What makes a course worthy of a place in England’s top 100? Clearly links and heathland are considered to have the edge over parkland....

“This isn’t a wind, you’ll be fine.” The sentiment from the friendly fella in the pro’s shop at Aldeburgh assuaged our trepidation at...

Via linking five degrees of separation, the gate opened for me at Queenwood, arguably the most private golf course in England, One of the...

Is there any other sport in which you can play on the same turf as champions and even play a better shot? Thankfully, there were no...

"Well, they say life’s a beach…” That bit of good old-fashioned northern humour accompanied yet another full-bloodied shot of mine which...

In 1954, Peter Thomson’s Open win was assured with a splash-out from a greenside bunker on the 16th at Royal Birkdale. Thomson admitted...

My eight-iron approach drifted away as I conjured wistful thoughts of Henry VIII, accompanied by trumpeters and outriders, emerging from...

“Situated on the North Norfolk coast twixt pine and sea, Sheringham Golf Course encompasses everything that is beautiful about the game,”...

What do I have in common with Ryder Cup pioneer and one of the greats of golf, Walter Hagen? We both discovered what it is like to lose...

Greek philosopher Plato said: “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” and, although he lived centuries before golf was invented, it is as...

The ferry did, indeed, go across the Mersey and to paraphrase Gerry Marsden, this land was a place I loved. West Lancashire Golf Club...

Update - I returned to Ashridge two years after being rather underwhelmed by my first visit and am delighted to report that our fourball...

There’s nothing like chipping into the hole on the Sunday at the Open – even if it’s the Sandiway Golf Club mixed open. Yes, as Collin...

“Shall we make it a shilling, a hole?” I couldn’t resist a Bond reference as we warmed up in front of the Stoke Park hotel, made famous...

If you want to play championship-quality golf and simultaneously feel as if you are an extra in the latest instalment of Top Gun, Moray...

The Covid pandemic has been a misery for everyone but offered us one tiny slither of solace because we were able to postpone our golf...

The welcome was warm, the tees, fairways and greens were pristine and the views across the Moray Firth were stunning. But both Mrs W and...

There was haar and a bit of a hoolie but Royal Dornoch still offered the greatest golfing experience of my life so far. The mist may have...

“Go on, go on, go on!” I shouted and realised that, to non-golfers, I must have sounded like a cross between Mrs Doyle from Father Ted...

“This is just like millionaire’s golf,” we often say at Chilwell Manor, my home course, when we are the only ones playing. Today we...