Golf, by TourMiss

Lying just a short distance to the east of Edinburgh is Musselburgh Links Golf Club. It’s a rather simple looking nine-hole golf course laid out in the middle of a horserace track. But as www.golfbytourmiss.com’s Bernie McGuire reveals here is a golf course that is furlongs ahead of the likes of St. Andrews, Muirfield and other golf gems when it comes to history and achievement. There is no golf club in the world that can boast a record of achievement as this  simple looking nine-hole ...

Oil rich Abu Dhabi is a gushing new golf destination for those travelling to the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Formula One roared off  the starting grid in Abu Dhabi. And as Bernie McGuire discovers for www.golfbytourmiss golfers are making sure they’re not being left behind.  For near on two decades, Dubai has been the Middle East golfing ‘mecca’. However there’s a new player on the scene and it’s just a 90-minute drive down the freeway from struggling Dubai. Abu Dhabi is ...

It seems there’s hardly a day goes by when Afghanistan is not in the news. Here is a nation that’s been gripped by the fear of war for more than a decade. But lying right on the back door step of the country’s capital is the Kabul Golf Club. And as www.golfbytourmiss.com discovered when three representatives of the club visited the recent Omega Dubai Desert Club, Kabul Golf Club is striving hard like any other golf club to continue as best it can to promulgate the ancient game. There’s ...

Alice Springs lies at the heart of Australia’s red-centre.  It’s a modern-day town boasting a proud Aboriginal culture along with a rich pioneering history from where you can set off to explore some of the country’s oldest natural landmarks. But there’s a relatively new lush green landmark in the Outback awaiting any spirited golfer. ‘Tour Miss’ and I had had just arrived on a direct flight from Sydney when a police officer at Alice Springs Airport casually asked me the ...