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New golf resort at Portrush raises hopes for return of The Open

2013-02-27T17:48:24Z

The eagerly anticipated return of the Open Championship to Portrush has moved a step closer with the decision to build a major golf resort and hotel in the locality when objections by the National Trust were rejected at a judicial review.

It's the ball, stupid, says one who knows...

2013-02-16T18:09:29Z

At 78 years of age Pete Dye has been around the block a few times. As an amateur he once played 72 holes in the US Open, out-scoring Arnold Palmer in the process, so he knows a thing or two about our game.

As an internationally acclaimed course architect he has been plying his trade since the 1950s, has seven designs listed in the leading 20 US courses and 14 in the top 100, plus a couple at Casa da Campo in the Caribbean that most knowing folk reckon are among the finest in world golf.

Nailcote Hall: a short course in tournament history

2013-01-26T12:50:26Z

Nine hole courses don't usually fall into my ambit simply because there are so many 18 holers to be discovered and to write about as venues for golfing breaks. So the odds of my reviewing a nine hole, par-three course were about equal to Bill Clinton being named Man of The Year by the Feminist Tendency.

Great New Year looms for Kingsbarns links

2012-12-12T16:13:52Z

Kingsbarns Golf Links is looking forward to the New Year after finishing 2012 as it started: by winning a prestigious award. A successful season for the East Neuk of Fife links was completed in style when it was named the Course of the Year at the renowned Golf Tourism Scotland awards for the second year in succession. It was the fifth time Kingsbarns has won the award in only its twelfth year of operation.

Here's something new: golf with a bird's eye view!

2012-09-06T15:36:38Z

If you're a golfer who reckons he's "done that, got all the tee shirts" here's one that wil grab your attention, an offer like no other from one of Portugal's great golf hotels. The luxurious Oitavos Hotel, which is five star and then some, is tempting guests with a ’Stay, Play and Fly’ package that includes a bird's eye view of the spectacular Costa Azul and the Estoril coastline.

The search for the golfing holiday of your dreams is over...

2012-08-16T09:38:25Z

Dreaming of the golfing holiday of a lifetime? Look no further than a new collection of luxurious rental villas located on some of the world's great golf resorts and holiday destinations. How? Simply talk to Le Bureau, the Swiss travel specialists, whose golf concierge department has oodles of carefully selected villas around the world. They'll be happy to point you in the right direction and arrange all the details.

The Tiger Tour is golf's ultimate holiday package.

2012-08-14T11:26:40Z

NAPIER, New Zealand -- The Tiger Tour, golf's most intriguing and expensive itinerary, will return for 2013 with an upgrade: private jet service between venues all across New Zealand's North and South islands.

Incorporating the best of New Zealand's many attractions -- including two of the top-rated golf courses in the world -- the Tiger Tour features nine nights at three award-winning lodges and access to dozens of out-of-this-world destination options, including the famous glaciers of Milford Sound.

New Emirates service boosts Vietnam's golf holiday market

2012-06-20T14:43:55Z

The growing attraction of Vietnam as Asia's most exciting new golf tourism destination has been enhanced by the launch of daily Emirates flights from Dubai to Ho Chi Minh City.

The new service, which began in early June, means golf travellers from the Middle East and Europe can now easily access Vietnam's world-class golf courses, especially the country's top two layouts - Montgomerie Links and Danang Golf Club - on the Central Coast near Vietnam's third major city of Danang.

MALE ONLY GOLF CLUBS? KEEP YOUR NOSE OUT!

2012-04-15T16:46:48Z

The over-blown row about the all-male Augusta National Golf Club generated almost as much

editorial mileage as the Masters' Championship staged there. As usual it gave me a pain where I should have pleasure: political correctness always has that effect on me. I tend to switch off when such misguided campaigners use major events to climb aboard a hobby horse but in this instance, because golf is involved, a response is appropriate.

Searching for The Perfect Links? Look no further...

2012-04-05T15:39:34Z

Those golfers aspiring to a deeper knowledge of course architecture should read what will probably become the Golf Book of The Year for 2012. It's a visual and intellectual delight that will open the eyes, lift the spirits and bring a new interpretation to what most players regard as golf course management.

Entitled "The Perfect Golf Links" and written by Pat Ruddy, Ireland's foremost golf writer and course architect, it provides a technical insight into his design masterpiece that is the links of The European Club at Brittas Bay, near Dublin.