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…
CLICK FOR MOREA 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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The scale - both in terms of size and ambition - of PGA Frisco is jaw-dropping and from the moment…
The highly-anticipated Tom Doak design, will be the first original golf course at Pinehurst Resort for nearly 30 years. Its…
From the moment you step onto the 1st tee of the Bethpage Black Course, you’re left in no doubt as…
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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The relaunch of Jameson Golf Links follows a significant and ambitious renovation of Bernhard Langer’s original 1995 design and is…
Since its grand reveal, Tara Iti Golf Club has occupied a place in the hearts and minds of golfers across…
As I walk towards the 18th green at Royal St George’s Golf Club, through the funnel of Open Championship grandstands…
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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There it was, staring back at me: an invitation to play Augusta National the following day. The man who had…
Hidden away on the County Wicklow coast, just south of Brittas Bay, you’ll The European Club – a links like…
There can be few places to rival Prince’s Golf Club as a place to watch the sun rise on a…
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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In 2023, Italy will host its first Ryder Cup. The Marco Simone Golf Club, just outside Rome, is staging the…
Pennsylvania, with its diverse landscapes and picturesque scenery, boasts some of America’s finest courses. The Keystone State has a storied…
St. George in Utah is one of the most densely populated golf destinations in the entire United States. It boasts…
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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Hebden Bridge Golf Club is a place wonderfully untroubled by the march of time. Golf, at times, feels barely recognisable:…
It’s early on another stunning summer morning at Woburn Golf Club. Having finished a hotel breakfast overlooking the pitch at…
It’s hard to imagine ever growing tired of long sultry, summer evenings at resplendent Rockliffe Hall. We’ve been watching the…
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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It’s hard to imagine ever growing tired of long sultry, summer evenings at resplendent Rockliffe Hall. We’ve been watching the…
Ganton Golf Club is a truly extraordinary place. There is a stillness to it, a timeless elegance. It’s as if…
I could’ve kept playing The Cradle until the men in white coats arrived to carry me away. Pinehurst‘s enchanting short…
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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The views across St Patrick’s Links to Sheephaven Bay would’ve been enough to take my breath away if the wind…
It’s hard to imagine a better way to toast a memorable day of links golf on the Dublin coast, than…
Scotland is understandably synonymous with golf, of course, and within its diverse golfing landscape, Ayrshire stands out as a remarkable…
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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They don’t call it the sunshine state for nothing but with its year-round sunshine and stunning landscapes, where can you…
It just doesn’t get much better than a golf trip to Pinehurst. The magic of the place is something we…
We have put together our list of Pinehurst golf courses ranked from 1 to 10 and we’ll keep updating it…
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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Wisconsin offers a wealth of wonderful places to play golf. In fact, The Badger state is home to some of…
Cape Cod has long been synonymous with miles of beautiful, natural beaches, a thriving fishing industry and incredible wildlife sightings…
San Diego, with its stunning coastal scenery, perfect weather and rich golfing heritage, has so much to offer. This vibrant…
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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Tradition and romance are synonymous with Prestwick. This is, after all, the birthplace of The Open Championship itself. It may…
The highly-anticipated Tom Doak design, will be the first original golf course at Pinehurst Resort for nearly 30 years. Its…
The relaunch of Jameson Golf Links follows a significant and ambitious renovation of Bernhard Langer’s original 1995 design and is…
The relaunch of Jameson Golf Links follows a significant and ambitious renovation of Bernhard Langer’s original 1995 design and is a nod to the resort’s long and storied association with the Jameson whisky dynasty, who called this piece of land home for almost a century from 1847.…
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Despite its remote location, some 30 miles north of Inverness, Royal Dornoch has been an established fixture in the top…
As the Craigewan Links at Peterhead Golf Club comes into sight, so too does the path to reach it. …
Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort, in County Donegal, Ireland, has announced the launch of a new event for 2024, offering…
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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There is an inescapable sense of class about everything at Formby Golf Club. You feel it from the moment you…
My P.E. teacher used to call it the shrivel effect and as I prepared to play St Andrews Old Course…
As you walk off the last green of what is, to some, the oldest golf course in the world, it’s…
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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Bobby Jones hit the nail on the head when he said of Sunningdale Old Course, “I wish I could take…
It’s a stiflingly hot summer’s day and our journey to Chart Hills Golf Club is nearing an end, as we…
There’s a rare sense of stillness and tranquillity as you walk Woodhall Spa’s iconic Hotchkin Course. This secluded, unassuming corner…
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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It’s fitting it was the Lone Star State which gave life to a rising star of the American golf landscape…
New Zealand is in the midst of a golf boom: new courses are being built, existing courses restored and airport…
I could’ve kept playing The Cradle until the men in white coats arrived to carry me away. Pinehurst‘s enchanting short…
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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Augusta National Golf Club is, unquestionably, unique. The vibrant natural beauty, the stunningly manicured fairways and greens, the magic and…
Pennsylvania, with its diverse landscapes and picturesque scenery, boasts some of America’s finest courses. The Keystone State has a storied…
From the moment you step onto the 1st tee of the Bethpage Black Course, you’re left in no doubt as…
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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Bobby Jones hit the nail on the head when he said of Sunningdale Old Course, “I wish I could take…
Like Rome, Sheffield is built on seven hills. High on one of them, on the cusp of the Peak District…
I fell in love with Royal Liverpool Golf Club the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once. I…
As a golfing destination, Costa Navarino has it all: attractive accommodation, striking scenery, fabulous food and, as I’ve written elsewhere, ecotourism at the forefront of its plans. But what about the golf? Despite starting in the final knockings of the 19th Century, when British soldiers fashioned a rudimentary layout on Crete, the sport…
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From the 5th tee of the La Hacienda Alcaidesa Links, I can see it all: the sparkling Mediterranean, the iconic…
Costa Navarino stretches out along the breathtaking Peloponnese peninsula, once the playground of Greek Gods and heroes. Myths and legends…
The War on the Shore, The Battle of Brookline, The Miracle at Medinah: Ryder Cups past, and monikers which inspire…
There is no doubt that Scotland is golf’s holy land; the birthplace of the game itself as well as some of its greatest players. But for centuries, since golf began here some 400-odd years ago, there has been a question over where in Scotland offers the greatest golf experience. There’s East Lothian, with…
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They say great teachers don’t just fill your pail, they light a fire: after an hour or so in the…
Royal Portrush Golf Club is, without question, one of the world’s great links. It has, of course, grown accustomed to…
It was 3 in the morning and I was running towards the 1st tee of the Old Course, St Andrews.…
Costa Navarino stretches out along the breathtaking Peloponnese peninsula, once the playground of Greek Gods and heroes. Myths and legends brought to life by some of Europe’s earliest communities in these parts have enthralled and inspired mere mortals for centuries. The ancient Palace of Nestor, nestled in the hills overlooking the idyllic Ionian…
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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…
Plans: everyone I speak to at Aroeira Golf has a plan. Plans to tinker with the two tree-lined 18 hole…
As a golfing destination, Costa Navarino has it all: attractive accommodation, striking scenery, fabulous food and, as I’ve written elsewhere,…