“I would be delighted to introduce you to Rye,” said a member over a glass of Kümmel after we had shared a round at Royal St George’s....

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

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....

“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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

Greek philosopher Plato said: “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” and, although he lived centuries before golf was invented, it is as...