• Adam Scott wearing the Masters Green Jacket

    Golf Over-Ruled – Masters 2013 Review

    Friday, April 19, 2013

    Every April, I get excited and stay up late for four nights watching every second of The Masters golf tournament. This year, after 74 holes of golf, that ebbed and flowed from downright dull to unbelievably exhilarating, I couldn’t shake the feeling that the rules of golf – not Adam Scott – were the biggest [...]

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  • Emirates Golf Club 25th anniversary

    Dubai golf icon celebrates landmark anniversary

    Tuesday, March 19, 2013

    The Middle East’s first all-grass 18-hole golf course is 25-years-old today… Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, underlined its status as a pioneer for golf in the Middle East when it celebrated its 25th birthday today. In 1988, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice-president and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, [...]

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  • Temecula Creek Inn is in San Diego's wine country

    Golf and Grapes: Teeing up in San Diego wine country

    Tuesday, March 5, 2013

    American golf writer Leonard Finkel says he stumbled upon a little piece of golfing heaven in the heart of San Diego’s wine country… Nine years ago I stumbled on the Temecula Creek Inn. That I return year after year is no accident. Less than an hour north of San Diego and located in the heart [...]

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  • Linna Golf - Finland's finest golf resort where you can play midnight golf

    Swing under the Stars – Midnight Golf in Finland

    Tuesday, January 29, 2013

    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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  • Beautiful Bali Handara Golf Course Chris Hogben

    Volcanoes and Vistas – Bali Handara Golf

    Wednesday, November 14, 2012

    For golfers seeking to play a round or two whilst visiting the idyllic island of Bali, the coastal courses of New Kuta and Nirwana Bali are a good bet, but Chris Hogben ventured off the beaten track and discovered a hidden gem at Bali Handara. Bali Handara is the highest mountain golf course in Indonesia [...]

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  • links golf in the shadow of Dunstanburgh Castle

    Coast and Castles golf trail – Northumberland

    Thursday, November 8, 2012

    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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  • mr Lofoten 3rd temp IMG_8490lr

    Midnight golf under the Northern Lights

    Monday, October 22, 2012

    The world’s most northerly links golf course – on the edge of the Arctic Ocean – is to be extended to 18 holes to satisfy growing demand from golfers wanting to tee off under the world famous ‘Northern Lights.’ Lofoten Links, in Gimsoy, Norway, has tiny postage stamp sized greens and is laid out across [...]

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  • The Silver Coast Portugal

    Review – Portugal’s Lisbon Golf Coast

    Thursday, October 11, 2012

    Ed Butler travelled to Portugal’s Lisbon golf coast expecting to fall in love with an old favourite and had his heart stolen by the last course to be designed by the late great Seve Ballesteros. • Warm sun • Over 70 golf courses • World class culture, history and heritage • First class food and [...]

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  • Cliff-top golf course at New Kuta Golf Bali Indonesia

    Indonesia’s Lonely Links – New Kuta Golf

    Tuesday, September 4, 2012

    New Kuta Golf is Indonesia’s only links golf course. Danny Bowerin travelled to Bali to tackle the ‘Tiger’ tees at this cliff-top resort and savour sensational sunsets at its 19th hole. Located on the southern tip of Bali Island and perched above a limestone cliff overlooking stunning Dreamland and Balangan Beach, New Kuta was the [...]

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  • 14th hole at La Reserva Golf Costa Del Sol

    Classic Coast: golf on the Costa Del Sol

    Wednesday, August 8, 2012

    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. • Sotogrande and Valderrama, the godfather of Spanish golf • No reservations about La Reserva • World class facilities at La Cala Golf • San Miguel and stunning [...]

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  • The game's greatest pilgrimage - The Old Course

    Kingdom of Heaven: golf in Fife

    Tuesday, August 16, 2011

    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. How to get a tee-time at golf’s most famous links Putts of over 100-yards and the approach to the Road Hole New courses – m0re choice [...]

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  • Oil the way off the beaten track

    Tuesday, August 16, 2011

    Scottish Golf has its places of pilgrimage but Global Golfer stepped off the beaten track and discovered that Aberdeen and the Grampian Highlands well worth the visit… From oil outpost to golf central Tame the Serpentine at Murcar Golf Club Play the 6th oldest golf course in the world at Royal Aberdeen The inspiration for [...]

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  • The famous umbrella pines of Portugal's Algarve

    Europe’s golf coast

    Tuesday, August 16, 2011

    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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  • Sri Lanka is long haul but a refreshing take on winter golf

    Golf in Sri Lanka – Tea-Time – Global Golfer

    Tuesday, August 16, 2011

    Sri Lanka is world famous for tea. Read Global Golfer’s guide to teeing off on a refreshingly different golf holiday. Royal Colombo Golf Club Victoria Golf and Country Club, Kandy Nuwara Eliya Golf Club in tea country Orphaned elephants Caddies that call you “Master” King Cobra’s in the rough Pond Boys and curried eggs at [...]

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  • Cadiz on Andalucia's Costa da Luz

    Beautiful South

    Tuesday, August 16, 2011

    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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2 for 1 Green fee vouchers from Green Free
May
31

Voucher scheme celebrates decade of golf deals

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GreenFree, the home of 2-for-1 golf and the UK’s leading green fee voucher scheme, is celebrating 10-years of helping golfers play for less. Whether golf clubs like discount green fee schemes or not they are a fact of life in the modern golf industry. Even Groupon, the daily e-deals providers, has gotten in on the [...]

Golfbreaks.com gives away free round of UK golf with any booking
May
31

Golfbreaks.com summer of sport giveaway

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UK based tour operator Golfbreaks.com is in sporting mood this summer offering a free round of golf in the UK with any booking before the end of August. The promotion is being run to celebrate a summer of sport that features the London 2012 Olympic Games and Football’s European Championships as well as the U.S [...]

The famous House in the Clouds at Thorpeness Golf Club
May
29

Braid classic unveils golf course renovations

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Thorpeness Hotel and Golf Club has unveiled a three year program of golf course renovations and improvements to its James Braid designed heathland course on the Suffolk Heritage Coast, England. Thorpeness officials have chosen this week to unveil the renovations by Creative Golf Design and Scottish architect Ken Moodie because the course is co-venue for [...]

Pricey pad at £7.3m
May
28

£7.3m apartment for sale at “Home of Golf”

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Scotland’s most expensive property has gone on sale in St Andrews, the “Home of Golf,” for a hefty price tag of £7.3m. What does £7.3m get you in today’s real estate market? Well, the property is a four bedroom apartment with access to a roof garden, comes with a butler and a concierge and there [...]

Powakaddy PK Sport Cart Bag Giveaway
May
27

Powakaddy bag giveaway

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PowaKaddy, one of golf’s leading motorised trolley brands, is giving away a complimentary PK SPORT cart bag worth £99.99 to anyone who buys a PK SPORT electric trolley between May 28 and July 2, 2012. To claim your free bag buy any PK SPORT electric trolley model and then visit www.powakaddy.com or call 01795 473555 [...]

Corking good drive at Onyria Palmares
May
24

£300m golf resort puts the fizz in Algarve golf breaks

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Golf staff at Onyria Palmares Beach Club and Golf Resort, on Portugal’s Algarve coast, have celebrated the first anniversary of a redesigned golf course by driving a ball off a bottle of champagne. António Pinto Coelho, the resort’s operations director, hit a corking drive to start the birthday celebrations (pictured). Robert Trent Jones. Jr makeover [...]

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