Formal Practice Facilities Taking Shape At Golf’s Seventh Oldest Club

Crail Golfing Society is golf’s seventh oldest club and it is proud to announce work on the Practice and Performance Hub has picked-up pace with the site now considerably drier, and construction firm Algo have been able to accelerate activity to catch up for the delays caused by the heavy rain. Algo’s construction team worked late into the evening to ensure the full concrete pour was finished in a single continuous operation. Building Control has since carried out its first inspection and ...

Play Famed Augusta Course Three Days After The Masters For Only $25.

As true golf fans will know, the chances of ever teeing-up to play Augusta National are near impossible. Even attempting to approach anywhere near the Augusta National front gates facing Washington Road and you know you’re going to be ‘hassled’ by security personnel. Though there is one golf course in sleepy Augusta, Georgia where you area warmly welcomed and where you can play golf even on the Wednesday afternoon of Masters week when the famed Masters host course at Augusta National ...

Playing Golf Where Oil Pipelines Offer Free Relief

The hosting of this week’s third edition of the Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship once again brings back fond memories of attending the DP World Tour’s inaugural tournament in Bahrain. It was the 2011 Volvo Championship and on the very unique Royal Golf Club course. Unique? The Colin Montgomerie designed course is unique for two reasons.  It is the only 18-hole and full grass course in the oil rich nation and secondly, there is many oil pipelines running the length of the course.  ...

Getting To Know Gil Hanse & Being His Driver To Castle Stuart

Gil Hanse continues to stamp his growing presence as one of the leaders in golf course design work and even moreso with the latest news his services have been retained by Scotland’s famed North Berwick course. The story of Gil’s newest golf course assignment appears on Golf Course Architecture website and you can read all the news by clicking on: www.golfcoursearchitecture.net   We learnt also just a week ago with TGL (TMRW Golf League) announcing Hanse has joined the league’s ...

Al Hamra Enriches A Middle East Golfing Gem

One of the more recent delights in travelling to the Middle East for rounds of the DP World Tour has been visiting the UAE emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah and tackling the wonderful Al Hamra course. Al Hamra is very easy 90-minute or so drive north of Dubai through the Emirate of Sharjah and onto Ras Al-Khaimah, and with the golf course and surrounding hotels among the first items of interest in visiting a very laid back emirate than compared with Dubai. Among those ‘items’ is the stunning ...

Kingsbarns Links Celebrates 25th Anniversary With Special Commissioned Baxter Painting

Exclusive …. Famed Scottish golfing gem Kingbarns Links has celebrated it’s 25th anniversary with the unveiling of  a specially commissioned Graeme Baxter painting. Kingbarns Links owner Art Dunkley travelled from California while renowed golfing artist Graeme Baxter from his own residence in Texas to be on-hand within the Kingsbarns Links clubhouse for the official unveiling of a painting of Kingsbarns Links par-3 15th hole. BREAKING NEWS … Kingsbarns Links ⛳️celebrates 2⃣5⃣ ...

David Scott – Golf’s Highly Respected & Much Admired Administrator.

David Scott is one of the more well-known and respected administrators working in golf. David was born and grew-up in St. Andrews while his working career has been brilliantly capped already being on-hand in a key role at the opening of three now renowned golf courses in the St. Andrews region. I have enjoyed the great pleasure of knowing David for some 30-years – from the day Prince Andrew, Duke of York and also five-time Open Champion Peter Thomson were guests-of-honour for the official ...