Category: Travel
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Fall in love with New England | Best Golf Courses in Massachusetts | USA
Fall in New England is a beautiful time to visit the U.S.A for golf. Our guide to touring the best golf courses in Massachusetts, from Boston to Cape Cod
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Camiral Golf & Wellness | Catalonia | Spain | Review
Between the French Pyrenees and Barcelona, on Spain’s Costa Brava, is Camiral Golf & Wellness – a luxury retreat with a world-class golf course.
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REVIEW: Congham Hall Hotel & Spa | Norfolk | UK
Norfolk is a summer playground for British Royals. Mark Harvey escaped to East Anglia for links golf and luxe living at Congham Hall
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Terre Blanche | Golf resort with a licence to thrill
Terre Blanche, near to the French Riviera, is a luxury golf resort with a James Bond back story. Provence golf has a licence to thrill
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Pebble Beach – why it’s #1 on my Bucket List
Pebble Beach has been #1 on my golf bucket list ever since I visited Monterey’s 17-mile drive as a guest of Jim Griggs, former PGA Tour Director.
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The Road to Hoylake – Tales of Open Qualifying
Some childhood dreams never die. ‘Road to Hoylake’ is Matthew Moore’s attempt to lift the Claret Jug…
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Golf on England’s Western Cape | Golf Guide to Cornwall and Devon
Discover clifftop courses, Michelin starred seafood and great Atlantic links with our golf guide to Cornwall and Devon – England’s remote westerly tip.
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REVIEW: Hawkswood House | St Andrews
Hawkswood House is a luxury Scottish bolthole with its own driving range and putting green, close to St Andrews.
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Review | Bali Handara Golf Resort | Volcanoes and Vistas
Chris Hogben plays Bali Handara Golf, the highest mountain golf course in Indonesia set in an extinct volcano. Read his review of Bali Handara Golf…
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Golf Guide to Costa Del Sol | Spain’s Classic Coast
Finlay Miller travelled to Spain’s Costa Del Sol to explore a coastline with more than 50 golf courses, sandy beaches, unbroken blue skies and classic course designs.
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Golf Guide St Andrews & Fife – Kingdom of Heaven
Nowhere in golf stirs the imagination quite like St Andrews – the ‘Home of Golf’ and The Old Course – God’s original layout in Scotland’s eastern Kingdom of Fife.
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Pennsylvania | Golf Guide | Flydrive golf in historic PA
Declare your independence with a flydrive golf holiday in Pennsylvania, America’s ‘Keystone State,’ birthplace of Arnold Palmer and the first Big Mac.
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England’s Golf Coast: Let it be Links | Golf in the home of The Beatles
Golf can be full of hard days and nights. Play your worst round and it feels like a lonely hearts club. By the time the sun rises again, your clubs love you – yeh yeh yeh – and we think we’ll keep playing golf forever. The Beatles, the most influential rock band of all time,…
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Inside the Guy Ropes: Glamping at The Open
In the shadow of St Andrews most expensive hotel, a vast tent city popped up for the 150th Open – I glamped at the ‘Home of Golf’
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Tea-Time | Sri Lanka | Golf Guide
The island nation of Sri Lanka, a former British colony renowned for producing fine tea, is a refreshingly different blend of golf road trip
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A day to remember on the links at Muirfield | Course Review | Global Golfer
Fin Miller played Muirfield two days before it closed for The 142nd Open. Read his course review of this classic Open venue, home of the ‘Honorable Company’
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Glory in the Glens | Re-living the Ryder Cup Experience
Looking ahead to the 2023 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, Rome, we revisit our time at Gleneagles for ‘Glory in the Glens.’ We were also at Golf Le National for ‘Perfection in Paris’ but like many European golf fans, were absent from the ‘mauling in Michigan/ Whooping at Whistling.’ *This article…
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Tenerife Golf Guide | Island Golf | Land of Eternal Spring
A guide to golf holidays in Tenerife, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, with its year-round spring-like climate, dramatic island setting and great courses
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Oil the swing | Golf Guide to Aberdeen & Grampian
Scottish Golf has its trophy destinations, famed fixtures on The Open rota but step off the beaten track and head North to Aberdeen and the Grampian Highlands to enjoy magnificent links, charming inland courses and world-beating Whisky Aberdeen: Oil outpost to golf centralThe traditional image of Aberdeen as a hulking oil city with solemn granite…
