The Exeter Golf and Country Club is set for a busy summer ahead as the glorious weather is forecast to continue over the next couple of months, making it perfect conditions for golf in Devon. Those who play the game will also be tuning into the 2017 Open Championship next month, which takes place at Royal Birkdale this year in what is set to be the 146th edition of the world’s oldest Major Championship.
World number one Dustin Johnson heads the field and is back to full fitness again after missing the US Masters earlier in the season due to a back injury after the American fell...
Life Education Wessex is calling on golfers to join its Charity Golf Day on Thursday 8th June 2017 at Woodbury Park Golf Club, Exeter, to raise vital funds to support health, wellbeing and drug education for local children.
The golf day is taking place thanks to the sponsorship of CAP Ceilings & Partitioning Ltd of Exeter and they are inviting other local business and community supporters to join in with opportunities to sponsor holes and golf buggies.
They are looking for teams of 4 to take part in a stableford competition, there will be a ‘hole in one’ competition to...
The PGA West Region Year 2 Golf Assistant of the Year 2016 is joining the Professional Golf team at Exeter Golf and Country Club on Tuesday 14th March.
Tom Jessamine is moving from Woodbury Park to Exeter Golf and Country to join the increasingly successful professional golf team in Exeter, headed up by Darren Everett.
Darren’s Pro Shop team have been at Exeter for less than a year having moved from Teign Valley last May. As well as expanding his team during that time, Darren has also launched a golf simulator that is the only one of its kind in the entire South West....
Woodbury Park Golf Club Captains Daryn Hunt and Mickie Ward have raised £10,500 to help with the rehabilitation of stroke patients on Clyst Ward at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
As 2016 Captains, the pair chose the acute stroke ward as their Captains’ Charity for the year, after Mickie’s husband Robert, also known as Sharky, spent time being cared for there in 2011 and 2012.
Mickie said: “I have seen first-hand the amazing work the team on Clyst do. I owe my husband’s life and all of his achievements since then to them. They taught him how to start to live again and...
The new ‘Twenty Sixteen’ golf course at Exeter Golf and Country Club is officially a soaring success with the men’s golf section close to being full.
With less than 15 men’s golf memberships now available, the club is bucking the trend with its thriving golf section. The new golf course combined with the arrival of new Head Golf Professional, Darren Everett and his team, has attracted golfers from across the region. Darren is now set to launch a state-of-the-art golf simulator to revolutionise all-weather, year-round golf, coaching and fitting in the region. All this in the year...
Following the launch week for the new golf course at Exeter Golf and Country Club, one of their long standing golf members is celebrating a historic double win at two of the South West’s most prestigious golf competitions.
Rick Pillow, who has been a member of the club for thirty four years and plays off a handicap of 4, has enjoyed a successful fortnight of golf winning two major senior titles. Rick’s win at the Devon Seniors Championship two weeks ago, was followed by him winning the South West Counties Seniors Strokeplay Championship last week. This is the first time a Devon...
The 'Twenty Sixteen' Golf Course at Exeter Golf and Country Club was officially opened on Monday 18th July with an afternoon of golf, fizz and Devon cream teas.
Chairman, Will Gannon addressed the 200 golf members and guests, thanking those who had helped ensure the golf course redesign was a success.
Will explained that after years of uncertainty created by the planning issues surrounding Persimmon's neighbouring house development, the final completion of the course and grand opening marked certain success for the future of the club. During the year of Exeter Golf and...
Golf member, Rob Simpson has been awarded ‘Club Person of the Year’ at Exeter Golf and Country Club for donating his kidney to fellow member and best friend, Martin.
Rob and Martin have been best friends for fifteen years, having worked together as paramedics for the past twenty-five years. Since April 2015, the men have shared more than their lengthy friendship, when Rob successfully donated his kidney to Martin.
Martin’s health began to deteriorate after being diagnosed with a congenital kidney defect many years ago. Having been friends for so long, Rob was always aware...
Join Steve Rider for one of the first opportunities to play on the new course layout at the Exeter Golf and Country Club next June!
The annual ELF Golf Day, sponsored by Cathedral Financial Management, will take place on Thursday 16th June.
Teams of three will enjoy a round of golf and a barbecue making a splendid day out for golfing enthusiasts.
Steve Rider will host the event and comments: “When my brother was taken ill, I was given a real insight into the great work of the haematology unit and the vital supportive work of ELF.
Local charity Rainbow Living are thrilled to have been presented with a cheque for £2,375 from Teign Valley Golf Club, following a year of fundraising as one of the club’s charities for the year 2015.
This amazing amount was raised from a series of fundraising events organised by Teign Valley Golf Club throughout the year, including charity golf days, raffles and a silent auction. Ted Ridgeway, Derek Hathaway and Maggie Thompson from Teign Valley Golf Club were delighted to present the cheque to Ruth Airdrie from Rainbow Living.
