Atlantic Links – Rugged links golf in Cornwall
“You’re up” I said to Kaia on the first tee. But Kaia wasn’t ready, as she assumed she would be teeing off last in our…
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Vilnius weekend – Golf and history on a budget
If you want to make the most out of your European golf travel budget while discovering new courses and a historic town, check out a…
Ballyliffin Golf Club (Old Links) – Review and Rating
The original course at Ballyliffin Golf Links, first played in 1947, with a genuine links feel. The first time I walked down the first fairway on Ballyliffin's Old Links and saw the formidable "washboard," which looks like a choppy sea running across between the dunes, a thought flew through my head: how do you mow…
Ballyliffin Golf Club (Glashedy Links) – Review and Rating
The Glashedy Links is the newer course at Ballyliffin Golf Club, designed by Pat Ruddy. While the Old Links has the genuine feel of a natural links course, the Glashedy has all the hallmarks of a 21st-century championship course, with long holes, big greens, wide fairways and revetted, in places deep, bunkers. The Ladies Irish…
Ballyliffin Golf Club
Ballyliffin Golf Club has perhaps the best 36 holes in Ireland. Ballyliffin Golf Club was founded right after World War II and has since grown to boast two 18-hole courses since 1995. In addition to the Old Links, mostly designed by the legendary Eddie Hackett, there is the Glashedy Links. The Old Links was modernized…
Rosapenna Golf Resort (Old Tom Morris Links) – Review and Rating
The Old Tom Morris Links is the older course at Rosapenna, first planned by Tom Morris in 1891, later modified by James Braid and Harry Vardon, and most recently by Pat Ruddy. The Old Tom Morris Links thus has a completely new loop, holes 1–9, bringing you back to the clubhouse after 9 holes. The…
Rosapenna Golf Resort (Sandy Hills Links) – Review and Rating
Sandy Hills is the newer course at Rosapenna, designed by Pat Ruddy and opened in June 2003. Sandy Hills Links is, as mentioned, also designed by Pat Ruddy and is a modern golf course built with modern equipment. It opened in July 2003. The holes with elevated tees and a fairway running through a valley…
Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort
Two fantastic links courses on Ireland's northwest tip, combined with a classic-style hotel. Rosapenna has been at the top of Irish golf for more than 120 years. Names like Old Tom Morris, James Braid and Harry Vardon have left their mark on this unique facility in the northwest of Donegal. The first course, the Old…
Flens GK – Review and Rating
The holes are rarely long, but sometimes hidden and therefore tricky the first time around. The course is well maintained, with lovely fairways and greens. Sometimes the walks between holes are a bit long, but in return the surroundings are classic Sörmland beauty. The rough is sometimes just that, rough, which calls for an extra…
Flens GK
Flen Golf Club is one of many middle-of-the-road courses in central Sweden, with lots of small, tricky touches. It sits in the same tier as Trosa, Gnesta, Jönåker and Gripsholm and has plenty of charm. At the clubhouse there is a shop, locker rooms and a restaurant. However, it is hard to get anything to…
Katrineholms GK (Old Course) – Review and Rating
Two of the loops, the blue and the yellow, wind out across fields down toward a lake. The holes are surrounded by trees and shrubs, proof of the garden of delights that Selma Lagerlöf once wrote about. Today you notice local son Robert Karlsson more, who grew up right next to the blue loop and…
Katrineholms GK
Katrineholm Golf Club, just south of town, is a well-kept 27-hole course with imagination and finesse. The reception and restaurant are consistently of high quality, and the shop is well stocked. The service is good and the atmosphere clearly positive. One of the better courses in Sörmland!