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Highland Golf Links Pro-Am | Play Royal Dornoch & Cabot Highlands
The Tomatin Highland Links Pro-Am is a three-day team event played over Royal Dornoch, Castle Stuart (Cabot Highlands) and Nairn golf links. Read more
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Tacos and Tee-Times: Texas Golf Road Trip
A Texas golf road trip taking you across the ‘Lone Star’ state in search of good times and great golf, from Austin to the Alamo. James Glenn on golf TX
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Swing under the Stars – Midnight Golf in Finland
Warm summers, first class golf courses and magical 24-hour daylight make Finland an alluring alternative for a golf break. Gary Firkins heads to Helsinki to experience midnight golf at Finland’s finest resort, Linna Golf. Teeing off under the stars Post round sauna and an icy plunge Feast on reindeer Be a culture vulture in Hip…
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Honesty Box Golf in Northumberland
Playing half the holes was twice the fun on a tour of honesty box links courses in Northumberland, England’s beautiful border county
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Paradise Island | Belle Mare Plage Review | Mauritius
The paradise island of Mauritius is an ideal destination for a luxury golf break. Base yourself at the Belle Mare Plage resort for golf, beach and spa
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Brora Golf Club – Braid’s Highland Classic
Ed Hodge marks 150 years since the birth of legendary golf course designer James Braid with a portrait of his life and review of Brora Golf Club, a Braid links classic
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Golf in St Pete’s a beautiful work of art
Mark Harvey went in search of classic courses and culture in Florida ‘The Sunshine State’ and discovered that St Pete’s is an absolute treat
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Coast and Castles Trail | Golf Guide to Northumberland
A coastal trail of little known links golf courses dotted between medieval English castles Ruddy sand beaches, Atlantic grey seals and world famous fish smokeries A treasure trove pub with its own microbrewery in an idyllic bay setting Cheap green fees and easy to organise Northumberland golf packages It’s often been written that there is…
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Where to play indoor, urban or crazy golf in London
London, ‘The Big Smoke,’ is home to around 20 alternative golf venues from urban golf to crazy, adventure and indoor simulator golf. Go crazy for golf in the Capital.
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5 Must-Play Spanish Golf Courses
Global Golfer picks out five must-play Spanish golf courses including PGA Golf de Catalunya, Finca de Cortesin and Real Club de Golf Sotogrande.
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5 Reasons to take a French Golf Holiday
Five Reasons to take a French Golf Holiday, from playing Le Golf National to fine wine, gastronomy and a climate made for golf.
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Mountain Golf Breaks in Italy’s Dolomites
There are few more spiritual places to relax than high on a mountain summit, whether carrying a backpack or bound to a pair of skis. While golf is often played inland among forests, parklands and heaths – and by the sea – on pure links turf with the ocean in view – there are far…
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Golf Quiz – what type of golfer are you?
We’re all different! The world is made up of people with different body shapes and personality traits but nowhere is this more obvious than on the golf course. There are so many different types of golfer, from big bombers like Bubba Watson to short game wizards like Seve and Phil Mickelson and perfect swingers like…
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Golf and Guinness – Golf Guide to South East Ireland
Clive Agran, one of the UK’s best traveled golf journalists and presenter at Go-Golf TV, took the ferry to Ireland recently and found himself sinking as many pints of Guinness as he did putts… Golf Guide to South East Ireland Ireland is undoubtedly one of the very best countries in the world in which to…
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Clogs and Clubs – golf holidays in Holland
David J Whyte didn’t need any ‘Dutch Courage’ to spend a week filming in the Netherlands for Go-Golf TV. He discovered that golf is bigger than you’d think in the land of Van Gogh, windmills and shoes carved from wood… What I like about the Dutch is you never hear them crowing about how ‘they’…
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REVIEW | Temecula Creek Inn | Teeing up in San Diego wine country
Leonard Finkel stayed at Temecula Creek Inn and stumbled upon a piece of golfing heaven in San Diego wine country. Read his review
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Golf Guide to Lisbon and Portugal’s Silver Coast
Ed Butler reviews the golf courses on Portugal’s Silver Coast, near Lisbon, including Praia Del Rey and Royal Obidos; Seve Ballesteros’ final course design.
