My first year of High School was an absolute blur, I barely remember a thing. However, looking back there is one person who has withstood the test of time and lived long in my memory – Mr Killian. A brawny and brash South African mathematics teacher, Mr Killian was loud, bold and confrontational…
CLICK FOR MORESince its grand reveal, Tara Iti Golf Club has occupied a place in the hearts and minds of golfers across the world. To most it feels a world away: isolated geographically, almost heavenly in its beauty, and, given its famed privacy and exclusivity, almost impossible to access. In a country dominated by public golf courses,…
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Despite its remote location, some 30 miles north of Inverness, Royal Dornoch has been an established fixture in the top…
It’s early on a glorious July morning as I turn left through the gates of Hillside Golf Club. The place…
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I wanted to love the Old Course. I tried to love the Old Course. I failed to love the Old Course. I feel like I’m in good company: five-time Open champion Tom Watson didn’t love the Old Course, St Andrews when he first played it. Grand Slam winner Bobby Jones was a petulant…
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As you walk off the last green of what is, to some, the oldest golf course in the world, it’s…
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Scotland will always be golf’s spiritual home but when you travel around Ireland, golf clubs on your back, it’s hard…
No committees, no captains and a casual approach to clothing – welcome to Centurion Club, a golf club that does things differently. The Hertfordshire course, situated 25 miles north of London, is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2023 and has been creating headlines right through its first decade. From hosting the inaugural GolfSixes…
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It’s not often golf can reach beyond the sport and capture the imagination of a new audience. The Ryder Cup,…
You might think the sight of a deer scampering down the 5th fairway at Manchester Golf Club would be a…
As I walk towards the 18th green at Royal St George’s Golf Club, through the funnel of Open Championship grandstands…
Here’s an admission to kick off with: I’ve never been on a golf trip before. Golf has been like an old friend to me; floating in and out of my life, squeezing in time together when we can and picking up where we left off after long periods of separation. It’s constantly in…
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From the 5th tee of the La Hacienda Alcaidesa Links, I can see it all: the sparkling Mediterranean, the iconic…
My first year of High School was an absolute blur, I barely remember a thing. However, looking back there is…
In 2023, Italy will host its first Ryder Cup. The Marco Simone Golf Club, just outside Rome, is staging the…
At their best, golf courses captures the soul of their surroundings, gradually revealing a place over 18 unique chapters: never is that more the case than at Cape Kidnappers Golf Club. Tucked away on a 500 foot cliff in a corner Hawke’s Bay on New Zealand’s North Island, this is a place that…
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Here’s an admission to kick off with: I’ve never been on a golf trip before. Golf has been like an…
Since its grand reveal, Tara Iti Golf Club has occupied a place in the hearts and minds of golfers across…
My first year of High School was an absolute blur, I barely remember a thing. However, looking back there is…
For a for few years, Te Arai Links felt like a myth. Its ultra-exclusive and highly-acclaimed sister property, Tara Iti, had captured the imagination of the golfing world with its beauty, tranquillity and its natural wonder. This extraordinary stretch of coastline on New Zealand’s north island was no longer a secret among golfers…
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Rosslare Golf Links is bathed in sunshine as we walk up the final hole of a round that will live…
From bubble wrap terrain to ocean side views, Murcar Links brings the challenge all gofers want and dangles the rewards…
There’s barely a cloud in the sky over Prestwick Golf Club as we turn off Links Road and into one…
My P.E. teacher used to call it the shrivel effect and as I prepared to play St Andrews Old Course for the first time, I finally knew what he meant. You know the feeling, it’s the one where every fibre in your body tightens, a pit forms in your stomach and, in my…
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Since its grand reveal, Tara Iti Golf Club has occupied a place in the hearts and minds of golfers across…
Despite its remote location, some 30 miles north of Inverness, Royal Dornoch has been an established fixture in the top…
There’s no escaping that the Bracken Course at Woodhall Spa Golf Club is, like many other fabulous venues the world…
As the Craigewan Links at Peterhead Golf Club comes into sight, so too does the path to reach it. There aren’t many clubs where you find yourself crossing a footbridge to reach the clubhouse but Peterhead is one such place. For many years after this club was first formed, the only access…
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Gone are the days when people travel to Belfast to see a city emerging from a turbulent past. Impressions of…
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It was 3 in the morning and I was running towards the 1st tee of the Old Course, St Andrews. …
Golf trips are sacred: they’re opportunities to experience new destinations, create lifelong memories and to spend time with your people. The likes of Pinehurst, Bandon and the great links courses of Scotland and Ireland might immediately spring to mind when you’re going through your bucket list but sometimes straying off the beaten track…
