This Week In Golf: Aug 14 - 20

Catch up with all the latest news from around the world in golf

This Week In Golf: Aug 14 - 20

Catch up with all the latest news from around the world in golf

This Week In Golf: Aug 14 - 20

Els Club Teluk Datai receives TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence

The 7th hole on the Rainforest

The Els Club Teluk Datai in Kuala Lumpur, has been awarded a TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence, which celebrates hospitality businesses that have earned great traveller reviews on TripAdvisor over the past year.

Set against a stunning backdrop of greenery and natural beaches on the island of Langkawi, the Rainforest Course at Teluk Datai is set adjacent to the water’s edge amongst a million-year-old rainforest.

Following its official opening in 2014, it won ‘The World’s Best New Golf Course’ award and ranked #84 in ‘Golf Digest’s Top 100 Greatest Golf Courses in the World’.

Prince's Himalayas nine to undergo renovation

Prince’s Golf Club, in Sandwich Bay, Kent, host of the 1932 Open Championship, has announced extensive plans to redevelop the Himalayas nine.

The club has hired renowned international golf course architects Mackenzie & Ebert to handle the reconstruction that begins this month.

Rob McGuirk, General Manager of Prince’s Golf Club, commented: “The entire club is very excited by this project. We believe Mackenzie & Ebert’s plans will transform the Himalayas Nine into one of the finest stretches of links golf in the country."

Skechers announced as official footwear partner of the 2017 Solheim Cup

This Week In Golf: Aug 14 - 20

Some of the world’s leading players will be taking to the fairways in never-before-seen, limited edition, Team Europe and Team USA Skechers GO GOLF shoes this weekend at the Solheim Cup.

With the new partnership, a limited edition women’s Skechers GO GOLF Solheim Cup model will be revealed for each team leading up to the event, and a selection of both Team Europe and Team USA members will wear the exclusive style, including 3-time LET Tour winner Florentyna Parker.

Free PowaKaddy cart bag when you buy an FW7s trolley

Golf trolley brand PowaKaddy has launched a new promotion to mark the end of the summer season, which will see golfers receive a free cart bag when they purchase a PowaKaddy FW7s or FW7s EBS trolley.

Related: PowaKaddy FW7s GPS electric trolley revealed

Every golfer who buys one of the FW7s trolleys between Monday 14th August and Monday 11th  September will get a free-of-charge PowaKaddy cart bag worth up to £209.99. As part of the promotion, golfers can choose from two of the brand’s cart bags, including the Dri Edition and the Premium.

Elliott Heath
News Editor

Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


Elliott is currently playing:


Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV