The Causeway Coast and Glens is a place of incredible beauty and adventure but it’s also one of the best places to play golf. This part of Northern Ireland is perhaps best known for hosting The Open Championship in 2019 when Royal Portrush won the hearts of so many golfers around the world.…
CLICK FOR MORECastlerock Golf Club is yet another unmissable stop on Northern Ireland’s spectacular Causeway Coast. To the west are the rolling hills of Donegal, to the east the towering dunes of Portstewart, separated only by the mouth of the river Bann. It’s a wonderful setting for two beautiful golf courses…
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Nestled in a quiet enclave along one of Ireland’s most stunning stretches of uninterrupted coastline, this renamed and remodelled links…
It’s early on a glorious July morning as I turn left through the gates of Hillside Golf Club. The place…
Alwoodley Golf Club is a place where loyalty is par for the course. Ever since the great Dr Alister MacKenzie…
The Strand Course at Portstewart Golf Club is often described as a course of two 9s, with the front 9 quite rightly attracting widespread acclaim and the back nine often reduced to something a of a footnote. There was certainly a part of me who expected the front 9 to be what it…
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Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is one of our game’s great destinations. This three-mile stretch of golf heaven occupies a grassy…
Dublin is one of Europe's most vibrant cities. The stereotypes of Guinness, music and culture are all rich and…
Nestled in a quiet enclave along one of Ireland’s most stunning stretches of uninterrupted coastline, this renamed and remodelled links…
The beauty of Dumbarnie Links speaks for itself on a morning like this. There’s barely a breath of wind as we look out across Largo Bay and take in the majesty of this dramatic meeting of land and sea. It’s not yet 8am and a thin layer of wispy white cloud hangs over…
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It may well be the most celebrated short hole in Open Championship golf. At 123 yards, the Postage Stamp hole…
Portmarnock Golf Club looks more likely than ever to become the first venue outside of the UK to host The…
In my head the atmospheric Old Course was going to be lit up by autumnal sunshine, showing off the home…
It’s a stiflingly hot summer’s day and our journey to Chart Hills Golf Club is nearing an end, as we negotiate Kent’s charming country lanes – the garden of England is a truly alluring part of the world, even in this heat. We turn through the gates and wind our way along the…
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It’s an hour before sunset at The Cliff Hotel, Cardigan and we’re watching a pod of dolphins play in the…
At the end of a quiet, dead-end in New Jersey, down a road time forgot, lies arguably the greatest destination…
This global pandemic has been difficult enough for golf clubs which have been around for centuries. Imagine, then, trying to…
From the moment you enter The Lodge at Prince’s Golf Club it’s clear you’re following in the footsteps of champions. A photograph hangs in the reception area showing Colin Morikawa drinking from the Claret Jug in joyous celebration. It was taken in the bar here on the night he won The Open next…
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Like Rome, Sheffield is built on seven hills. High on one of them, on the cusp of the Peak District…
For a for few years, Te Arai Links felt like a myth. Its ultra-exclusive and highly-acclaimed sister property, Tara Iti,…
The grandeur of Woodsome Hall Golf Club speaks for itself. From the moment you drive through the gates of this…
There can be few places to rival Prince’s Golf Club as a place to watch the sun rise on a day like this. We’re sitting by the putting green at The Lodge at Prince’s, waiting. In the dawn mist, Sandwich Bay itself is so still it’s as if someone has placed a piece…
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Some of the best golf courses within easy reach of Derry include Portstewart Golf Club, known for its stunning links…
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It’s early on a glorious July morning as I turn left through the gates of Hillside Golf Club. The place is abuzz with people. The team from the DP World Tour are on site constructing grandstands, measuring for yardage books, and preparing for a tour event which arrives here in the next few…
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A par-3 opener: 200 yards, into the wind, eight bunkers around the green, Walter Hagen looking on – Southport and…
The relaunch of Jameson Golf Links follows a significant and ambitious renovation of Bernhard Langer’s original 1995 design and is…
I fell in love with Royal Liverpool Golf Club the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once. I…
The Machrie and Ardfin, two of Scotland’s great island golf experiences, have joined forces to offer travellers a unique opportunity to experience a luxury wilderness golf adventure like no other. The partnership will offer golfers the chance to combine two world-class courses over three nights on Islay and neighbouring Jura, two of Scotland’s…
CLICK FOR MOREScotland will always be golf’s spiritual home but when you travel around Ireland, golf clubs on your back, it’s hard to shake the feeling that somehow you’ve come home. Full disclosure: I’m a proud Scot, one who has travelled the world in search enriching experiences in golf. I have been fortunate to explore…
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It was 3 in the morning and I was running towards the 1st tee of the Old Course, St Andrews.…
As I walk towards the 18th green at Royal St George’s Golf Club, through the funnel of Open Championship grandstands…
