With the Open Championship returning to Northern Ireland next year for only the second time in its 159-year history, the province enjoys a choice of courses entirely disproportionate to its size. Anyone who believes that Royal Portrush is the total of the island’s offer is sure to be very pleasantly surprised
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Written by Mike Wilson
Photography by Northern Ireland Tourist Board
1 Montgomerie Links
Colin Montgomerie has his name attached to a number of high profile courses in Asia but none are as appealing as this top-notch 18-hole layout situated less than 20 minutes from...
When Louis Oosthuizen took the halfway lead at The Open Championship last month, most assumed he would quickly relinquish his advantage to other, more famous folk. Not I. The reason was quite simple...
My favourite course? It's a tough call between Pebble Beach and Cypress Point. I was born and raised on the Monterey Peninsula – my father was a high school principal there ¬– and I...
You wouldn't expect Robert Louis Stevenson's final resting place to be blessed with an abundance of quality golf courses – and to perfectly honest, it's not. But there is golf to be had, and the...
Finally, the question antipodean golfers and worldwide aficionados of the game have long been asking can be tackled: will The Lost Farm, the sister course of the renowned Barnbougle Dunes in...
18 Holes - the Worldwide Standard
Early Scottish courses didn't have a standard number of holes. Some had five, others had seven; the Old Course first had eleven and then twenty-two: eleven holes...
Such has been the extent of golf course construction in Asia in recent times that it's easy to overlook the fact that developers and architects alike have been hard at work elsewhere.
While the...
Growing up in Melbourne, I distinctly recall my very first visit to Royal Melbourne Golf Club. I was in absolute awe of the place, its grand scale, majesty, and sense of stepping into a timeless...