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: Glasgow Gailes
Surrounded by some of the finest links courses in the world, this lesser-known is very much in their august league With the current difficulties surrounding international travel recede, a visit to the west coast of Scotland is likely to be high on a lot of golfers’ lists. In truth, mere mention of the name “Ayrshire” […]
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 […]
Ranking the World – United Kingdom and Ireland
LINKS presents the start of a four-part series in which we’ll be ranking the nations of the world (outside of the U.S.) according to the quality of their golf. First up: the nations of the UK and Ireland. By Darius Oliver In the first of our four-part LINKS Magazine series, Scotland has emerged as the leading country in […]
Great Courses of GB&I: Dunbar Golf Club
Scotland’s self-proclaimed “Golf Coast” offers some illustrious options for traveling golfers. But while Muirfield and North Berwick get most of the headlines, nearby Dunbar Golf Club more than holds its own. First laid out in 1856, and later redesigned by Old Tom Morris, Ben Sayers, and James Braid, this seaside East Lothian links regularly hosts Open Championship […]
Great Courses of GB&I: Notts Golf Club
London is rightly lauded for the wealth of marvelous heathland courses— Sunningdale, St. George’s Hill, Swinley Forest, et al.—that lie a short distance to its south and west. But southern England doesn’t have a monopoly on the country’s outstanding “sand, heather, and gorse”-type layouts. Ganton and Woodhall Spa are two of Europe’s finest inland courses. […]