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It’s early on a crisp spring morning and my eyes are sweeping across Mount Juliet golf course taking it all in – it’s hard to imagine a more tranquil, elegant place to spend time. From the moment you drive through the gates of this sprawling country estate in County Kilkenny, Ireland, there is…
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There is no shortage of life to live on any trip to the entertainment capital of the world but what…
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Hidden away on the County Wicklow coast, just south of Brittas Bay, you’ll The European Club – a links like no other. It’s a true one-off, a place where the rules of how to design and run a golf club haven’t applied since Pat Ruddy, the effervescent owner and designer, circled over this…
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Even at first glance, it is obvious Lahinch is not just another seaside town. Golf is woven into the fabric…
In my head the atmospheric Old Course was going to be lit up by autumnal sunshine, showing off the home…
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Rosslare Golf Club is bathed in sunshine as we walk up the final hole of a round that will live long in the memory. It was Walt Whitman who wrote, ‘keep your face always toward the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you.’ That was certainly how our day on this charming,…
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The view from our balcony at the sumptuous Links House Dornoch is one you could never grow tired of. A…
My P.E. teacher used to call it the shrivel effect and as I prepared to play St Andrews Old Course…
Ranked as the No.1 golf course in the world by and revered by amateurs and professionals alike, Royal County Down…
Sigmund Freud once claimed all human behaviour is governed by our desire to move towards pleasure and away from pain and now the guys at deWiz believe that principle can improve your golf swing. When I was told I should try the deWiz golf watch, which delivers electric pulses or – whisper it…
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The days when golfers rely on intuition, the odd yardage marker and, god forbid, their eyes to gauge distance are…
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The view from our balcony at the sumptuous Links House Dornoch is one you could never grow tired of. A few yards to our left is the 1st tee of one of the world’s greatest golf courses, abuzz with greenkeepers, golfers and walkers. To our right is the conservation village of Dornoch with…
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Royal Portrush Golf Club is, without question, one of the world’s great links. It has, of course, grown accustomed to…
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The North Coast 500 explores some of the most beautiful wilderness on earth. The Wandering Golfers look at some of…
For golfers the world over, Royal Dornoch Golf Club represents a unique call to adventure. It’s a pilgrimage which requires commitment, dedication and patience. After all this golfing outpost, tucked away in a stunning corner of the Scottish Highlands, sits 50 miles north of Loch Ness and just eight degrees below in the Arctic…
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The Strand Course at Portstewart Golf Club is often described as a course of two 9s, with the front 9…
Since its grand reveal, Tara Iti Golf Club has occupied a place in the hearts and minds of golfers across…
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Fyfe Golf unashamedly celebrate Scotland’s rich and storied manufacturing heritage. Their beautiful, handmade products and accessories already grace golf bags and golfers far and wide and each of them come proudly having been ‘Made in Scotland.’ All fabrics are sourced from the finest Scottish mills and weavers and their mission is to reconnect…
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We all book our golf trips for different reasons. Maybe it’s an annual ritual with family and friends? A weekend…
To the guys at FlagBag Golf Co a golf bag is so much more than a functional piece of equipment…
The beauty of Dumbarnie Links speaks for itself on a morning like this. There’s barely a breath of wind as…
Tradition and romance are synonymous with Prestwick. This is, after all, the birthplace of The Open Championship itself. It may have hosted the last of its 24 Opens in 1925, but the significance of this club to our game, and the aura which surrounds it, endures to this very day.…
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I’ve been lucky to experience some of the world’s great sea-meets-land road trips: the PCH in California, North Coast 500…
As you walk off the last green of what is, to some, the oldest golf course in the world, it’s…
The Wandering Golfers make a memorable three-day journey to Kent, to play three of England's most prestigious venues: Prince’s Golf…
Tom Coyne has chased a golf ball around the globe for much of his adult life, embodying the essence of a true wandering golfer. In doing so, he has carved out a niche as a golf travel writer with a connection to the soul of our game and to the people who bring…
CLICK FOR MOREIt would be understandable if Dundonald Links felt just a little threatened by Ayrshire’s embarrassment of golfing riches. After all it sits within minutes of storied Open venues such as Royal Troon and Prestwick Golf Club. Another, Turnberry, is 30 minutes down the coast. Wonderful Western Gailes is within a wedge. Barassie, Glasgow…
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Hebden Bridge Golf Club is a place wonderfully untroubled by the march of time. Golf, at times, feels barely recognisable:…
During its celebrated history, Moortown Golf Club has grown accustomed to hosting the greats of the game and providing the…
Tradition and romance are synonymous with Prestwick. This is, after all, the birthplace of The Open Championship itself. It may…