Reviews and photographs of golfing travels by Global Golfer readers.
The Marriott Forest of Arden course in Birmingham used to be a regular European Tour venue and so reader Pete Joyner was a little nervous about what he would find when he entered the Forest…. For a mid-handicapper there are few more frightening descriptions of a course than a ‘tough challenge.’ As we all tend …
Reader Greg Hall reviews St Mellion Golf and Country Club, Cornwall, England St Mellion Golf and Country Club nestles in England’s Cornish country side, a short drive over the border from Devon and readily accessible to the golfing tourist. A former venue of the European Tour’s Benson and Hedges International Open, this golf course has …
Ed Butler is a 7-handicapper from West Sussex, England. Ed went to the Belek region in Turkey’s Antalya province for his wedding anniversary and bartered spa treatments for tee-times with his wife. Did he think Turkish Golf was a delight or did the prices give him a fright? Bangers and mash, Sir Steve Redgrave and …
Paul Atkinson, from Newcastle Upon Tyne reviews Goswick Golf Club on the Northumberland Coast. Valhalla, as my golfing pals call it, sits around two miles off the A1 just short of Berwick upon Tweed on the cusp of Scotland. It’s one of the last golf stops in Northumberland, England’s spacious and beautiful border county. An …
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 really 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 …
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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 …
Paul Walker of Melbourne, Australia, reviews the Dunes at Mornington Peninsula. “I noticed your section on Australasia was a little light and I wanted to get you started, so here’s some photos from a recent round at The Dunes, one of the better Links courses in Australia.” According to the latest Golf Digest ratings The …
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 …
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.”