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Trump full of wind in Scotland
“They may take our lives but they will not build their wind farms.” That may as well have been Donald Trump’s war cry today as he stormed into the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh claiming to have been duped by Alex Salmond. Mr. Trump, who has Scottish ancestry, has been in dispute with the Scottish government…
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Tee off in Tenerife with Paul McGinley’s Clubs
Paul McGinley’s golf club hire operation, ClubstoHire.com has opened two new stores at airports in Tenerife and Gran Canaria. The expansion into the Canary Islands brings the number of ClubstoHire.com outlets across Europe to 11, as the company continues to benefit from golfers shunning high surcharges to take golf clubs on budget airlines and short…
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Fore! in a row for Golf Alcanada
Club de Golf Alcanada is celebrating after readers of an influential German golf magazine voted it the best golf course in Europe for the fourth year in a row. The Robert Trent Jones JR designed course is located on Mallorca’s Northern coastline and was voted best in Europe by readers in Golf Journal’s 2011 poll…
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Middle East’s only links rated in world’s Top-25
Yas Links, The Middle East’s only links golf course, has been ranked in the top 25 golf courses in the world by influential American magazine, Golf Digest. A panel of golf industry and media experts rated the two-year-old course 24th best in the world, making it the best new golf course outside the U.S.A. Dayne…
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REVIEW | Cape Schank | Mornington Peninsula
A review of Cape Schanck on Australia’s Mornington Peninsula. Danny Bowerin overcame his fear of the s***k and found a course that hit the sweet-spot.
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World’s fifth oldest golf club bunkered by travellers
Celebrations to mark the 450th anniversary of a famous Scottish Links course were threatened after illegal travellers made camp next to the golf course this week. Montrose Golf Club in Angus, North East Scotland, is the world’s fifth oldest golf club and dates back to 1562. Six caravans appeared on the boundaries of the golf…
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Tip the cap to digital Caddy
We’ve all watched Phil Mickelson deep in conversation with his caddie Jim “Bones” MacKay during PGA Tour events and Majors over whether to bust a six or cut a five iron. Not all of us have the luxury of having a professional caddie who is also a scratch golfer to work out our yardages and…
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Measuring a life in golf: Strokesaver CEO dies suddenly
I was saddened to read recently that Peter Schindler, CEO of Strokesaver International Management AG, died suddenly while on holiday in Dubai on March 25th. Strokesaver is the “brand” in the world of golf course guides, a name so fixed in golfers brains that it is the term used to describe yardage books and course…
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Algarve Green Dream becomes reality
Three South African investors recently turned a golfing dream into a reality. Espiche Golf SA wanted to create a golf course that was a model of sustainability, in a spectacular setting, in one of Europe’s busiest golf destinations. Those investors found land, close to the town of Lagos on Portugal’s Algarve and with views of…
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Masters Blog: Weir is Mike?
Amid the hullabaloo of this year’s Masters golf : “Tiger’s back and better than ever” Rory’s “Rites of Passages – facing up to his demons” …..the fortunes of one deserving Green Jacket owner have been cruelly overlooked by everyone except Cam Cole, the golf scribe of the Calgary Herald. The question is Weir is Mike?…
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5 secrets to building great greens – an interview with Tim Lobb
Tim Lobb is the founder of Lobb + Partners, a full-service golf design firm with offices in the UK, North America, Spain and Asia. A Past President of the European Institute of Golf Course Architects, Tim is also a member of the Society of Australian Golf Course Architects. We sat down to talk greens and…
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Reader Review | Ferndown Golf Club | England
At first, you wonder what all the fuss is about. The entry to the car park is uninspiring. Yes, there are a few trees in the distance but nothing indicates that a truly wonderful golf course resides the other side of this old-fashioned clubhouse. You gather your clubs and head towards the archway to see…
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Win a luxury Scottish golf break at St Andrews
Global Golfer has teamed up with Fairmont St Andrews resort to offer our readers a chance to win a one night stay, bed & breakfast and golf for two people.* Situated in a magnificent coastal clifftop setting, just two miles from St Andrews “The Home of Golf”, Fairmont St Andrews is one of Scotland’s finest…
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All hail the Black Knight
If ever there was someone who physically embodied the label Global Golfer, it’s Gary Player, the small and charismatic South African. This week he was named the 10th recipient of the PGA Tour Hall of Fame lifetime achievement award. The praise and plaudits have been flowing this week and rightly so. Mr. Player has travelled…
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Pars and Cigars | Cuba launches golf tourism drive
The Cuban government announces plans to build 13 new golf courses, hotels and theme parks to attract high spending tourists to the communist island
