Your essential guide to the ultimate Bandon Dunes golf trip
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 the fairways. Every possible diversion has been stripped away to allow the golf to take centre stage and your focus to remain firmly fixed on it. The six links style courses at Bandon Dunes, which are strewn out along the rugged, windswept South Oregon coastline are nothing…
The best golf courses in Wisconsin 2024
Wisconsin offers a wealth of wonderful places to play golf. In fact, The Badger state is home to some of the finest courses in America, so we’ve taken a swing at what we believe are the 10 best golf courses in Wisconsin, each of them offering a different, but equally unforgettable, experience. Wisconsin’s varied geography is the perfect backdrop for golf, with lush forests, rolling hills and a picturesque coastline along Lake Michigan. The whole state shares a commitment to preserving that incredible natural beauty and that extends to the best golf courses in Wisconsin too. Nestled in the heart…
Ganton Golf Club: mythical Ryder Cup venue retains its magic
Ganton Golf Club is a truly extraordinary place. There is a stillness to it, a timeless elegance. It’s as if when you leave the busy main road that flanks it and turn down a long narrow drive you are transported to a place of calm and serenity. Even in the fierce and frequent winds that sweep through the Vale of Pickering in Yorkshire, there’s a sense of peace here. Ganton Golf Club dates back to 1891 when Tom Chisholm of St Andrews created a layout that has hosted every major event an inland links course can. The 1949 Ryder Cup,…
Royal Liverpool Golf Club: a true Hoylake love affair
I fell in love with Royal Liverpool Golf Club the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once. I can still recall the first time I drove through the gates and caught sight of the majestic clubhouse which stands guard over the links land here. On that day, I walked around to the front of the building and looked out across the golf course towards the distant Dee Estuary which wraps around the Wirral peninsula. Now I chuckle at the memory: my first impression was that it was, well, very flat – devoid of drama, benign. There were no…