Royal Golf Club – Long 13-Year Tour Return Wait Is Over For Bahrain’s Only 18-Holer
It has been 13 long years since the Persian Gulf island kingdom of Bahrain has featured on the annual DP World Tour schedule.
That was in 2011 with the hosting of the inaugural Volvo Champions won by England’s Paul Casey over a then three-year old Colin Montgomerie redesigned course located some 20 kilometres south of the capital Manmar.
GolfByTourMiss recently rekindled memories of that first event and you can read our feature article by clicking on: http://www.golfbytourmiss.com/2024/01/bahrains-royal-club-rewarding-golf-in-this-oil-rich-nation/
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Bahrain’s Royal Club – Rewarding Golf In This Oil-Rich Nation
Updated January, 2025 …
Have you ever played a golf course where you are afforded a ‘free’ drop from oil pipelines?
This is one of ‘local rules’ when tackling the Royal Golf Club course in Bahrain and host venue for this week’s Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship taking place on the Colin Montgomerie designed Royal Golf Club course close to the capital Manama.
In fact, the official scorecard (see below) lists the rule saying under Rule 16.1 of the Official Rules ...
Ballyliffin’s Glashedy Links – Young In Spirit, Mature In Outlook.
* First published in 2019, updated 2025
Those who can recall watching TV coverage of the 2018 Irish Open surely must have been in awe of the pictures being beamed around the globe from the host venue – the Ballyliffin Golf Club in Co. Donegal, Ireland.
It was the first time Ballyliffin was on show for all the golf world to see in all its glory.
For four days under virtual cloudless skies the Glashedy Links course shone brightly, a golf course laid-out along the shores of the mighty Atlantic ...
Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club – 31 Facts To Celebrate 31st Anniversary.
The up-coming inaugural 2024 DP World Tour’s Dubai Invitational brings back many fond memories in visting the host venue at the famed Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club.
The Tour is no stranger to the 18-hole course laid-out along Dubai Creek, featuring it’s stunning and award-winning ‘sail-like’ clubhouse, as the club hosted the 1999 and 2000 edition of the Dubai Desert Classic.
It’s 31-years ago this month the Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club was opened back in 1993.
The ...
Audubon Park Golf – A Historic New Orleans Golfing Gem In The Madris Gras City.
New Orleans has always been one of our favourite stops on the PGA Tour for so many reasons.
A true melting pot of cultures, New Orleans has a wealth of unique heritage and proud traditions. It is best known for its music, vibrant nightlife, numerous festivals, Creole and Cajun food, and colonial architecture.
Of course, no visit to New Orleans is complete without enjoying the atmosphere of the city’s French Quarter, taking in the sights of the mighty Mississippi River and admiring the wonders ...
Anstruther Golf Club – Boasting One Of The Toughest Par-3s In Britain.
What is the toughest par-3 you’ve ever played?
Have you played the par-3 fifth hole at the unpretentious yet stunning Anstruther Golf Club course in the Kingdom of Fife is a decent test, playing 245-yards off the white tees.
It’s the No. 1 index hole on this nine-hole course laid-out along the Firth of Forth shoreline to the east of St. Andrews.
So, what makes this par-3, and known as ‘The Rockies’, one of the toughest par-3s in British golf.
Surely, there are other par-3s ...
Old Head – Memories From A First Visit To The Stunning Irish Golfing Gem
I’ve had to really test the ole ‘grey matter’ in posting this article of my first visit to the famed Old Head course located at the Old Head of Kinsale at the south-east corner of Ireland.
It was the Monday morning after the 2001 Murphy’s Irish Open at the Fota Island course in nearby Cork.
In a then super three Scottish newspaper coverage storyline for your golfing freelance author, Colin Montgomerie captured a third Irish Open title, storming to a five-shot success in defeating ...
