Whitewash & Windows: the Royal Birkdale clubhouse
Like much of the world’s finest architecture, the clubhouse at Royal Birkdale splits opinion.
Travel
Renaissance at The Greenbrier
Life was good at The Greenbrier at the beginning of June 2016, but then West Virginia was struck with the heaviest rainfall in memory and the flooding was devastating. What happened next is a remarkable story of recovery
Across the drawbridge: castles & golf
There is no better way to get a real sense of medieval history than to visit a great British castle, and a journey based on educational merits could lend itself beautifully to the odd game of golf
Perfect Drive
A New England road trip reveals the brilliance of autumn.
Ryder Cup: Made for match play
Kingdom’s series of notional golf courses—comprising real holes from different courses—pays its dues to the Ryder Cup
Near Silence
Peace comes easily here, just settles in and makes itself at home during one of the long, loping miles.
American Links
British exports to the United States have a long and colorful heritage. Tony Dear—himself a British export to the U.S., asks whether links golf courses, with their fast running fairways, odd bounces and treacherous pot bunkers, have made a genuine transition across the Atlantic
Scottish Links, American owned
The game evolved in Scotland before shipping to the United States. As Robin Barwick and Reade Tilley report, the relationship has now reached full circle
Desert Days: golf in Arizona
With the question of where the world’s leading golf destination might be located, Paul Trow is convinced Arizona has inched ahead of the field
Golf in Turkey
Belek in Turkey is a region lush with natural beauty, five-star amenities and plenty of top-class golf. Paul Trow discovers the jewel in Turkey’s tourism
30 Days of Scotland
A bleary-eyed journey around an obvious golf destination reveals some not-so-obvious golfing gems—helped by plenty of good whisky. As Steve Killick learns, the occasional massage doesn’t hurt either
Oasis Game
The following sampling of courses is by no means comprehensive, but we feel the courses here all offer great examples of desert play. Rest easy: it’s the Bob Hope and Arnold Palmer kind.