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Oceanico launch stay and play deals at Algarve Golf Resort
Oceânico, the Algarve golf operations and property development specialists, has unveiled a selection of value stay and play packages at its Amendoeira Golf Resort in Central Algarve. All packages include golf on both the Oceânico Faldo and Oceânico O’Connor Jnr. championship courses with buggy included, accommodation in a luxury Amendoeira apartment, breakfast each morning, 50%…
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Big drive by ClubstoHire.com
A new partnership between club rental firm ClubstoHire.com and car hire website ArgusCarHire.com is making it easier for golfers to hire clubs and drive off when taking European golf holidays. Anybody booking car hire through ArgusCarHire.com – for destinations with a ClubstoHire.com service – can now book golf clubs at the same time. ClubstoHire director, Tony…
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REVIEW | Macquarie Links International Golf Club | NSW Australia
Review of Macquarie Links International Golf Club, New South Wales, Australia. A links golf course with Australian outback feels says Danny Bowerin
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First winner of Golf Writer of the Month Award
Global Golfer Magazine is proud to reveal the first-ever winner of its Golf Writer of the Month award. Every month we choose the best reviews sent in by readers from their golfing travels and publish them in the Global Golfer E-magazine, which is mailed to golfers who have signed for the digital edition sent straight…
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Tony Jacklin to develop Moroccan golf resort
Jacklin Design Group, led by Tony Jacklin CBE, is to design a brand new 18-hole golf course and a 9-hole par-3 course, in Marrakech, Morocco. Jacklin recently signed a contract with clients Prestigia to build the courses at the Argan Golf Resort in partnership with fellow golf course architects, Martin and Stirling. Around 70 hectares…
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De Vere celebrates birthday of alternative golf club
Hotel and Leisure group De Vere has celebrated the second anniversary of its De Vere Club, calling it the fastest growing golf membership scheme in the UK. With membership of golf clubs across Britain in general decline, joining fees and waiting lists at private members clubs are increasingly rare as clubs battle for business. De…
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Jet set golf tours offered by Le Bureau
Ever wondered what type of golf trip you would take if you won the lottery? Swiss travel company Le Bureau has launched a brand new luxury golf tour series, known as Le Bureau International Golf Series 2012, whisking golf travelers by jet to some of the most exclusive golf courses in the world. Le Bureau specialize in exclusive…
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Win golf membership worth £25k at Spain’s No.1 golf course
PGA Catalunya Resort in Catalonia, Northern Spain has launched a competition to celebrate being ranked Spain’s No.1 Golf Course by an influential course rankings website. Visitors purchasing three green fees to play PGA Catalunya Resort’s Stadium and Tour courses within seven days will be entered into a draw to win a year’s free special membership…
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Kingsbarns is #1 says Golf Week
Kingsbarns Golf Links in Fife, Scotland, has been voted the number one modern golf course in Great Britain and Ireland by influential American Magazine Golf Week. The Kyle Phillips-designed links on the coast of Fife near St Andrews beat Scottish rivals Castle Stuart in Inverness and Loch Lomond near Glasgow, ranked second and third respectively.…
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Historic golf photography returns to St Andrews
A rare collection of photographs owned by Old Tom Morris are to go on display for the first time this month as part of the inaugural St Andrews Golf Festival. Old Tom Morris was born in St Andrews in 1821 and is widely regarded as a pioneer of professional golf. The winner of four Open…
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Ryanair hub to boost Cyprus golf breaks
Budget airline Ryanair has announced that Paphos, Cyprus, is to become an international hub servicing 14 new European routes. The new routes to and from Paphos start in April and May, including services from London Stansted, Memmingen Munich, Frankfurt Hahn, Stockholm Skavsta and Oslo Rygge. The new services make it cheaper and easier to take…
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Happy Birthday Bobby Jones – Greatest of them All
Personal reflections on the American Golfer Bobby Jones, the man universally considered to have accomplished the greatest feat in golf. Read on..
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FootJoy Contour Casual | Review | Pioneer of the spikeless revolution
Some years ago Reebok made an outstanding golf shoe with dimples on the bottom of rubber soles and decent looking leather uppers. It was ideal for playing golf in summer and strolling straight into the clubhouse. What made it even more attractive was that it was the perfect golf shoe for taking a golf break…
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Golfers wising up to danger of being uninsured
A recent court case in the UK has highlighted the importance of golf insurance. Scottish golfer Anthony Phee was awarded £400,000 after losing the sight in one eye when he was hit by another golfer at Niddry Castle golf course in West Lothian in 2007. The Judge ruled that the other golfer James Gordon was…
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Crags and Flags | Cullen Links | REVIEW
Among sleepy fishing villages on Scotland’s remote north eastern coast is Cullen Links, a course like no other.
