Favorite Golf Course

Taking Your Golf Clubs On The Road

People that don’t know the game of golf well may not always understand that there is more to the game than just driving a tiny ball to a tiny hole far away.

One of the great things about the game is just being outside enjoying nature on great golf courses all around the world. It is fun to golf on a familiar course in your home town where you know those greens like you know the back of your and. But golf also has a call to adventure to get out and enjoy golf courses in another location either in the next town or across the globe. Read more…

Putting ball before you start to make a golf swing has possible to improve your golf game. Here are several putting green golf tips for beginners. How often have you been frustratingly close to sinking a putt only to come up short? Or maybe you have only just missed the hole to see your ball go sailing past adding too much distance for the return putt.

A lot of golf games have been lost on the putting green and in most instances it has been due to the wrong distance, rather than the direction of the ball. Read more…

Le Touessrok Golf Course

Le Touessrok Golf Course

For a so-called holiday golf course, this one is tough! Mauritius is now one of (if not the) best exotic golf destinations in the world with no less than six first-class courses. Le Touessrok, though, takes the biscuit with tight fairways and tiny greens.

I’ve played this course several times, each with a different game plan…every time I’ve failed, but I’ve come back for more as the course does offer a birdie or two and a wonderful lunch. Read more…

Ballybunion Golf Course

Ballybunion Golf Course

Every time I’ve played here, it’s blown a hoolie but it’s the west coast of Ireland so what can I expect? The golf courses’ architecture (both new and old) provides wonderful tests of golf with every shot in the bad needed. Massive dunes, treacherous greens and wind coming from every direction.

You know you’ve played golf after 36 holes here. The Ballybunion Golf clubhouse is great but avoid buying waterproofs – it would be cheaper getting wet!

Hunstanton Golf Course

hunstanton golf club

I actually prefer Royal West Norfolk just down the road but Hunstanton is a sterner test of nerves. Particularly as I always seem to be playing it in scratch foursomes and I’m playing the evens. The main difficulty here is the greens – many of which are below or above you and all of which are very well guarded.

The prevailing wind plays havoc with your drives but a good shot is rewarded and a bad shot is penalised so you can’t complain. Wonderful and traditional golf with a Hunstanton golf clubhouse to match, ensures this golf course’s design easily makes the list.

Canouan Island Golf Course

Canouan Island Golf Course

Having just come back from here and lost about five balls per round, I want to go back again better prepared. Part of the Grenadine Islands, this is a corner of paradise and the Jim Fazio golf course fits in perfectly. The front nine is demanding off the tee as the landing zones are quite narrow and the wind off the beach (just yards away) can really punish the ball.

The back nine is treacherous and wonderful at the same time…every shot has to be spot on. The greens and fairways are immaculate but the rough is fluffy and the thick stuff is a no-go zone! The best golf course architecture in the Caribbean by a long way.

Barbaroux Golf Course

Barbaroux Golf Course

Designed by Pete Dye and located in the heart of Provence, Barbaroux Golf Course is a beast of a golf course with a charming three-star hotel and two restaurants.

Even by today’s standards it’s long off the back but I remember it being one of the very first courses that I had to hit a driver and a three-wood just to hit a par four in regulation…today’s balls make it shorter but it’s still one of the rare courses where you can play every shot, and every club, in your bag. Read more…