Great Courses of Britain & Ireland: Elie
Here is proof that, even today, a course does not have to be long to be great Elie is almost certainly the only golf club in the world where a large submarine periscope protrudes from its starter’s hut. Salvaged from HMS Excalibur back in 1966, it is now used to give the starter a perfect […]
Great Courses of Britain & Ireland: Hankley Common
This little-known heathland course near London richly deserves the attention it is finally starting to get There is a growing belief in some quarters that England’s finest inland courses are more than a match for its more heralded links. That view gained considerable traction following the publication of British magazine Golf World’s most recent list […]
Great Courses of Britain & Ireland: Royal West Norfolk
Along England’s east coast sits a course where time, and the game of golf, have happily stood still The late, great British golf writer Dai Davies once described Royal West Norfolk Golf Club as a living museum piece and it is fair to say that anyone who has visited this venerable institution will know exactly […]
I Was There: 1984 Open Championship
I will never forget the last time I had the good fortune to meet the great Severiano Ballesteros. Back in the fall of 2007, I was standing on the first tee of the Old Course at St. Andrews, waiting to start a round, when he arrived unannounced to do some filming and somewhat to my […]
