Old Course St. Andrews – Great Offer To Play It In ‘Reverse’

Golfers are being given the unique opportunity to take a step back in time to play the famous Old Course in reverse, with a new series of events introduced by St Andrews Links Trust. Old Course Reversed has been unveiled by the Trust to commemorate 50 years of the organisation being custodians of the world’s most renowned golfing landscape and is set to become an annual event to give golfers a glimpse of the Old Course’s storied past. From the 1400s the Old Course emerged and evolved from the ...

Where Is The World’s Oldest Built Golf Clubhouse? France’s Golf du Prieure Boasting Building Built Between 1170 – 1180

There will always be talk of the true origins of golf and, of course, what is the oldest golf club in existence. My own golf club – Crail Golfing Society – was instituted in 1786 when 11 local gentlemen “fond of the diversion of golf” founded the club in gathering within the walls of the aptly named ‘Golf Hotel’, in the closeby village of Crail while the club still has in its possessions the minutes from that first meeting and every meeting since. However, a late ...

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 ...

Smith Turns Up The Heat Being Back In Britain To Lead LIV London

Open Champion Cam Smith not only warmed to the heatwave conditions but he turned-up the heat also being back teeing-up in Britain for a first time since last year’s historic triumph at St. Andrews. Smith tops the LIV London leaderboard, producing a sizzling display with the putter in posting a bogey-free eight-under 63. “Wasn’t much bad stuff in there, to be honest,” said Smith. “I feel like I’ve been on this kind of trend for a few months now.” Fellow Aussie and Crushers team-mate ...

Baltusrol – Venue For KPMG PGA Named In Honour Of A Murdered Dutch Farmer

The reason for the naming of a new golf course is not all that difficult to fathom. Golf courses are mostly named in honour of their location, such as Irish gems Ballybunion, Old Head and Ballyliffin while there’s Long Reef in my beloved Sydney, as well as, the likes of famed Royal Melbourne and the stunning New South Wales club. My home course at Crail in Scotland boasts two courses – the Balcomie Links and the Craighead Links but not named after the village.  In fact, the Tom Morris ...

Crail’s Gil Hanse Designed Craighead Links Celebrates 25th Anniversary – His First 18-Hole Course

A day after the crowning of a new men’s U.S. Open champion one of the world’s oldest clubs is celebrating the 25 th anniversary of the Gil Hanse designed Craighead Links course at Crail Golfing Scotland in Scotland. Hanse’s redesign work in Beverly Hills was on show last week for golf fans around the world to admire, while also testing the ancient club-and-ball game’s best ahead of American Wyndham Clark grabbing the golfing oscar in being crowned the 123 rd U.S. Open champion. The ‘Silver ...

Palmares Hailed In New List Of Portugal’s Best Golf Courses.

Palmares Ocean Living & Golf has been hailed as one of Portugal’s best golf venues after its Praia and Lagos nine-hole loops were recognised in the recent Top 60 Courses in Portugal rankings. Originally designed by Frank Pennink before a redesign at the hands of Robert Trent Jones Jnr, Palmares’ three loops of nine holes have long been regarded among Portugal’s best, with its place in the Top 100 Golf Courses updated list of the ‘Top 60 Courses in Portugal’ showing just that. Its ...