Wales, revisited: Some tips for playing there
You could lose a golf ball or two playing No. 13 at Nefyn & District Golf Club, Wales. No, nothing about the golf swing If you do make a golfing…
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Wales, day five: Royal St. David’s Golf Club, royalty indeed
History, Harlech Castle, and a great golf course in Mid Wales HARLECH, Wales — You play Royal St. David’s Golf Club without seeing the Irish Sea, but you hear it…
Wales, day four: Porthmadog Golf Club, a tale of two nines
Two different worlds, heathland and links, at this North Wales course PORTHMADOG, Wales — It’s fitting that the inspiration for the classic story “Alice in Wonderland” came in North Wales,…
Wales, day two: Conwy Golf Club, honoring the past, hopeful for the future in North Wales
Golf architect David Williams, captain of Conwy Golf Club, with the Great Orme in the background. And a few words about the amazing Bodysgallen Hall CONWY, Wales — The captain…
Wales, day one: North Wales Golf Club, classic links, classic value
Around for over 120 years, and still relevant LLANDUDNO, Wales — In the northern part of Wales, on Conwy Bay of the Irish Sea, is the bustling resort town of…
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A trip to Ireland and Wales, with good friends, golf clubs, and questionable game
Looking forward to an amazing experience Welcome. Thank you for finding this site. I hope that the stories that will come, about a pending trip to Ireland and Wales in…
Previewing Wales: Where courses are steeped in history, and beauty
I’ve actually been here before, sort of. In the early 1970s, as a young sportswriter working for the now-defunct Sacramento Union, I took a vacation to Europe with a backpack,…
Blaine Newnham: Writing the book on Chambers Bay
It’s a golf story, fundamentally, and who better to tell it than a writer who has covered 20 golf majors, and who can argue, as an eyewitness, that Ben Hogan hit the ball better than Tiger Woods.
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