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Jet2.com scraps golf carriage fee to Algarve
Budget airline Jet2.com is offering golfers free golf club carriage on flights to the Algarve in Portugal this Spring. In partnership with the Algarve Promotion Bureau, the airline is offering free carriage on flights to Faro throughout April and May 2012. The promotion is a welcome boost to golf travelers wishing to take an early…
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Out of Bounds – Adventure golf breaks
If you like to take on courses with swash buckling shots then this trio of adventure golf holidays could be your own personal set of golfing Majors. Adventure Temples (0843 508 5005 / www.adventuretemples.com) is a new luxury adventure operator which launched in October 2011. The company has produced a coffee-table book entitled The 50 Best…
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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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Trump threat to scrap Scottish Golf Links
Donald Trump has threatened to stop construction at Trump International Golf Links off the coast of Aberdeen over a row about off-shore wind farms. The business tycoon has already seen off the protests of a Scottish farmer and environmentalists in his bid to create what he has described as “the greatest golf course ever built,”…
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Tapas and Tap-in’s
What would you say if you could take a holiday and play the best golf course in Spain, watch the best football team in the world and eat at one of the top-three restaurants on the planet? PGA Catalunya Resort, one of Spain’s leading golf resorts, has unveiled a series of golf & gastronomy festivals…
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New stay and play packages on Spain’s “Golden Coast”
One of Spain’s newest golf resorts has unveiled its first stay and play packages for golfers. The Lumine Golf Club is a 45-hole resort with three Greg Norman designed golf courses in a luxury residential living and beach community in Spain’s Costa Dorada region, known as the “Golden Coast.” Thanks to a new agreement between…
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Burhill Old Course | England | Review
Danny Bowerin was born in Norfolk, studied in St Andrews, worked in London and then moved to Melbourne and Singapore. Through all of that, some of his fondest memories are days spent playing the Old Course at Burhill, Surrey. The Old Course at Burhill Golf Club, Surrey, in a leafy commuter town on the outskirts…
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Win the ultimate golf coaching experience with Powakaddy
You and a friend could win a 2 day coaching course at The English National Golf Centre at Woodhall Spa, a NEW PowaKaddy Freeway Digital Trolley and a 2012 PK Cart Bag Two runner’s up will receive a PK Cart Bag each Powakaddy is celebrating the launch of its new Freeway Digital electric trolley and…
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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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Curious case of the missing Caddies
Ever since I first watched Caddyshack, a seminal 1980’s golf movie about the caddies and members of Bushwood Country Club – a typical American Private golf club – I’ve loved the idea of having my bag carried by a wily local who knows the humps, hollows, nooks and crannies of the courses I’m playing. Sadly…
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Great Scott: Talking Course Design
Global Golfer talks to course designer and author Scott Macpherson about golf course architecture and his high profile UK design at Close House in Northumberland… Scott Macpherson may be from New Zealand but he loves classic British golf courses, and has a special passion for The Old Course at St Andrews. That passion led him…
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Cobras in the Rough: an Indian Odyssey
When the European Tour landed in India last week for the Avantha Masters it beamed pictures around the world of golf in a mysterious and humid corner of Asia. If you found J.B Kruger’s win around a track with coarse grasses and burnt brownish greens compelling viewing, then you will like a new book about…
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Reader Review: Queen’s Course, Gleneagles
Paul Atkinson of Newcastle Upon Tyne, reviews the Queen’s Course at Gleneagles, Perthshire, Scotland Following an early morning outing on the King’s Course I wanted to settle the score on the small, cuter and equally impressive Queen’s course. Right behind the clubhouse the first tee awaits with a sweeping dogleg stretching away in front of…
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Reader Review: The Dunes, Melbourne, Aus
Paul Walker of Melbourne, Australia, reviews the Dunes at Mornington Peninsula. According to the latest Golf Digest ratings The Dunes is the 14th best course in Australia and the 3rd best public access course in the country. The ruggedly beautiful course is set amongst the rolling sand hills of the Mornington Peninsular, a picturesque and…
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South Coast golf tour hails new recruit
One of Southern England’s most popular golfing tours has added a new course to its itinerary. The South Devon Golf Tour has announced that Thurlestone Golf Club, a cliff-top parkland course, has joined its lineup enhancing the tour’s reputation and giving visitors more choice of where to play. The tour offers golfers the opportunity to…
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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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Companies hit back at Ryanair golf price hike
Golf travel companies have hit back at Ryanair’s decision to increase the cost of transporting a set of golf clubs to £50 per flight on the low cost airline. Portugese resort Monte da Quinta has publicly stated it will refund 40 EURO to any golfer staying at its Algarve property on production of a valid…
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Reader Review: Gleneagles King’s Course
Four handicapper Paul Atkinson, from Newcastle Upon Tyne, reviews the King’s Course at Gleneagles. Gleneagles estate comes at you from out of the blue. Drive through the ordinary Perthshire village of Auchterarder and around half a mile further you reach an oasis of calm. Gleneagles Estate is one of the great places to play golf…
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Free Rescue club when you book an Irish golf break
Europe’s largest golf tour operator Golfbreaks.com has teamed up with Tourism Ireland to offer golfers extra incentive to book a golf break in the Emerald Isle. Golfers booking for four or more players before the end of February – to travel at any time in 2012 – will receive a brand new TaylorMade Rescue 11…
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