Royal Dornoch Golf Club, Scotland

  Life in 17th-century Britain was once described as “nasty, brutish and short.” It was never dull: In England, there were the Gunpowder Plot, the Black Death and the Great Fire of London; the Pilgrim fathers set sail on the Mayflower and King Charles lost his head because he ignored Parliament and because he had […]

Royal North Devon, England

On a plot of common land in southwest England lies an uncommon links, full of history, challenge and a refreshingly quirky set of hazards

Ganton Golf Club, England

Part inland course and part links, this little-known but highly praised design rates as one of the most subtle yet challenging layouts in Britain

The Island Golf Club, Ireland

  It all began with four men in a boat. The year was 1887, in the small village of Malahide just north of Dublin, Ireland. The crew was comprised of a lawyer, a brewery owner and two bankers. They were good friends, this intrepid foursome, confirmed bachelors and golf addicts. For some time, each had […]

St. Enodoc Golf Club, Cornwall, England

    Occupying the extreme westerly tip of the British Isles, with mood and scenery unlike that found in any other part of England, Cornwall is more Celtic than Anglo-Saxon and, as any Cornishman will quickly tell you, is the region of Britain with the likeliest claim to King Arthur and his Knights of the […]