It’s fitting it was the Lone Star State which gave life to a rising star of the American golf landscape in the shape of Omni PGA Frisco. We loved our trip to this vast, modern resort, which opened in 2023, and seems destined to become one of the preeminent golf destinations in America…
CLICK FOR MOREThe scale - both in terms of size and ambition - of PGA Frisco is jaw-dropping and from the moment I arrived, it was easy to see why this resort has set its sights on becoming the epicentre for golf for decades to come, not just in Texas, but for the whole of…
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Pennsylvania, with its diverse landscapes and picturesque scenery, boasts some of America’s finest courses. The Keystone State has a storied…
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is one of our game’s great destinations. This three-mile stretch of golf heaven occupies a grassy…
New England is one of America’s great golf playgrounds but Massachusetts, in particular, has some of the very best golf…
Nothing can prepare you for the glorious sense of isolation and escape that envelops you at Silvies Valley Ranch. We made the journey to this spectacular corner of eastern Oregon, in search of a truly unique golf experience. And yet long before a putt had dropped, I knew our time would be about…
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In 2023, Italy will host its first Ryder Cup. The Marco Simone Golf Club, just outside Rome, is staging the…
From the moment you step onto the 1st tee of the Bethpage Black Course, you’re left in no doubt as…
It’s a stiflingly hot summer’s day and our journey to Chart Hills Golf Club is nearing an end, as we…
The odds of being born, let alone being able to read this, are exceedingly slim. Do a little research on this and bask in appreciation, for a moment, at the exceptionalism of your existence. Those odds get ever longer when you bring the ability to play golf into the mix. You need…
CLICK FOR MOREWe all book our golf trips for different reasons. Maybe it’s an annual ritual with family and friends? A weekend getaway with a spouse? Or a jammed packed once-in-a-lifetime bucket list adventure. Who you’re going with is just one consideration, of course; the other big one is where you are going. The sheer…
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A day or two at The Machrie Hotel is all it takes to understand why so many who visit Islay…
As you walk off the last green of what is, to some, the oldest golf course in the world, it’s impossible to shake the feeling that you’ve just been transported back in time to the origins of our game. Musselburgh Links, The Old Golf Course, is a living museum and its storied, almost…
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Tradition and romance are synonymous with Prestwick. This is, after all, the birthplace of The Open Championship itself. It may…
This global pandemic has been difficult enough for golf clubs which have been around for centuries. Imagine, then, trying to…
My P.E. teacher used to call it the shrivel effect and as I prepared to play St Andrews Old Course…
I’m standing on the 1st tee at one of Scotland’s great courses and for the first time in my life I’m grasping a hickory golf club in my trembling hands preparing to embark on a life-changing round. We know golf is hard enough, but I’m on the wondrous West Links at North Berwick,…
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I wanted to love the Old Course. I tried to love the Old Course. I failed to love the Old…
From bubble wrap terrain to ocean side views, Murcar Links brings the challenge all gofers want and dangles the rewards…
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It was 3 in the morning and I was running towards the 1st tee of the Old Course, St Andrews. My alarm had gone off 15 minutes earlier, which seemed reasonable – not too early, but early enough. I boiled a kettle, made some tea, stuffed a snack into my pocket and set…
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There is an inescapable sense of class about everything at Formby Golf Club. You feel it from the moment you…
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Bobby Jones hit the nail on the head when he said of Sunningdale Old Course, “I wish I could take…