David Davis

David, our International Correspondent and one of our most respected raters, hails from Oregon originally but took up golf since moving to Europe about 23 years ago. He resides in Amsterdam, is a 5 handicap and a member of the Noordwijkse. He’s actively pursuing his dream of playing the World’s Top 100 Golf Courses and has now played 99 of them. His favourite is Cypress Point even though he considers himself a true "links golf" enthusiast.

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Country Club of North Carolina (Cardinal) 14/03/2018

54^th

The Country Club of North Carolina’s second course, the Cardinal, has some similarities to its big brother the Dogwood. It is also a tree-lined course played across a n...

Country Club of North Carolina (Dogwood) 14/03/2018

16^th

I had the opportunity to play the Country Club of North Carolina’s Dogwood course last summer. It’s a fun and challenging modern design that flows through the sandhills o...

Old Town 14/03/2018

3^rd 36^th 40^th 76^th

Old Town Club has my vote for one of the most underrated courses in the world at the present moment. This last summer, while spending some time in Pinehurst, I had the wo...

Lage Vuursche 14/03/2018

8^th 72^nd

It’s always great to get back to see the Lage Vuursche. The first, and for years, the only routing from Kyle Philips in The Netherlands. This fact is about to change with...

Noordwijkse 07/03/2018

4^th 17^th

Noordwijkse Golf Club receives the award for the greatest missed opportunity in The Netherlands. The club is so fortunate to have some of the greatest linksland in the wo...

Utrecht de Pan 07/03/2018

2^nd 3^rd 100^th

Utrechtse de Pan is arguably the best course in The Netherlands. Architecturally it is the best routed course, not only in The Netherlands but one of the best routed cour...

Hilversumsche 07/03/2018

6^th 34^th

Hilversumsche Golf Club is another course that I don’t get to hardly enough. The current trend in The Netherlands is clearly aimed at much needed tree removal and creatin...

Eindhovensche 26/02/2018

5^th 29^th

Sometimes even in your home country you forget to visit some of the excellent local courses for a number of years. Eindhovensche Golf Club is a classic understated Harry...

Royal Aberdeen (Balgownie) 26/02/2018

1^st 9^th 19^th 57^th

10 years ago I played Royal Aberdeen for the first time. To say the least I was impressed. This time around I was treated to the most amazing summer weather you could ask...

Cruden Bay (Championship) 26/02/2018

3^rd 11^th 24^th 71^st

10 years ago, which seems like forever ago, I first visited Cruden Bay. I fell in love with it immediately. Having seen so many courses around the world in the mean time...

Trump International Golf Links - Scotland 22/02/2018

2^nd 10^th 20^th 60^th

There are a lot of things that can be said about the owner of this course but one thing is sure to me and that is that he has managed to make some solid courses and add v...

Castle Stuart 22/02/2018

2^nd 8^th 17^th 50^th

10 years ago when Caslte Stuart first opened I was lucky enough to enjoy an early visit which I loved. It’s amazing to revisit now that the course has matured over the y...

Royal Dornoch (Championship) 22/02/2018

1^st 2^nd 3^rd 8^th

I first visited Royal Dornoch quite a few years ago early in the season. It was wonderful then and it was wonderful this time around as well. I couldn’t have been more fo...

Machrihanish (Championship) 22/02/2018

1^st 17^th 42^nd

I waited a long time for the first visit to Machrihanish and was luckily graced with great windy weather and perfect conditions. Above and beyond all the experience is...

Olivos (Blanca & Colorada) 19/02/2018

1^st

Olivos Golf Club is one of the premier classic courses of South America and on a recent visit I had the opportunity to pay them a visit. The first impression of the club...

Loch Lomond 14/02/2018

1^st 13^th 33^rd

Loch Lomond is legendary for many reasons. First of all, it’s an extremely private members club in a country where 99.9% of the golf courses are accessible for everyone....

Machrihanish Dunes 14/02/2018

3^rd 24^th 75^th

Over the years I’d heard a lot about Mach Dunes and honestly a lot of it was negative. Now that I visited myself I have to say that in its current shape every negative co...

Nordelta 14/02/2018

12^th

On a recent golf trip to Argentina I had the pleasure of visiting a modern Nicklaus Design that is part of a massive housing development just out side of Buenos Aires cal...

Ardfin 06/12/2017

Gem

The biggest surprise of my golf year has been Ardfin. First of all, just the opportunity to go out and pre-play this course during a couple day visit to the Isle of Jura...

Machrie 06/12/2017

2^nd 19^th 56^th

The mixed reviews below say quite a lot about the “New” Machrie. The former European Tour Player turned architect Mr. David Russell was contracted to give the old Machrie...

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