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It’s early on another stunning summer morning. I’ve just finished a hotel breakfast overlooking the pitch at MK Dons, surrounded…
It’s early on a crisp spring morning and I’m sweeping my eyes across Mount Juliet golf course taking it all…
From the 5th tee of the La Hacienda Alcaidesa Links, I can see it all: the sparkling Mediterranean, the iconic rock of Gibraltar, the Atlas Mountains in Morrocco and a golf course I could never tire of. This stunning destination sits on an idyllic stretch of Spain’s south coast, not far from Marbella,…
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The UK and Ireland may be home to some of the world’s most historic and revered golf courses but continental…
At their best, golf courses captures the soul of their surroundings, gradually revealing a place over 18 unique chapters: never…
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 handsome 134-acre estate and sweep up towards the 16th century grade-1 listed clubhouse, you get a sense of what this place is all about. The Woodsome Hall experience begins long before you step…
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The village of West Linton may not spring immediately to mind when you’re planning an golf trip to this part…
Bobby Jones hit the nail on the head when he said of Sunningdale Old Course, “I wish I could take…
Golf is changing. Where once it was played by folk with wooden clubs, now it’s a game played by super…
From bubble wrap terrain to ocean side views, Murcar Links brings the challenge all gofers want and dangles the rewards all golfers need. Just 10 minutes from Aberdeen, Murcar was originally designed in 1909 by Archie Simpson, professional and keeper of the greens at neighbouring Royal Aberdeen with James Braid adding his Midas…
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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 you walk off the last green of what is, to some, the oldest golf course in the world, it’s…
For a for few years, Te Arai Links felt like a myth. Its ultra-exclusive and highly-acclaimed sister property, Tara Iti,…
We 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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Alwoodley Golf Club is a place where loyalty is par for the course. Ever since the great Dr Alister MacKenzie…
The village of West Linton may not spring immediately to mind when you’re planning an golf trip to this part…
The grandeur of Woodsome Hall Golf Club speaks for itself. From the moment you drive through the gates of this…
You might think the sight of a deer scampering down the 5th fairway at Manchester Golf Club would be a surprise given we’re within sight of the city centre. And yet amid the natural splendour all around us, we barely pay it a second glance: it’s very much at home – as are…
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It’s early on another stunning summer morning. I’ve just finished a hotel breakfast overlooking the pitch at MK Dons, surrounded…
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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 in Scotland, the Amalfi Coast in Italy – but as I meander along Northern Ireland’s spectacular Causeway Coastal Route, I’m increasingly convinced that this is up there with them. None of it should…
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Royal Portrush has the honour of being the only club outside mainland Britain to host the Open Championship. The Wandering…
It’s an hour before sunset at The Cliff Hotel, Cardigan and we’re watching a pod of dolphins play in the water below us. This stunning corner of Wales has unquestionably taken a piece of all our hearts during our time here – our two-year-old will spend the much of the journey home screaming…
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As I walk towards the 18th green at Royal St George’s Golf Club, through the funnel of Open Championship grandstands…
It would be understandable if Dundonald Links felt just a little threatened by Ayrshire’s embarrassment of golfing riches. After all…
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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.…
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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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Like Rome, Sheffield is built on seven hills. High on one of them, on the cusp of the Peak District…
The North Atlantic is as calm as a duckpond as I meander my way through the village streets en route to Castlerock Golf Club. The sun has only been up for an hour or two and I think I might be able to make out the distant, looming presence of Islay on the…
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Hidden away on the County Wicklow coast, just south of beautiful Brittas Bay, you’ll find a links course like no…
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If there’s a better view from a 1st tee anywhere on earth, it will have to go some to top The Strand at Portstewart Golf Club. A scorching summer’s day has meandered into a lazy afternoon and the beach which sits to the right of the opening hole at Portstewart, is still bustling…
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Even at first glance, it is obvious Lahinch is not just another seaside town. Golf is woven into the fabric…
St Andrews and Chariots of Fire: the association immediately brings to mind the evocative opening moments of the celebrated Oscar-winning…
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