I was instantly struck by the character of the first couple of holes, both set near the clubhouse and car-park area with tall trees around providing a little bit of wind...
I played Millenium in March 2018. It has two distinct sections, holes 1-2 & 8-18 are on more open and relatively flat land, whilst holes 3-7 across the road follow the mo...
There are five courses in the Dom Pedro Golf offering at Vilamoura (Old Course, Pinhal, Laguna, Millennium and Victoria). Pinhal was designed by Frank Pennick and opened...
In March 2018 we played the nine hole par 32 course at Pine Cliffs as a cheeky warm-up for a few days of golf at Villamoura. This course is perfect to get you into the rh...
I played West Lancs twice in one day in an open competition in September 2018 and in varied conditions, the wind on certain holes in the afternoon blowing almost in the o...
On a sunny and calm morning in early September 2018 I rolled up to Troon with a booking to play the Portland Course (highly understated in its own right - MacKenzie rewor...
Portpatrick Dunskey is one of the best combinations of affordable green fee relative to fun golf experience I have come across. For the feeling of having reached golfing...
On a sunny and windy Tuesday morning I arrived at Stranraer GC knowing little about the course other than that it was highly rated in the region and the 5th hole in parti...
En route from Scotland’s South West ‘Golf Coast’ towards the Southerness / Powfoot area, I stopped off in Dumfries and signed up to an open competition at nearby Lochmabe...
Simultaneously subtle and savage, serene and wild, Southerness is a classic design and only its location prevents it from even greater acclaim. It’s a demanding test of g...
On my trip to Dumfries & Galloway, I played the top four ranked courses in the region (1 – Southerness, 2 – Stranraer, 3 – Powfoot, 4 – Portpatrick Dunskey) and found the...
I placed this course twice in 2012 and returned in 2015 for the US Open. It is misleading for your main review commentary for this course to include a sensationalist quot...
The clubhouse and surroundings were immediately impressive, yet I wasn’t sure what to expect with the course when I noted the venues ranked ahead of it in the county and...
Connemara is the lowest rated of the four courses that we visited on our Wild Atlantic Way golf tour, but is still very highly regarded so we were expecting to be impress...
Out on the edge of the earth beyond the town of Belmullet within the spectacular landscape around Carne Golf Links we found ourselves the beneficiaries of a sunny seaside...
The weather for our visit to Enniscrone was decent. Apart from a twenty minute squall on the front nine the umbrellas were not required and the sun was out with a stiff t...
For our round at Co Sligo the day started off kind weather-wise, overcast yet with barely any breeze. These somewhat unexpectedly benign conditions lasted for the duratio...
I entered the Westlake Trophy at Trevose and arrived the afternoon prior and headed to the course to check out the practice facilities. The entire course is laid out belo...