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Indonesia’s Lonely Links – New Kuta Golf
New Kuta Golf is Indonesia’s only links golf course. Danny Bowerin travelled to Bali to tackle its tiger tees and savor sensational sunsets at its 19th hole
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Forest of Arden: Fearsome or Friendly?
The Marriott Forest of Arden course in Birmingham used to be a regular European Tour venue and so reader Pete Joyner was a little nervous about what he would find when he entered the Forest…. For a mid-handicapper there are few more frightening descriptions of a course than a ‘tough challenge.’ As we all tend…
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Review | Golf in Belek | Turkey
Ed Butler headed to Belek in Turkey’s Antalya province for a romantic couples break and couldn’t resist playing golf, lots of golf. I first heard about Belek when researching destinations for my one year wedding anniversary. Back then, it was early days, so my initial pitch was a resort without golf. After discovering the wealth…
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Top-10 Pro Golf Tantrums
When was the last time you completely lost your head on the golf course? Thanks to www.golfingworld.tv for this belly busting collection of tantrums by top professional golfers. We love golf but it drives us crazy at the same time. Even the best lose their cool!
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Golf in Girona: Spain’s Quiet Corner
Discover a thoroughbred golf course on Spain’s “rugged coast” Take the Q-School Test Views that captivated esoteric painter Salvadore Dali “Corking” good Catalonian landscape Get off the beaten track in Girona Spain remains one of the most popular golf destinations for European golfers. With busy resorts and lots of spikes treading the fairways of the…
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Reader Review: Rockliffe Hall Hotel and Golf Club
Geoff Moore, handicap 21, from Brancepeth Castle Golf Club, reviews Rockliffe Hall Hotel and Golf Club in County Durham. Arrive in your car at Rockliffe Hall Golf club and you will be greeted with a warm welcome, your clubs will be taken from you and cleaned before you set off to play. This is where…
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Reader Photo: Pebble Beach Golf Links
Reader Martin Parry, a 5-handicap golfer living in Singapore, says: “My favourite course by a long way. I was -1 after 1, but sadly that didn’t last long and with 2 nights in the lodge and a spa treatment for the wife whilst I played this was the most expensive round of golf ever.”
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Northern Lights: Golf in North East England
North East England borders Scotland, the “Home of Golf,” and it’s no surprise that many golfers pass through rather than tee up. Global Golfer discovered lots of reasons for golfers to stay awhile… £50m Rockcliffe Hall is golf’s Angel of the North Play the hardest 9th hole in golf Close House & Lee Westwood –…
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Golf Guide | Angus, Dundee & Grampian | Scotland
Scotland’s Angus county is famous for Carnoustie – arguably the toughest course on the Open Championship rota. Along the Angus coastline and inland, in the shadow of the Grampian Hills among beautiful glens are several little known courses worth praise and acclaim too. More to Angus than “Carnasty” Montrose – fifth oldest links in the…
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Europe’s golf coast
More than 30-developments now span the Algarve’s five regions from “Sotaventa”, the eastern tip, to “Costa Vicentina”, Europe’s most westerly extreme. Read Global Golfer’s guide to Europe’s Golf Coast… Villamoura: the Rolls Royce of Algarve Golf Sweet 16 at Vale De Lobo Royal Tackle the 604-yard “Giant” at Alto Golf Penina: Henry Cotton’s aristocrat on…
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West is Best
Global Golfer found sandy gold cliffs, picture postcard villages and golf courses aplenty in Western Algarve… Picture postcard fishing villages Par three’s galore at Parque de Floresta Highly rated new development at Palmares Golf Homegrown wine tasting at Morgado do Requengo Class is permanent at Penina From Sagres in the west to Lagos further east,…
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Beautiful South
With over 3200 hours of sunshine bathing over twenty courses each year, Spain’s Costa da Luz, “The Coast of Lights,” is the perfect place to light up your golf game… Play Seve’s first Spanish course design Take the tour school test at Costa Ballena Warm your soul with Jerez brandy World famous white horses and…
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Golf Guide | Tunisia | Africa’s Golf Coast
Golf Guide to Tunisia. From camel rides and souks to luxury resorts, discover North Africa’s golf mecca and a 19th hole culture with a difference.