The Track Golf Club – Dubai’s Newest Golf Design Already First Past The Post.
The Track Golf Club is Dubai’s newest golf course and set against the backdrop of the world’s tallest building – the Burj Khalifa.
The Track is located adjacent to the stunning Meydan horse race track and home to the Dubai World Cup and the world’s richest horserace.
The course was designed by the legendary Peter Harradine and opened for play in April, 2012.
Harradine is no stranger to the Middle East having designed the much-acclaimed National Club course in Abu Dhabi ...
Saadiyat Beach Golf Club & St. Regis Hotel – Double Abu Dhabi Delight.
For more than two decades, Dubai has been the Middle East golfing mecca.
But in recent years there’s a number of stunning new players on the scene and one in particular just a little over an hour’s drive down along the freeway from Dubai.
Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and thanks to the European Tour, Abu Dhabi has burst onto the world golf scene.
For the first five years of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship there was just the host National course but now the capital ...
St. Michael’s Golf Club – A Sydney Golfing Saint.
In all my years playing golf in Sydney I could not believe I have never had the occasion to play a round of golf at St. Michael’s.
My good friend and back-to-back AGWA champion, Patrick McCarville has been striving for some time to get me out to the golf course located along the shores of the Pacific Ocean and just 10 kilometres from Sydney’s CBD.
However it was another colleague, Anthony Powter and editor of www.golfgrinder.com who, along with his ultra-talented 11-year old son Aiden, ...
Maplecrest Golf Club – A Stately Ohio Parkland Gem.
While present in Akron, Ohio for this week’s WGC – Bridgestone Invitational I visited Maplecrest Golf Club located in Kent, Ohio and only about a 15-minute drive from the Firestone Country Club course.
Maplecrest was built in 1928 and through the years it has undergone many improvement and advancements to the stage it is now rated one of the best public courses in Ohio.
It was a hive of activity late in the afternoon when www.golffile.ie colleague, Eoin Clarke and myself drove into ...
Rory McIlroy’s Holy Grail – Holywood Golf Club & A Shrine To The Four-Time Major Champion.
When walking into any golf club you’re confronted by a honour roll of past Club Captains, Club Champions and other achievements.
There’s also the quintessential trophy cabinet full of gleaming silverware and stunning crystal.
However in walking upstairs to the trophy room at the Holywood Club on the outskirts of Belfast the area is very much a shrine to one person – Rory McIlroy.
On show is a collection of remarkable photographs taken from the time McIlroy was just two years of age, ...
Cruden Bay Golf Club – Historic Battleground, Castle Ruins, Bram Stoker, Dolly Parton & A Scottish Links Gem.
Cruden Bay Golf Club can boast so many interesting tales before beginning to touch on talking about this stunning Scottish golfing gem.
The course, located on the north-east Scottish coastline, is laid out on the site of 1012 Battle of Cruden.
Perched high on a cliff top overlooking the course is the ruins of a 16th Century castle that is believed helped inspire Bram Stoker to write his famed novel, Dracula.
And there’s one hole at Cruden Bay, the par five sixth, that has been likened to ...
Askernish Acclaims New Champion – Tour Miss Presents Trophy.
Tour Miss was on hand at the Askernish Golf Club on Sunday when asked to present the splendid Angus Glen Trophy to South Uist’s Robert Patrick.
It was a glorious day in April when the members gathered around noon to tee up on the much-acclaimed Old Tom Morris designed course.
Leading out the gathering was renowned ‘King’ Ralph Thompson, 2010 Askernish Handicap Stroke-Play Champion, who arranged for Crail Golf Society members, George Morris and myself (Bernie McGuire) to accompany ...
