Have clubs, will travel

What does a man from the German ski resort of Oberstaufen do in his summer vacation when he feels the need to play competitive golf? The answer is that he gets online, Googles ‘Golf,’ finds the Volvo Masters Amateur UK Tour which is playing on [...]

Ashleys ace the third in a month

For years, the Volvo Masters Amateur in the UK has seen tens of thousands of rounds of golf, millions of golf shots come and go, but still the elusive hole-in-one remained elusive. That was until 2009 when first Keith Larner holed-out with his tee shot [...]

Big Phil celebrates with second successive ace

One of the most active members on the Volvo Masters Amateur UK Tour, Phil Bailey received his reward with the second hole-in-one on the circuit in the space of a month, holing his tee shot at the 193-yard Par-3 9th hole at Little Aston, the [...]

Austrias magnificent seven summer of sport

23rd May sees the big tee-off in Volvo Cars Austria’s third successive season of amateur golf as the players at Golf Club Bodensee-Weissensberg start out on the long road to their national final and the possibility of a place in the Volvo Masters Amateur World [...]

Extreme golf on the Glacier

Professionals, amateurs and celebrities took on the unusual challenge. Several guests, including Michael Konsel, Oliver Stamm and Michael Hadschieff, also stayed on for a night of adventure in the sleep igloos at the Volvo XC ICE CAMP presented by Nokia. 29 March 2009, Kitzsteinhorn, Kaprun: [...]

Test drive Brittish Open courses

With an unrivalled reputation for quality – indeed it is one of the brand’s three core values – Volvo Car UK is giving its amateur golfers some of the greatest golfing experiences on earth with the 2009 British Open Championship course at Turnberry and the [...]

From start to Finnish

It may be a relatively recent addition to the Volvo Masters Amateur family, but in Finland, golfers have taken to it like ducks take to water. Now in its third season, 13 regional qualifying events start with Yyteri Golf Club near Turku on 31st May [...]

Ladies to the fore at Spain

The day after Søren Kjeldsen became the first Dane to win the Volvo Masters and Robert Karlsson the first Swede to claim the European Tour Order of Merit, history was made for the third time in the space of 24 hours at Valderrama when Argentinean [...]

Team Canada ready to take on the world!

In it’s sixth full season as Canada’s largest amateur golf program, the Volvo Masters Amateur traveled across Canada executing 50 events nationally at private clubs and corporate invitations. Over 8,000 players teed it up for their chance to advance to one of the two Regional [...]