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* This article first published in January 2021 and updated January, 2024 There’s always that unique joy in playing a golf course you’ve not played before. Normally, it is a golf course you know well or you’ve read about. Also, that delight is magnified if you’ve managed to play well. There is also the joy teeing up at a golf course you know relatively little about but where you also play well and while missing a couple of birdie putts, you do manage a handful of pars. Adding ...

For the golfers out there who enjoy more than the experience of savouring a new golfing adventure here’s a destination to really whet your adventurous side. On the outskirts of the town of Gap in Haute Alpes of France, the Bayard plateau rises to an alitude of 1,250m.  In winter the plateau is a hive for Nordic skiiing. When the snow melts, there’s nine groomed and marked trials offering around 50 kilometers of ideal mounting hiking. The summer rays also reveal a stunning golf course ...

Here’s an adventure for the golfer’s out there who enjoy discovering new heights. Now that restrictions to travel are being lifted, why not treat a flight yourself to double French alpine flying and golfing adventure? This is what we did recently thanks to Alpine Flying School – https://alpineflyingschool.fr  and the Gay Bayard Golf Club – http://www.gap-bayard.com/golf-de-gap-bayard The Alpine Flying School and Gap Bayard have their homes high in the stunning French Alps ...

For the ultra-keen golfer, a visit to St. Andrews is a quintessential ‘must do’ undertaking. Though for those of us who have stood at the back of the 1st tee or 18th green at the Old Course, there’s nothing to remind you of the full history that has unfolded over the 18 holes laid-out in front of you. Who is aware when the first Open was played at St. Andrews and also, how many times has the Old Course hosted golf’s oldest major? You could walk into the little café just off the right ...

      2021 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP – OCEAN COURSE, KIAWAH ISLAND, SC Eighteen Holes & 18 Things You Should Know Kiawah Island was named for the Kiawah Indians who were led by their head chieftain or cassique. In the year 1670, the cassique of the Kiawah led English colonists to settle at Charlestowne Landing. Kiawah Island is an island of 15.14 square miles (39.21 Klms) with 11.17 square miles of land (28.23 Klms) and the rest water. The highest part on Kiawah Island is just 13-foot ...

Congratulations to Dumbarnie Links in winning the 2021 Golf Development of the Year award by Golf Inc. Magazine. The annual award recognizes the best golf developments around the globe and with Dumbarnie Links having been open for less than 12 months. The course, and located around 20 miles from the Home of Golf at St. Andrews, was designed by Clive Clark. “My vision was to design a traditional links on what is a rare piece of genuine links land, but with a modern twist,” said Clark. “There ...

The hosting of the Women’s Scottish Open later this year is like the ‘cherry on the opening cake’ says Dumbarnie Links General Manager David Scott. Scotland’s newest golf course will host the premier women’s Scottish event from 12th to 15th August, 2021 and just 15 months after the stunning Upper Largo course was opened on 29th May last year. Scott proudly shared with www.golfbytourmiss.com and also Daily Record Sport more of the details behind yesterday’s exciting ...