A postcard from Royal Dornoch
On the second day, we play the No. 2 rated course in the world. We woke up on the morning of Wednesday, April 24, at the Royal Golf Hotel, in…
Old Tom Morris
A postcard from Old Machrihanish
On the fourth day, we battled Machrihanish Golf Club, and the elements.
A postcard from the OId Course
Interlude: We explore the Old Course and St. Andrews. Our exploration of St. Andrews occurred over two days, Friday evening, after the five-hour drive from Machrihanish, and Sunday morning, when…
A postcard from Craighead Links
On the morning of the fifth day, an unexpected and wonderful surprise. On this day, Saturday, April 27, we had a 2:50 p.m. tee time at Cruden Bay, about a…
A postcard from Cruden Bay
A gray, rainy afternoon on day 5 at spectacular Cruden Bay Amazing, how the weather can change, on the North Sea, over the space of a few hours, and just…
A special birthday gift for Pops
In advance of my 70th birthday, the gift of an April trip to the birthplace of golf I love golf, and have written about golf, and had opportunities to play…
Anticipating Royal Dornoch
An original links course, regarded among the very best in the world Herbert Warren Wind called it “the most natural golf course in the world.” Tom Watson described it as…
Previewing Machrihanish Dunes
Opened in 2009, it’s the only course we’ll play built after the 19th century Three years ago, a writing trip brought me to Machrihanish, at the bottom of the Mull…
Previewing Machrihanish Golf Club
Fell in love with this course three years ago, thrilled to return When Old Tom Morris laid out Machrihanish Golf Club in 1879 he traveled by train, steamboat and carriage…
Previewing Cruden Bay Golf Club
What Old Tom Morris and Bram Stoker have in common …. I knew Cruden Bay Golf Club only by reputation, not that kind that comes out of a world ranking,…
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