Brocket Hall’s Melbourne Club is the quintessential English experience
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 Hall. The errant ball disappears beneath the surface and sends a series of gentle ripples in the direction of the majestic Paine Bridge. As settings go, it’s as serene and tranquil as you could wish to find anywhere in England and, for us, it’s a breathtaking backdrop…
Enjoyment to the fore at La Torre Golf Resort
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 my other half and my two children there would be my mother-in-law, two sisters-in-law, two nieces and two nephews – it was always going to be eventful. We landed in Alicante and made our way down to La Torre golf resort Murcia. There’s an airport 15 minutes…
10 of the best golf courses in Georgia
When someone mentions golf and Georgia in the same sentence minds tend to wander down Magnolia Lane and out onto the verdant green fairways of Amen Corner. There is no escaping the elephant in the room: Augusta National which stands as a symbol of golfing excellence the world over. However, the world of golf in Georgia extends far beyond the home of The Masters. This is our list of the top 10 golf courses in George…
Why Pinehurst is one of the world’s great golf trips
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 feels like a living, breathing force for good – it lives in the warmth of the welcomes and the stories; it’s on the lips of each passer-by. Each building, it seems, has significance and history drips from the walls and stands sentinel in statue form. I could…