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Professional
Golfers |
COLIN MONTGOMERIE, October 2006
"It's fantastic. A great idea, the quality is here.
I really enjoyed playing here with the HSBC
Wee Wonders."
(on our 5th hole 'Open Championship')
"I know the Postage Stamp at Royal Troon very well,
and I can see what they're trying to do here. It's superb."
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PADRAIG HARRINGTON, September
2006: "A little oasis in the urban desert"
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SERGIO GARCIA, October 2006: "Completely
unique"
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NEWSPAPERS
& GENERAL MAGAZINES |
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: "The stuff of
golfing dreams" |
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THE DAILY MAIL: "Sometimes you come
across an idea so brilliant, you wonder why nobody has tried
it before" |
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THE TIMES: "An exceptional complex,
that will surprise and delight in equal measure" |
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| THE INDEPENDENT: "Something miraculous
has been built in the shadow of the Wembley arch, something
that is going to bring a lot of pleasure to a lot of people" |
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| THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: "Welcome to the
most innovative project in British golf" |
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| THE EVENING STANDARD: "A golf revolution" |
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| THE TIMES (before we became a 9-hole course): "You
could call it the Joy of Six: the chance to feel what it
is like
to
play
six
of the
best holes in golf in an hour. If you fancied finding out what
it is like to play out of the Road Hole bunker at St Andrews,
you could try that too, because it has been incorporated into
the short-game practice area" |
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| THE DAILY MAIL: "There is a driving
range and an area to practice your short game so good that it
has to be seen to be believed" |
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| THE BIRMINGHAM POST: "New? This is unique.
It's innovative, it's brilliant and a ton of other favourable
adjectives besides" |
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GOLF
MAGAZINES |
| GOLF MONTHLY (before we became a 9-hole course): "The 'Majors' course
at Playgolf Northwick Park in north-west London continues
to go
from strength to strength. It represents a totally new concept
in golf - centred around the idea that getting your golfing
fix doesn't need to take the traditional three hours-plus of
an 18-hole round. So to allow golfers to get maximum pleasure
from minimum time, Peter McEvoy and his team created just six
holes modelled on some of the most famous tests from around
the world. Always presented in immaculate condition, the course
and accompanying facilities have been attracting huge numbers
of people keen to hone their games and tackle holes like those
faced by the world's best, all without having to dedicate
their
whole day to the task. With golf battling to beat the curse
of slow play, as well as continually looking to attract
new
players to the game, the innovative Playgolf Northwick Park
model looks to have hit upon a winning formula that many
golf
clubs could learn from, helping to grow the sport" |
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| TODAY'S GOLFER: "At Playgolf Northwick
Park, golfers can experience the perils of Augusta and Riviera,
the thrills of The Belfry and Royal Troon, as well as a glimpse
of Ganton, Oak Hill and Royal Birkdale" |
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| GOLF TRAVEL: "From the very first hole,
you realise that this is a unique attraction. Some of the
world's
greatest holes - and no need to hop on a plane.
And this is no cheap imitation. With tournament-quality
greens, manicured fairways and tees, and authentic sand and
grasses on each hole, this is the closest thing to actually
visiting and playing those courses" |
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| GOLF WORLD: "Do your eyes deceive you,
or has a spot of photoshop trickery placed one of Britain's
most famous golf holes just a driver and a 3-wood away from
the new Wembley Stadium? Wrong on both counts. Playgolf Northwick
Park, Harrow, is a new pay and play that has re-created
some of the world's finest holes. The unique layout is great
fun, and you will do very well to play to your handicap " |
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| GOLF PUNK: "A gem that recreates
golf's most famous holes. It's a surreal experience, playing
the 12th at Augusta with the new Wembley Stadium looking
in
the distance, but it's an experience that serves London's 'time
is money' market suitably." |
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| GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTURE (before we became
a 9-hole course): "The par
three fifth has two separate greens, allowing it to mimic
two different
holes on to different Open Championship courses. What's impressive
about this part of the property is the way that the landscaping,
and planting with waving fescue rough, has been made to feel
like a links." |
