Posted on June 28, 2009
by Admin
in The Grove
Golf World says: The Grove is one of the best golf complexes
in Europe, with an 18-hole championship course set in 300
acres of mature parkland just 18 miles from central London.
Designed by Kyle Phillips and opened in 2003, it hosted a
World Golf Championship in 2006, which was won by Tiger
Woods. With four sets of tees, visitors can select the length of
the course to suit their ability. It’s one of the best-conditioned
inland venues in the UK.
Where: Chandlers Cross, Herts.
Normal green fees: £125-£170.
More info: 01923 294266
www.thegrove.co.uk
Posted on October 4, 2004
by Admin
in Press, The Grove
Golf Business News
The International Federation of PGA Tours has announced that the American Express World Golf Championship will be played at The Grove from 28th September to 1st October 2006.
It will be the first time that the United Kingdom has hosted one of the World Golf Championships since the series of top class global events was inaugurated in 1999. The WGC – American Express Championship has visited Spain twice, the United States once and Ireland on two occasions, most recently this past week at Mount Juliet Conrad in Thomastown, Co Kilkenny. Read More…
Posted on June 1, 2004
by Admin
in Press, The Grove
Robb Report
The Grove
A modern classic at England’s finest new resort.
Kyle Phillips’ work at Kingsbarns, neighbor to hallowed St. Andrews, has been universally hailed as an almost perfect modern example of the Scottish links course. Now the American architect has created his version of an English parkland course at the Grove, a quirky yet fabulous new resort in Hertford-shire, England, just 25 miles outside of London. Read More…
Posted on January 1, 2004
by Admin
in Press, The Grove
From The Peugeot Guide
The Grove, Britain’s most-talked about new golf resort, has been ranked officially as one of Europe’s finest venues only three months after opening and been placed in the elite category of world-class golfing destinations that includes Gleneagles and Turnberry. The Peugeot Golf Guide 2004-2005, the most influential manual on where to play in Europe and widely regarded as “the traveling golfer’s bible”, has judged the Hertfordshire complex to be one of the most complete resorts among more than 1,000 it surveys each year. Read More…
Posted on July 1, 2003
by Admin
in Press, The Grove
Links Magazine
PRESENTING A SCHIZOPHRENIC blend of 21st-century luxury and chivalric hauteur, a first-of-its-kind English golf resort debuts this summer under the deceptively modest name of The Grove.
Jacuzzis, plasma-screen TVs and “Broadband conferencing are concealed within The Grove’s courtly buildings–one of which dates to 1400 and all of which provided hearth and home to several Earls of Clarendon. Just a half-hour’s drive from London proper, the resort’s grandeur is painted across a 300-acre demesne whose fresh-air pleasures include an aristocratic-looking golf course laid out by the Kingsbarns Kid himself, Kyle Phillips. Read More…
Posted on June 1, 2003
by Admin
in Press, The Grove
Business Golfer
With a course designed by the renowned Kyle Phillips and a hotel based on traditional values, The Grove is an irresistible mixture. Alison Root visits the perfect place to combine business with pleasure.
The style and character of the championship golf course underlines Kyle Phillips’ attention to detail. The layout follows a route that’s over rolling tree-lined landscape and owes much to the value Phillips is renowned for throughout the clubhouses of the world. Read More…
Posted on February 1, 2003
by Admin
in Press, The Grove
Golf International
With a course designed by the renowned Kyle Phillips and a hotel based on traditional values, The Grove is an irresistible mixture. Alison Root visits the perfect place to combine business with pleasure.
The style and character of the championship golf course underlines Kyle Phillips’ attention to detail. The layout follows a route that’s over rolling tree-lined landscape and owes much to the value Phillips is renowned for throughout the clubhouses of the world. Read More…
Posted on January 1, 2003
by Admin
in Press, The Grove
Golf Links
That’s how golf course architect, Kyle Phillips, who also designed the stunning and award-winning links course at Kingsbarns near St Andrews , describes his approach to designing golf courses. And this philosophy is clearly evident with his latest creation. Sitting serenely in 300 acres of prime, natural parkland, The Grove, which was formerly the home of the Earls of Clarendon, is a magnificent new 18-hole layout, situated near Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire. Read More…
