Ed Butler is an Englishman obsessed with chronicling his golfing adventures using stats and data. He reached peak ‘golf nerd’ during his University years at St Andrews, the ‘Home of Golf.’ Read more to find out how he maps out his golfing miles. Is it possible to hit a golf ball across the Atlantic Ocean? …
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There were no surprises at last week’s World Travel Awards when Europe’s Leading Golf Destination for 2012 was announced. Hosted at the swanky new Conrad Algarve Resort in Portugal the evening turned out to be as golden as the cliffs that line Portugal’s coastline on the Atlantic Ocean seaboard. Portugal scooped seven awards, including Europe’s …
Global Golfer’s Australia Editor, Danny Bowerin argues that we should all abandon the golf cart in favor of a good long walk… American writer Mark Twain famously said golf was a “good walk spoiled.” Too many golfers seem to have taken him literally because wherever I play these days more people are riding golf carts …
Ever since I first watched Caddyshack, a seminal 1980’s golf movie about the caddies and members of Bushwood Country Club – a typical American Private golf club – I’ve loved the idea of having my bag carried by a wily local who knows the humps, hollows, nooks and crannies of the courses I’m playing. Sadly …
Global Golfer’s Scotland Correspondent Thomas Marr took a work trip to Delhi, India and discovered an unusual golf course amid the buzz of traffic and the majesty of temples… When my work took me to Delhi, India, in 2011 I left my clubs at home and didn’t give a second thought to playing golf. Curiosity …
Global Golfer talks to course designer and author Scott Macpherson about golf course architecture and his high profile UK design at Close House in Northumberland… Scott Macpherson may be from New Zealand but he loves classic British golf courses, and has a special passion for The Old Course at St Andrews. That passion led him …
When the European Tour landed in India last week for the Avantha Masters it beamed pictures around the world of golf in a mysterious and humid corner of Asia. If you found J.B Kruger’s win around a track with coarse grasses and burnt brownish greens compelling viewing, then you will like a new book about …
A number of news releases dropped into the Global Golfer inbox in the past two weeks and switched on the lightbulb for this blog post. We all love to play golf. You wouldn’t be reading this if you didn’t love golf and travelling to play it. But how do you decide where you are going …
Tuning into Thursday’s coverage of the AT&T Pro-am at Pebble Beach Golf Links – with views of waves crashing in from the Pacific Ocean into Carmel Bay – reminded me of my golfing bucket list. There are lots of courses I’d like to play before I die and Pebble Beach is my #1. Having played …
Welcome, I’m bursting with excitement writing my first blog as the Editor of Global Golfer, a brand new internet golf travel magazine I had an idea seven years ago. I would publish a golf magazine on the internet for people who shared a passion for travelling the world and playing golf. Writing prose that captures …