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St. Andrews New

"How did you enjoy your round on the New?" asked the Golf Assistant, as he marshalled walkers across the Old Course's first and 18th...

Woburn (Marquess)

It was the top 100 quest’s most poignant moment – a son teeing off, yards from where the ashes of his parents are buried on his dad’s...

Cavendish

Surely, there can be no better value in golf than the twilight visitor rate at Cavendish - the home of the Alister MacKenzie Golf...

Thorndon Park

A brace of pheasants and an eagle were witnessed as we enjoyed the 84th venue in my challenge to play England's top 100 golf courses....

Western Gailes

Wow! I had already been gobsmacked by Western Gailes and then came the astonishing view of the final five holes. This is my type of...

Beaconsfield

For many years, players of golf courses designed by the likes of Alister McKenzie, James Braid, Donald Ross and Harry Colt didn’t realise...

Villa D'Este

If there is a more impressive photo of a home hole and clubhouse than that at Circolo Golf Villa D’Este, I look forward to seeing it....

Biella

“What’s your favourite hole?”, we asked the general manager as we chomped in Biella’s sumptuous clubhouse. “The 16th!”, he said without...

Worplesdon

Enjoy the read and also listen to The Golf Pilgrim podcast from Worplesdon at https://www.buzzsprout.com/2297668/14897996-worplesdon-surr...

Royal West Norfolk

"Time and tide wait for no man," said Geoffrey Chaucer and nowhere has his famous phrase been more apt than during our visit to Royal...

Royal North Devon

A flying bat, a zombie and 500 sheep! Royal North Devon must be England's oldest and arguably most eccentric golf course. I had heard...

Hayling

It just had to be hailing in Hayling. I don't know if there are places called Sunshine, Rain or Snow, never mind golf courses, so I...

West Sussex

If there is any inland course which plays as well in the second week of January as West Sussex, I need to whizz around there, pronto. It...

Southport & Ainsdale

“I resent the notion that I am a bandit,” I said as I tucked into S & A’s 'famous Mexican salad'. The mountain of guacamole, chicken and...

Hunstanton

“Windy? This is just a gentle breeze,” smirked the chap behind the counter in the Hunstanton professional’s shop. I think he was having a...

Pennard

"Is that an electric current?", yelped our pal after she had inadvertently placed her hand on the wire which protects the greens at...

The Berkshire Blue

The mist was rising and, beyond the tranches of heather, the first green and its blue and white flag emerged. The Berkshire is surely one...

Crowborough Beacon

Its flame burned brightly for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee but Crowborough Beacon’s golf course remains one of the best-kept secrets...

Prince's (Shore and Dunes)

“Golf always makes me so damned angry!” The quote could have been attributed to me in a rare moment of rage after duffing an off-green...

Littlestone

‘Flippin’ ‘eck!’ The words of The Phantom Of The Open sprang to mind as I stood in the sand where Maurice Flitcroft’s bunker horror was...

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