‘Mighty Mach’ – Machrihanish Golf Club Celebrating 150-Years Young
Can there be finer opening first hole in golf?
There is some great ninth holes around the world, plenty of superb 10th holes, certainly some captivating 17th holes and countless thrilling final holes.
As Bernie McGuire long ago discovered Machrihanish Golf Club offers golfers one of the finest opening holes in all of golf.
Firstly, a happy 15oth birthday with Machrinhanish GC founded on 11th March, 1876 and first opened for play on 20th March, 1876.
This feature article updated in honour of ...
Ardglass Golf Club – An 18 Carat Irish Golfing Gem
* First published 2011 and updated December, 2024
Mention the word Ardglass and it conjures up thoughts of an exotic item of glassware or a gleaming gemstone.
Yes, that is true in golfing terms and with the word Ardglass originating from the Gaelic ‘Ard Ghlais‘ meaning ‘green height‘.
Ardglass is located less than an hour’s drive south of Belfast and just north of the world renowned Royal County Down course, and with this quaint seaside town boasting eight archaeological ...
Charleston, South Carolina – Golf’s First Shot In America.
Probably no region in the United States embodies the American idea of ‘the land of the free and the home of the brave’ as much as Charleston.
By the time the Star Spangled Banner celebrated the American flag’s resiliency in 1814, the townsfolk of Charleston were well versed in the proud survival of a gallantry streaming banner.
The area not only defended itself against British bombardment but also witnessed the first shots of the Civil War.
Charleston is very proud of its history and having ...
Kent’s Regal Golfing Coast.
Royal St. Georges on the south-east Kent coast, and the host for this year’s British Open, is sandwiched among three wonderful golfing gems.
In a unique slice of golfing history that not even Scotland can match but all three have played host to golf’s oldest Major Championship.
And as www.golfbytourmiss.com discovered in attending this year’s Open Championship Royal St. Georges, Royal Cinque Ports and Prince’s are links golf at its best.
For the great many of those travelling to the ...
‘The Boat’ – It’s Pitches & It Rolls But What A Golfing Cruise.
It speaks volumes for the respect a golf club enjoys that it can be known in shortened terms.
The splendid Boat of Garten course, some 25 miles or so south of Inverness in Scotland, is one such course.
And rather than refer to it by its full and proper name, the Boat of Garten Golf and Tennis Club, I’m going to join those who refer to this James Braid gem simply as ‘The Boat’.
‘The Boat’ gets its name not from a boat or ship but a chain ferry that used the cross the Spey River joining ...
Kazakhstan – One Of The World’s Newest Nations Getting To Grips With The Ancient Game.
It’s just two decades since Kazakhstan broke from the Soviet Union to form an independent state.
Kazakhstan lies where Europe meets Asia.
Bernie McGuire reported on the Kazakhstan Open a few years back and he recounts his experience for www.golfbytourmiss.com in travelling to one of the newest countries in the world to grasp the ancient club and ball game.
While the origins of the game of golf still remain uncertain there’s no doubting when golf game was first played in Kazakhstan ...
The Els Club, Dubai – Something Else!
It seemed so appropriate Ernie Els’ first signature design golf course in Dubai should be laid-out within Dubai Sports City.
Els is mad about his cricket and he’s mad about his rugby.
And as Bernie McGuire reveals for www.golfbytourmiss.com the nearly four years old Els Club golf course is right at home in the sports mad sprawling Emirate.
Triple Major winning Ernie Els could not have chosen a more appropriate location to design his first golf course in Dubai.
The Els Club course is ...
