How trouble with environmentalists and reluctant locals has slowed progress at Scotland’s Trump International Golf Links and Northern Ireland’s Bushmills Dunes Golf Resort.
Wales Still on Ryder Cup High
October 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
So thrilling was the 2012 Ryder Cup won by Rory McIlroy and company that it now seems almost unsporting that so few of us will ever get to follow in our heroes spike prints and play the host venue, Medinah Country Club, a members-only retreat in the Chicago suburbs. Contrast that to the 2010 Ryder [...]
To the Linksland at Bandon Dunes, Cabot Links and Ireland’s Southwest
October 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Like many well-travelled golfers, the more I play links golf the more I love it. Indeed, no golfer’s education is thought to be complete without an extensive tour of the fabled links of Scotland and Ireland. Derived from the term linksland, links golf is played on ground uncovered when the sea receded and is without [...]
A Couples’ Golf Tourney in Northern Ireland
June 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Canadian Golf Traveller editor Brian Kendall and publisher Sharon McAuley journey to Northern Ireland for a nervous first step into the world of tournament golf. Ready to make the trip yourself? The scoop on three popular Irish amateur tourneys that tee off on some of the Emerald Isle’s most fabled courses.
