Shane Derby
Golf tragic, links and sandbelt lover. Currently getting stuck into a number of architectural tomes to better appreciate and understand the challenge that each course present
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Trump International Golf Links - Scotland 02/06/2019
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An extraordinary experience. The scale of this place conjures up memories of Disneyland meets links golf.The raw materials that Mother Nature supplied Martin Hawtree with...
Royal Aberdeen (Balgownie) 02/06/2019
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Balgownie is sublime. The front nine stands side by side with...hmm....the front nine at Portstewart and probably the back nine in Tralee and all of Portmarnock Old....as...
Murcar Links 02/06/2019
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Dear Golfing Friends To anyone who loves links golf ....YOUMUST MUSTMUSTplay Murcar golf links. A friendlier, more honest and compelling links test as you will not find.O...
Montrose (Medal) 29/05/2019
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The start of my very first Scottish golfing odyssey directed me towards Montrose Golf Links this afternoon. As a links devotee I was eager to see what joys awaited me on...
Oitavos Dunes 10/11/2018
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Played Oitavos today at the end of a week-long golfing trip to the greater Lisbon area.
Oitavos aspires to be something it frankly is not. The above statement includes t...
West Cliffs 07/11/2018
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A sneeky November trip to the Silver Coast, what's not to like! I've just completed a second round on this Cynthia Dye masterpiece. The setting, scale and quality of this...
European Club 30/07/2014
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As a lover of links courses this is a must play with some outstanding examples of the designer toying with your depth perception as well as invoking terror with the sleep...
Carlow (Deerpark) 25/08/2011
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Carlow was on the list of must plays for a long time, however, it was also one of those one's that seemed to get overlooked deemed to always be a 'next time' course. Well...
Royal Sydney 24/07/2008
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This course has the best greens that I have ever played. Set in the opulent surroundings of Rose Bay, Royal Sydney is an oasis of calm on Sydneys' doorstep. Vast tiered g...
Carne (Hackett) 26/11/2004
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Eddie Hacket's design mantra is never truer than when considered alongside Carne, he just worked with "what the good lord presented to him". As he worked on the routing f...