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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As the Craigewan Links at Peterhead Golf Club comes into sight, so too does the path to reach it. There aren’t…
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The grandeur of Woodsome Hall Golf Club speaks for itself. From the moment you drive through the gates of this handsome 134-acre…
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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 getaway with…
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You might think the sight of a deer scampering down the 5th fairway at Manchester Golf Club would be a surprise given…
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Gone are the days when people travel to Belfast to see a city emerging from a turbulent past. Impressions of once-abandoned industrial…
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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,…
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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 water below…
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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…
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The North Atlantic is as calm as a duckpond as I meander my way through the village streets en route to Castlerock…
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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 impossible to…
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The beauty of Dumbarnie Links speaks for itself on a morning like this. There’s barely a breath of wind as we look…
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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…
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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…
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As I stand on the first tee at Western Gailes Golf Club, it suddenly dawns on me how lucky I am. Not…
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There’s barely a cloud in the sky over Prestwick Golf Club as we turn off Links Road and into one of the…
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It would be understandable if Dundonald Links felt just a little threatened by Ayrshire’s embarrassment of golfing riches. After all it sits…
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A day or two at The Machrie Hotel is all it takes to understand why so many who visit Islay leave a…
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There’s a rare sense of stillness and tranquillity as you walk Woodhall Spa’s iconic Hotchkin Course. This secluded, unassuming corner of Lincolnshire…
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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 over, will…
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