What To Do and Where To Play in Melbourne
Where to Stay Melbourne is a great and vibrant city, though not particularly a late-night party town. You will surely want to spend two to three days in the city, probably staying in one of the many new hotels near the Yarra River on the south edge of downtown, near the Victorian Arts Center. It’s […]
Mount Juliet Estate, Ireland
Measuring no larger than South Carolina in square miles, Ireland certainly seems like a compact golf destination. But its roads are ribbony and its top courses recede to the country’s perimeter like numbers on a clock face. For less-experienced visitors to the Emerald Isle, the question can be daunting: Where to start? For a […]
Scotland vs. Ireland: Which is the Best Golf Destination?
Imagine awakening one morning and being told that a Maserati and a Ferrari were parked in your driveway, ready to roll. Or that 10 cases each of Dom Perignon and Roederer Cristal were on ice in your rec room, or that Jennifer Aniston and Courtney Cox were perched provocatively on the arms of your […]
Where to Stay, Eat and Play Golf in Dublin, Ireland
Steeped in culture, history, and good cheer, the Irish capital has now become a cosmopolitan city, the center of the country’s torrid economic growth over the last 15 years. As a golf destination, there are courses old and new for visitors to enjoy while exploring this charming city. Golf Located on an island nature […]
Where to Play Golf in Munich, Post-Oktoberfest
Some lowly statistician must get forced into abstinence during Germany’s Oktoberfest—otherwise we’d have no reliable source for the eye-catching figures generated by this mother-of-all-keggers. Last year, an estimated six million liters of beer, 481,000 pieces of roast chicken and 180,000 pairs of sausages were consumed by six million international visitors over 16 days. The legendary […]
Bermuda Golf Travel
There’s only one country where nearly every course has an ocean view. But there’s much more to this British outpost than golf. Its pink sand beaches, proximity to the U.S. and balmy weather make the island an ideal escape for a memorable long weekend. Golf Mid Ocean Club, an expansive Golden Age beauty by […]
Great Seaside Golf on Prince Edward Island, Canada
Prince Edward Island (PEI) is connected to the New Brunswick mainland by an eight-mile bridge. For about six months of every year, the maritime lifestyle and pastoral setting draw legions of visitors, many of whom have been coming here for generations to stay at the colorful inns and bed-and-breakfasts near the beaches—and to play the […]
Golf in Montego Bay, Jamaica: Round Up
On the 11th hole at Tryall Golf Club on the northwest coast of Jamaica, my ball lands beneath a tree with large round orbs popping out from the leaves. “Papaya?” I query my caddie, Howell. “Coconut,” he answers. “Not yet ripe.” Later, Howell points out breadfruit and mango trees. Then Cecil, another caddie, walks […]
The Good Life: Golf in Provence
When dining in the clubhouse at Pont Royal, one is obliged to meet the head chef, Thierry Candaele, a barrel-chested Frenchman with curly gray hair and abundant bonhomie. In the Gallic fashion he glides from table to table, doling out multilingual pleasantries, accepting well-erned compliments and making sure that all is just so. But […]
Playing Golf in Vietnam
More than three decades after the fall of Saigon, the Vietnam War is still foremost in the U.S. psyche, influencing movies, literature and even the most recent presidential election, in which John Kerry’s war record was a major issue. But in Vietnam, the “American War” is all but forgotten. With a young population—the median age […]
