Ben Wright: Greeted at the Gate
Euphoria marked my first-ever golf assignment, covering the 1954 British Open for the Manchester Daily Dispatch. Time can’t obscure the tingle I felt when the cab dropped me off at Royal Birkdale’s front gate that day. I had no qualms with our press headquarters, a nissen hut left over from World War II and outfitted […]
Royal Lytham & St. Annes, England
A British Open Tradition
Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, England
On a remote plot of farmland upholstered in gorse and heather, a single-minded colonel crafted England’s true heathland masterpiece
On a Golf Trip to Fife, Don’t Miss Crail
Though overshadowed by famous neighbors, the Balcomie Links is, in its own quirky way, an equally delightful romp along the North Sea Shoreline
Rye Golf Club
If proof were needed that golf brings out the eccentric, defiant spirit of the English, this club alone could provide it
Aberdovey Golf Club, Wales
Prime location, splendid golf holes and a certain Darwinian outlook place this blustery links high atop the Welsh must-play list
West Links, North Berwick Golf Club
On the northern edge of Scotland’s East Lothian district sits Muirfield Golf Club, one of the sternest tests in the game—and one of the most private. Just 10 minutes to the east lies the town of North Berwick and its very public West Links. A shrine that lures knowledgeable golfers from all over the world, […]
The Golf House Club, Elie
Short on the card but long on charm, Elie is a delight to play and even more fun to talk about
Wallasey Golf Club, England
Known primarily as the birthplace of the Stableford scoring system, this club outside Liverpool deserves notice for its layout along the Merseyside coast
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, On and Off the Course
The Europeans weren’t the only winners of the 2010 Ryder Cup, so was this this venerable links course on the Bristol Channel just a half-hour drive from the Welsh capital of Cardiff
