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Close House

Set in the grounds of a Tyne Valley country estate, just a 15 minute drive from Newcastle, Close House is a two-time host venue of the European Tour’s British Masters in 2017 and 2020 and an exceptional place to escape for both business and pleasure.

It boasts 2 Lee Westwood 18-hole golf courses, the Colt and the Filly, plus a testing 3-par course, the North East’s only PGA Golf Academy, driving range and café. It’s elegant Courtyard rooms and two stand-alone guest lodges are a perfect place for a relaxing few days of golf or a weekend break away and it’s stylish No.19 restaurant serves up a seasonal, regionally sourced menu in a stylish, contemporary environment surrounded by beautiful Northumbrian scenery. A warm North East welcome and first-class service awaits all who visit.

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Ping

Ping regularly ask Lee to try out experimental or prototype clubs and will manufacture or adapt a club to Lee’s own requirements. A visit to Ping’s UK base at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire is a fairly frequent occurrence on Lee’s home visits, where the talk is of club head speed, shaft configuration, grips and any one of a dozen other considerations in making Lee’s use of the equipment as profitable as possible, both for player and manufacturer. The caps and visors Lee wears feature the ‘Ping’ legend prominently on the front and back panels. Lee colour co-ordinates his caps with his Antigua shirts!

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TOUR & events tour & events schedule
22nd August 2025

LIV Golf Michigan

The Cardinal at St John's USA

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