Planning a golf tip back to Scotland, the country that gave birth to the game more than 6 centuries ago, deserves all of the time you can spare on research and attending to the many details that will make your experience a rousing success. After all, this will be an important event and how many…
For every golfer, the name St Andrews Old has a certain magic that brings tingles to the spine. St. Andrews is the birthplace of the game where golf has been played for more than 600 years – the entirety of its history. If you have intentions of planning a golf package to Scotland, St. Andrews…
In case you hadn’t noticed, Northern Ireland has found a new, super-star status in the world of golf during the past few years, aided in no small part by a trio of golf champions this tiny country has produced. First it was Graeme McDowell, winning the US Open Championship in 2010, audaciously followed in 2011…
No matter how addicted any golfer might be to The Royal & Ancient Game, it’s a sure bet that golf is only one of many interests they have. Golfers simply seem to have a greater appreciation for life’s many other pleasures than most others. They are often better traveled and have perhaps had more opportunities…
There are few serious golfers around who don’t hear the call of the links. If you haven’t heard it yet, don’t worry, you will soon enough. It’s an insatiable yearning to get back to the roots of this 600 year-old game, to experience those courses of old, formed by Mother Nature and the elements with…
If there is one name that says Irish golf more than any other, that name can only be, Ballybunion, one of the world’s truly great links courses. Ranked # 7 in Golf Digest Magazine’s most recent listing of The 100 Best Courses Outside the USA, Ballybunion is firmly entrenched as a world leader. Small wonder…
Any visit to Scotland that doesn’t include the Scottish Highlands is an incomplete visit. Miss out on this stunningly beautiful part of the country and in many ways, you will have missed the essence of Scotland, a fact that applies as much to golfers as it does to visitors with no interest in the game….
In a land where the Royal and Ancient game is the sport of the people, the Emerald Isle boasts an imposing array of well over 400 golf courses to accommodate its population of barely 6 million, making it one of the world’s most golfer friendly countries. The quality of Irish golf is as good as…
On a global scale, Scotland is a very small country, but that has never stopped the Scots from making their presence known through their innate creativity and inventiveness. Precious things come in small packages and for its tiny population of only some 5 million, Scotland has given more to the world than most countries ten…
The Ryder Cup always delivers more than its fair share of thrills, spills and good old fashioned excitement and never is this as true as when every fourth year, Europe takes its turn to host this battle of golfing gladiators Since its beginnings over 85 years ago, The Ryder Cup had always been a biennial…
Often mistakenly referred to as The British Open, the oldest golf tournament in existence (and the only Major to be played away from American soil) should be correctly called, The Open Championship. There is no reference to any country or nationality in the name, although it remains very much a Scottish flavored event. When the…
Capital cities hold a special attraction for most of us and when these capitals are in Europe the appeal becomes an almost seductive allure that is all but irresistible. It’s the hustle, bustle and sheer excitement of it all. It’s the wealth of history and culture, the shopping, museums, sightseeing, nightlife and restaurants and for…
If you are one of the literally millions of American golfers who have been dreaming of taking a golf trip “Across the Pond” for as long as you can remember, 2015 could well be the ideal year to turn the dream into reality. Choose your European destination carefully, selecting a country with plenty of good…
If you are considering taking a golf trip to Northern Ireland, congratulations, you are obviously an informed golfer and a true connoisseur of the game, with a desire to play courses acknowledged as being among the best on the planet. In Northern Ireland you have found the right place to fulfill your dreams. The listing…
If there is one name in the world of golf capable of raising goose bumps on the skin of any serious player, that name is probably Muirfield, home to The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers. St. Andrews may take the publicity and garner the sentimental attention of many, but it’s Muirfield that carries the real…
Any golfer with plans to travel to Scotland and St. Andrews, has a great experience in store, after all, this is the home of golf, the place where the game was born almost 600 years ago. It’s here where the most hallowed piece of golf real estate in existence sits — the venerable, St. Andrews…
When Carnoustie was returned to the elite list of courses privileged to host the British Open in 1999, it brought to an end the 22 years this unique links had spent in purgatory. Its last Open had been hosted in 1975 when a young American, Tom Watson, had taken the first of five Open Championships…
Contrary to common belief, quality golf, “Across the Pond”, is not limited to the cool, damp climates of Northern Europe, in fact most of Continental Europe’s very best courses, bask in year round sunshine, far to the south. Nowhere is this more in evidence than in Spain and Portugal, the joint occupants of The Iberian…
Among the world’s distinguished golf resorts, a few names standout as being in a class entirely of their own. These are the creme de la creme golf pleasure havens where plush accommodations, fine restaurants and a wide choice of off-course diversions, combine with true championship courses, to form a complete luxury experience — but golf…
Finding the ideal vacation escape where each member of the family is going to have a wonderful holiday, is a challenge for anyone. Trying to find that perfect spot when you have an avid golfer or two mixed in with others who have no love of the game at all, can become more like Mission…