try before they buy’.

The 6m x 6m synthetic green will be located in the heart of Canary Wharf in London.

A road has been closed off and will remain closed while the show site’s turf is in place, to ensure maximum realism for the practising putters.

The base for the square green will be made from timber pre-made before the installation begins on 11 July. The ultra-realistic contours and undulations – which allow club buyers to test their potential purchases in a realistic environment – have been created using rubber underlay.

The green will therefore benefit from a variation of putts, giving the best possible customer experience.

European Golf managing director Josh Bartlett said: “We’re using our premium synthetic turf, the Nylon Tour Putt Ultimate, on this green.

“It will be surrounded by a 50cm border fringe to give it a ‘first cut’ look that adds an extremely realistic effect to the green.

“We’re delighted to be working with Scottsdale to offer the perfect testing ground for their putters,” he added.

Sky TV choose European Golf to endorse British Open…

European Golf has joined forces with Sky Television to celebrate the broadcaster securing the rights to this year’s British Open.

The company’s artificial grass and hole design expertise have been put to good use in the creation of two bespoke putting greens at Sky’s headquarters in Isleworth, Middlesex.

Chris Hanson, European Tour golfer 2016 season, signs up…

European Tour professional Chris Hanson will be preparing for his matches across the continent and further afield on European Golf artificial grass.

The back garden of his home in Huddersfield has been re-laid with European Golf’s nylon tour putt ultimate putting green turf to aid his practice when he’s not playing in tournaments around the world.

New Adventure Golf Course In London

Ahoy there! European Tour pro Richard Finch to appear at opening of new nine-hole adventure golf course in London

European Tour pro Richard Finch will be guiding putters through choppy waters when he appears at the opening of a brand new nine-hole adventure golf course in London over the 2016 Easter weekend.

Finch will be the guest of honour over the opening weekend of Captain’s Bay Adventure Golf, which is based at Metro Golf Centre in Barnet.

Crazy golf fans are encouraged to come along and see Finch in action on the course – which features fast-flowing water holes and a 20ft long shark prop – on Saturday 26th March between 12noon and 2pm.

If you can’t wait that long to test your skill on the mini-golf equivalent of the high seas, the course officially opens at 10.30am on the day before [Good Friday].

The course is the brainchild of Josh Bartlett and David Lowe, who own artificial grass specialists Showcase Greens Adventure Golf Limited.

Its concept arose when Showcase Greens completed some work on the driving range at the Metro Golf Centre.

Josh saw that the centre benefited from the extremely busy range, with more than 6,000,000 balls hit per year, and that it was also a very community- and family-orientated hub.

The seeds of the idea had been sown, so Josh and David went to work on designing the course with the same flair they had shown when they designed greens for Centre Parcs.

The pair designed the course themselves and completed it in collaboration with landscape architects the Andrew Davies Partnership, using Showcase Greens’ bespoke Tour Putt Ultimate putting green grass that they developed in collaboration with their company’s preferred supplier LazyLawn.

Construction of the course took three months in the Winter of 2016.

“We specialise in installing artificial golf greens like Captain’s Bay and we have extensive experience in combining different turf types to create courses that look realistic,” said Lowe.

“Thanks to LazyLawn, the Captain’s Bay course that we’ve delivered has an authentic and realistic playing experience which is low maintenance, durable and weather-proof.

“The result is a nine-hole course that is fun for all the family and will give every type of golfer an enjoyable and amazing experience!” he added.

European Golf Work Alongside Swan Golf Designs

European Golf recently sealed the deal to construct a 9-hole golf course based in Chester, for Bell Developments. The course construction will begin in January 2016, and will be ready to open in Easter 2016, hosting approximately 900m2 of artificial grass.

For over 25 years, Swan Golf Designs have been a dominant name in Architectural Golf Designs, providing their clients with successful design solutions on projects of all shapes and sizes all over the world. The golf course architecture firm have a proven track record of meeting the demands of each client, delivering value for money, professionalism and a creative excellence.

We look forward to working with SGD in the coming weeks, so that both parties can provide a synthetic golf course that matches the standard of all other SGD and European Golf projects.