The first snow of winter may be gathering at home in the Peak District, but I am up early and en route to the airport: the sunshine of Portugal and Vilamoura golf awaits. Within a few hours of take off, I’m settled into my hotel room at the Hilton in Vilamoura. Outside my…
CLICK FOR MOREThe Grove Resort in Watford is a luxury hotel and spa set within 300 acres of stunning countryside, offering a blend of historic charm and modern elegance. Originally a grand manor house, The Grove has been transformed into a 5-star resort while retaining its rich heritage…
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For golfers with a sense of wanderlust and an urge to explore the game’s great outposts, the name of Lofoten Links will already reasonate. But now this majestic, rugged and – above all – remote, bucket list destination in Norway, is set to be catapulted firmly onto the international stage, having joined the…
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The War on the Shore, The Battle of Brookline, The Miracle at Medinah: Ryder Cups past, and monikers which inspire memories of great victories, crushing defeats, gripping competition. There are no such nicknames for historic Solheim Cups, even though the biennial match between American and European women is often more competitive and dramatic…
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Costa Navarino stretches out along the breathtaking Peloponnese peninsula, once the playground of Greek Gods and heroes. Myths and legends…
As a golfing destination, Costa Navarino has it all: attractive accommodation, striking scenery, fabulous food and, as I’ve written elsewhere,…
A golf trip to Bandon Dunes is one of the great adventures in our game: truly a bucket list moment. Six distinctive links courses await you, on a piece of South Oregon coastline it seems Mother Nature had set aside for golf. Each Bandon golf course has been brought to life in harmony…
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Wisconsin offers a wealth of wonderful places to play golf. In fact, The Badger state is home to some of…
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Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort, in County Donegal, Ireland, has announced the launch of a new event for 2024, offering golfers the chance to play the beautiful St Patrick’s Links and the original Old Tom Morris Links. The inaugural ‘Tale of Two Toms’ tournament, has been named after two men who have had…
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From bubble wrap terrain to ocean side views, Murcar Links brings the challenge all gofers want and dangles the rewards…
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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 bluff 100 feet above the Pacific Ocean and stands as a celebration of natural wonder, wilderness, and the finest traditions of our game. You won’t find cart paths here, or millionaire mansions lining…
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Plans: everyone I speak to at Aroeira Golf has a plan. Plans to tinker with the two tree-lined 18 hole courses; plans to tinker with the attached hotel; plans to attract more women golfers and plans to take advantage of being just 30 minutes from the centre of Lisbon. Those final three plans…
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St. George in Utah is one of the most densely populated golf destinations in the entire United States. It boasts…
It just doesn’t get much better than a golf trip to Pinehurst. The magic of the place is something we…
With the North Course at Te Arai Links joining the stupendous South and the stunning Tara Iti, this once deserted…
If you’ve watched the Harry Potter films, War Horse or Downtown Abbey (and I’d imagine the chances of encountering someone who hasn’t seen any of those are pretty slim) you will recognise the picturesque Cotswolds village of Castle Combe the instant you wander down its charming High Street. Make a right turn as…
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There’s no escaping that the Bracken Course at Woodhall Spa Golf Club is, like many other fabulous venues the world…
There’s a rare sense of stillness and tranquillity as you walk Woodhall Spa’s iconic Hotchkin Course. This secluded, unassuming corner…
It was an iconic image which travelled around the world: Bernhard Langer, with a shock of blonde hair, at Fulford…
When my wife threw Panama into the ring for a potential family holiday, my mind raced through what I knew about that most central of American destinations: the canal and its magnificent Miraflores Locks; the ubiquitous hat (which turns out to be Ecuadorian); that most famous of palindromes. But what about golf? She…
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Hebden Bridge Golf Club is a place wonderfully untroubled by the march of time. Golf, at times, feels barely recognisable:…
Nestled in a quiet enclave along one of Ireland’s most stunning stretches of uninterrupted coastline, this renamed and remodelled links is not only an excellent test of golf but another wonderful example of why Ireland is such a special golf destination. The course itself incorporates everything you’d expect from a true links layout…
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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…
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The highly-anticipated Tom Doak design, will be the first original golf course at Pinehurst Resort for nearly 30 years. Its…
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The 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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The views across St Patrick’s Links to Sheephaven Bay would’ve been enough to take my breath away if the wind whipping in off the Atlantic and across this incredible golf course, hadn’t got there first. Finding the words to capture the feeling of standing on this jaw-dropping linksland is not easy – dramatic…
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As I stand on the first tee at Western Gailes Golf Club, it suddenly dawns on me how lucky I…
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The view from our balcony at the sumptuous Links House Dornoch is one you could never grow tired of. A…
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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…
The light is fading over Broadwater Lake; the only sounds are the rustle of weeping willows, the flap of a swan’s wings near the reeds and, right on cue, the crisp plop of a golf ball coming up a yard or two short of the 18th green at The Melbourne Course at Brocket…
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I fell in love with Royal Liverpool Golf Club the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once. I…
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When my wife told me this year’s family holiday was to a golf resort in Spain, I couldn’t have been happier. Although I’m still relatively new to the game, having started playing during Covid, I’m now officially obsessed. The only problem was that we wouldn’t be alone on this trip: as well as…
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In 2023, Italy will host its first Ryder Cup. The Marco Simone Golf Club, just outside Rome, is staging the…
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A few hours in Pinehurst is all it takes to understand why so many who come here leave their hearts behind. This is, of course, the Cradle of American Golf and with good reason: the game is delightfully inescapable here, it’s everywhere your eye falls, it’s woven into the fabric. In Pinehurst, golf…
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I could’ve kept playing The Cradle until the men in white coats arrived to carry me away. Pinehurst‘s enchanting short course had won me over and then some. And the only surprise was I hadn’t seen it coming, I hadn’t expected the whole experience to be so laid back and so, well, fun. …
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It’s hard to imagine ever growing tired of long sultry, summer evenings at resplendent Rockliffe Hall. We’ve been watching the Oystercatchers dancing in the night air and rabbits scampering across the sprawling lawns from our terrace overlooking the golf course and life feels good. On a normal day I might complain about weary…
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