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, […]
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
Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, Scotland
Back in the late 1700s, golf had developed from a “short” game played in streets and churchyards to a “long” game played in open areas. Taking their cue from St. Andrews, the golfers of Aberdeen moved out to the coast. But a series of social upheavals, including the Industrial Revolution, sharply reduced the number […]
Kingarrock Hickory Golf Course, St Andrews
On a hill just outside St. Andrews you can take a step back in time
Rye Golf Club, England
At this Classic english links, not much has changed since the days when
Winston Churchill and Bernard Darwin were members
The Renaissance Club, Scotland
One of the finest courses in Britain gets even better thanks to new holes on new land
acquired from an old, and revered, neighbor
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Wales
A prospective guest at Royal Porthcawl appears before the club’s secretary. A round at Porthcawl, arguably the finest layout in Wales, is no small feather in a golfer’s cap, and its guest policy is somewhat more stringent than at most courses in the British Isles. Thus, the interview with the all-powerful secretary is neither […]
Sunningdale Golf Club Old Course, England
The original course at this venerated 36-hole club offers heathland golf at its most bewitching
Wentworth Club, Surrey, England
South of London, the Wentworth Club boasts two world-class layouts. The East was laid out in 1924 by Harry Colt, the father of British course architecture. Colt ran the East through a forest of fir and silver birch that afforded a natural sense of isolation. Patches of purple heather lined the fairways and large […]
