Never Count a Course Before It’s Hatched

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.

Daydreaming About Golf Travels to Come

Often these days I find myself daydreaming about a return visit to St. Andrews, Scotland. Then there’s England’s Golf Coast, the Okanagan Valley’s Predator Ridge Resort, Cape Breton’s Cabot Links and so many more trips I can’t wait to take again in 2013.

Controversial Trump Course Launches in Scotland

Joined by Scottish golf stars Colin Montgomerie and Martin Laird, American billionaire Donald Trump officially launched his controversial new Scottish course, Trump International Golf Links, in early July. The $1.16-billion project, set on a prime stretch of linksland near Aberdeen on Scotland’s northeast coast, has been plagued by controversy. Construction was stalled for more than two years […]

Zokol at Predator, a New Links at Bushmills, and the Countdown for Cabot Links

It will be fascinating to see the impact of two new high-profile arrivals at the Okanagan Valley’s Predator Ridge Resort, already one of Canada’s top golf properties. Two-time PGA Tour winner Richard Zokol (formerly of Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club in B.C.’s Nicola Valley) was hired as executive director of golf development, and former LPGA touring […]