Barra Island Golf Club – A Second Visit Was Truly Double The Pleasure
It was 2012 when I first visited the remote Isle of Barra golf course in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Since then I’ve been fortunate enough to return to the islands in 2015, 2016, 2019 and last year in August 2022, and when making a third visit to Barra.
Five visits .. Now is that not a strong recommendation?
The Isle of Barra course lays claim to the most westerly golf course in the UK. You can’t go any further west or you would arrive on the shores of Canada.
The golf course is ...
Woods Admits Game Of Golf Going Forward Remains ‘Murky’ & There Still ‘Many Moving Parts’
Tiger Woods admits the immediate future for golf remains ‘murky’ and there is ‘moving parts’ before an agreement is reached with golf’s warring parties.
After near seven-month Woods is returning to formal competition at this week’s Hero World Challenge, and in what is virtually a ‘Take 2’ attempt to contest the 20-only event on the Albany course in The Bahamas.
A year ago, Woods was due to tee-up but limped into the media centre to advise it would not ...
McDowell Sets New ‘Chopsticks Challenge’ Course Record, Now For The Hong Open Title
Graeme McDowell’s return to Hong Kong continues to be all positive, keeping himself in contention for hopeful victory heading to the final round on the famed host Hong Kong Golf Club course.
McDowell kept his scoring in the 60s for a third running adding a four-under 66 to earlier scores of 67 and 65 to be sharing seventh place at 12-under-par and only four shots adrift of the leading duo of Aussie Cam Smith, who signed for a 65, along with Thailand’s Phachara Khongwatmai, who added a ...
Golf Club Verandah’s – The Very Special Hong Kong Golf Club Verandah.
Verandahs. Golf club verandahs.
In particular the Hong Kong Golf Club verandah and host club for this week’s prestigious Asian Tour Hong Kong Open.
It’s a strange golfing subject and very much a first for this golf journalist.
This week is the 67th edition of the Hong Kong Open that was first staged in 1959 and with the club sharing an honour the club with legendary Augusta National, as being the only two clubs in the world to host the same professional event continuously for over 60-years.
I’ve ...
Doha Golf Club’s Academy Course – Best Fun 8 1/2 Holes On The DP World Tour
If you’re read my articles on the ‘Course Features’ section on this website you may gather many of the stories have been researched and posted following visits to golf courses made during the course of reporting on events while on the various Tours.
Whether it be on the PGA Tour, the Asian Tour, the Australasian Tour or the DP World Tour there’s always been a welcome door open for the visiting media to play a local golf course.
And there can better course to tackle than visiting ...
Chase Koepka: “Yes, He’s My Brother But He Deserves To Be Picked”,
“Yes, he’s my brother but he deserves a (USA) Ryder Cup pick!”
The defiant words of Chase Koepka, the younger brother of reigning PGA Championship champion Brooks Koepka.
Chase is some four years younger than his also four-time major winning brother, and naturally wants to see him announced tomorrow (Tuesday) by USA captain Zach Johnson who will be in PGA of America HQ in Texas to confirm his full 12-man team ahead of next month’s Rome showdown.
The LIV Golf attached Brooks had been among ...
“Hey Greg (Norman)? I’ve Got A Gun In My Bag”. The Madcap Tour Events At Hilton Head.
This week’s hosting of the RBC Heritage Classic reminds me of many incidents that took place in the days before and during the tournament held annually in the week following the Masters.
It’s a easy 3-hour drive south-east from Augusta, Georgia to Hilton Head Island in South Carolina however, as I have reported before, you have got to stick to the speed limit driving through a number of these sleepy ‘one-horse’ towns.
Just ask Jose Maria Olazabal, who was nabbed the day ...
