Travel industry bigwigs battle it out on the fairways
Thirty-six of the travel industry’s top golfers took to the fairways of Hanbury Manor in Hertfordshire for the TAGS Spring meeting.
On the most glorious of days with temperatures in the early 20s the scoring was equally hot with the top six players separated only by two points.
Russell Parr shows how its done even though the follow through shows poor arm extension
However there could be only one winner and Russell Parr of Attraction World took the plaudits with a score of 37 points.
Prizes of nearest the pin and longest drive were taken home by Phil Cook of P&P Associates, Tim Stedeford of Teletext Holidays, Gary Winterburn of Contemporary Travel Solutions and Andrew Todd, Jetline Travel.
The event saw the start of a new sponsorship partnership between IT recruitment specialist Levy Associates and TAGS, with Levy Associates chairman Lawrence Levy on hand to present the prizes.
Also supporting the event with prizes for nearest the pin and longest drive were travel industry website developers Zolv, represented by Jonathan Greensted.
Next stop for TAGS is the summer meeting at the delightful Chart Hills in Kent on June 26.
TAGS is a travel industry golf society open to anyone working within or serving the UK travel trade. For more information or to join go to www.tagsonline.org
Linsey McNeill
Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk
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