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The Menzies Welcombe Spa & Golf Club

We’ve rounded up some fantastic golf hotels in the UK for those who love a put, plus a few spa indulgences if golf isn’t your delegates’ bag…

Classic British Hotels’ Vale Hotel, Golf & Spa Resort, Cardiff

Golf gong for: its two 18-hole championship golf courses, one of which is the award-winning Wales National course (The Vale is home to the Welsh PGA). The golf academy here offers PGA tuition featuring computerised analysis.

Also great for: the largest award-winning spa in Wales.

Royal County Down Golf Club (Hastings Hotels), Newcastle, Co Down, N. Ireland

Golf gong for: the world-famous beachside 18-hole Royal County Down Golf Course adjoining Hastings Hotels’ Slieve Donard Resort & Spa. The 4th and 9th holes of its championship course featured in the book The 500 World's Greatest Golf Holes.

Also great for: the Slieve Donard’s ESPA spa, the floor-to-ceiling windows of which offer jaw-dropping views across the bay and Mourne Mountains.

Best Western Ufford Park Hotel, Golf & Spa, Woodbridge, Suffolk

Golf gong for: its 18-hole par 71 EuroPro golf course now offers a 9-hole/2-flag PowerPlayGolf challenge, 32-bay two-tier award-winning floodlit driving range, American Golf shop and Doctorgolf academy with video replay.

Also great for: its state-of-the-art thermal spa suite is ideal for incentive groups seeking quality pampering.

Macdonald Rusacks Hotel, St. Andrews, Fife

Golf gong for: being the oldest course in the world. PGA Pros at the St Andrews golf academy’s Links Practice Centre help delegates perfect their putting, chipping, iron play and driving, giving them a video analysis DVD to take home afterwards.

Also great for: fine-dining with a view: The Macdonald Rusacks Hotel’s two AA Rosette Old Course Restaurant offers first-class views of the Old Course and West Sands Beach.

The Menzies Welcombe Hotel Spa & Golf Club, near Stratford-upon-Avon

Golf gong for: its par 70, 18-hole championship golf course (with three par 5 and five par 3 holes), measuring a deceptively long 6,288 yards.

Also great for: the superb luxury spa complex adjoining this majestic hotel and its stunning Italianate gardens.

Classic British Hotels’ Ramside Hall Hotel & Golf Club, Durham

Golf gong for: its championship 27-hole course, great clubhouse, whopping 18-bay driving range and golf academy. Earlier this year the golf club was heralded one of 2009’s top three ‘play and stay’ venues in the north of England by English Club Golfer magazine.

Also great for: this Classic British Hotels’ newly opened Rib Room Steak House & Grill – their unique Meat Locker means diners can view the supreme quality of the meat on offer.

If you’d like to book any of these venues, call Expotel on 0844 793 7300.

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