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...

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...

Understated brilliance and one of the heartiest welcomes we have received so far on the top100 quest. Indeed, Muirfield’s team were as...

Can there be anything better in our great sport than a beautiful day on a championship links? The opening round of our two-week 2021...

What happened next? One of Question of Sport’s most famous captains and rugby union legend Sir Bill Beaumont began chatting to me on the...

By the ‘flaming sword of Haile Selassie’, I declare the fifth hole at Isle of Purbeck the most dramatic I have played in the top 100...

“It’s the first birdie of the day!” proclaimed our playing partner as Mrs W’s ball zipped down the second hole of Ferndown’s Old Course...

“We’ve been coming here 50 years,” said the old-timer after his group had teed off ahead of us and we wished them an enjoyable round....

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