Great Courses of Britain & Ireland: Lindrick

There are two golf clubs in England that will be forever linked with the Ryder Cup: One is The Belfry, the other is Lindrick, and they couldn’t be more different. The Belfry (or more precisely its Brabazon Course) was “purposely built” in the 1970s to host important tournaments. In human terms, it is a big strapping youth, […]

Great Courses of Britain & Ireland: St. Enodoc

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

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