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Hallamshire

“Is this your ball?”, queried our playing partner as he fished the guilty Callaway from his ripped bag. Five minutes earlier, carried...

Kedleston Park

What makes a course worthy of a place in England’s top 100? Clearly links and heathland are considered to have the edge over parkland....

Aldeburgh

“This isn’t a wind, you’ll be fine.” The sentiment from the friendly fella in the pro’s shop at Aldeburgh assuaged our trepidation at...

Queenwood

Via linking five degrees of separation, the gate opened for me at Queenwood, arguably the most private golf course in England, One of the...

Royal St. George's

Is there any other sport in which you can play on the same turf as champions and even play a better shot? Thankfully, there were no...

Fairhaven

"Well, they say life’s a beach…” That bit of good old-fashioned northern humour accompanied yet another full-bloodied shot of mine which...

Knole Park

My eight-iron approach drifted away as I conjured wistful thoughts of Henry VIII, accompanied by trumpeters and outriders, emerging from...

Sheringham

“Situated on the North Norfolk coast twixt pine and sea, Sheringham Golf Course encompasses everything that is beautiful about the game,”...

Moortown

What do I have in common with Ryder Cup pioneer and one of the greats of golf, Walter Hagen? We both discovered what it is like to lose...

West Lancashire

The ferry did, indeed, go across the Mersey and to paraphrase Gerry Marsden, this land was a place I loved. West Lancashire Golf Club...

Ashridge - updated (1.7.2023)

Update - I returned to Ashridge two years after being rather underwhelmed by my first visit and am delighted to report that our fourball...

Sandiway

There’s nothing like chipping into the hole on the Sunday at the Open – even if it’s the Sandiway Golf Club mixed open. Yes, as Collin...

Stoke Park

“Shall we make it a shilling, a hole?” I couldn’t resist a Bond reference as we warmed up in front of the Stoke Park hotel, made famous...

Moray Old

If you want to play championship-quality golf and simultaneously feel as if you are an extra in the latest instalment of Top Gun, Moray...

Castle Stuart

The Covid pandemic has been a misery for everyone but offered us one tiny slither of solace because we were able to postpone our golf...

Brora

“Go on, go on, go on!” I shouted and realised that, to non-golfers, I must have sounded like a cross between Mrs Doyle from Father Ted...

Skibo Castle - The Carnegie Club

“This is just like millionaire’s golf,” we often say at Chilwell Manor, my home course, when we are the only ones playing. Today we...

Goswick

Can there be anything better in our great sport than a beautiful day on a championship links? The opening round of our two-week 2021...

Royal Lytham & St Anne's

What happened next? One of Question of Sport’s most famous captains and rugby union legend Sir Bill Beaumont began chatting to me on the...

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