Midnight golf in June and July is a must at Lofoten Links

It is easy to be romantic about our wonderful sport at Prestwick – the home of the first Open championship.

This was the birthplace of Scotland's most feted fighter, Robert The Bruce, and the site of one of golf's most famous showdowns.

It was home to one of the world's most famous apricots, but sadly, my golf on Moor Park's handsome High Course was neither tasty nor jammy.

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The Duchess has plenty of attributes and its opening and closing holes are of particular merit

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““It’s a par six!” Because of a last-minute change to our agenda, I had not done my usual homework on Seignosse, a gorgeous club and...

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"IS IT A HOLE-IN-ONE?" I bellowed to the applauding greenkeeper from the tee, having seen Mrs W's ball filter towards the cup and then...

As the reflection of the winter sun shimmered amid the waves of Alcudia Bay, I wondered whether there was a more attractive spot in...

“Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow,” played the tune from the Son Gual clubhouse speaker as we tucked into our delicious post-round...

“It’s going, it’s going, it’s in!” Whoops of joy and hugging followed as a thrilled Mrs W celebrated her first-ever hole-in-one. It may...

Down the winding road to the Archerfield Estate is one of Scotland’s exclusive golf retreats. The Renaissance Club is almost as well...

“If North Berwick doesn’t tick every box for you, I will never talk to you again,” joked a fellow golf traveller. I was delighted to...

“Sit, sit, sit… oh, no.” Mrs W’s ball had ascended to the top of Crystal Downs’ 11th green and taken a dramatic turn. It funnelled down...

In August 1972, Mrs W and I would have been enjoying the summer with thoughts of our third year in the same class at primary school. Yes,...