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New Opening: Limassol Greens — Cyprus’ New Golf Destination

Cyprus has a new name on the Mediterranean golf map. Limassol Greens brings a brand-new 18-hole championship course, modern practice facilities, luxury residences and a growing lifestyle offering together in one destination, just minutes from the centre of Limassol. Set on a former citrus plantation beside the Akrotiri Salt Lake, the development is designed around […]

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Best Golf Courses Around Madrid

Spain’s golf reputation tends to orbit the coasts — the Costa del Sol, Valderrama, the Balearics. Madrid rarely gets top billing, yet the Spanish capital and the wooded, mountain-fringed countryside surrounding it hold one of the deepest concentrations of golf history anywhere in continental Europe. This is where Spanish golf itself was born, where a […]

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Golf in Egypt: Pyramids, the Red Sea, and Some of Africa’s Most Underrated Fairways

Egypt is not the first name that comes up when golfers swap notes on winter sun destinations — Spain, Portugal, and the UAE usually take that spotlight. But quietly, over the past three decades, Egypt has built one of the most distinctive golf landscapes on earth: championship courses shaped by Gary Player, Nick Faldo, and […]

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A Golfer’s Guide to Cabo San Lucas: Where the Desert Meets the Sea

There are golf destinations, and then there is Cabo San Lucas. At the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, two oceans collide — the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez — and the courses built along that meeting point are unlike anything else in the game. Fairways run beside sand dunes, tee boxes perch […]

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How Modern Golf Courses Conserve Water and Protect Wildlife

For decades, golf courses have often been criticised for their environmental impact, particularly regarding water consumption and land use. While some older facilities still face sustainability challenges, the reality is that many modern golf courses are becoming leaders in environmental stewardship. Advances in irrigation technology, habitat restoration, water recycling, and ecological course design are transforming […]

Lifestyle

Golf & Bee Sanctuaries: A Surprising Partnership

At first glance, a manicured fairway and a wild beehive seem to belong to opposite worlds. One is the definition of controlled, groomed landscape; the other thrives on chaos, tangled wildflowers and untouched soil. Yet across Europe and beyond, golf courses have quietly become some of the most effective sanctuaries for bees and other pollinators […]

Destinations

The Rise of Wellness-Integrated Golf Hotels

Golf has always been more than a sport. It is a ritual, a discipline, and for many, a form of therapy in itself — four hours of purposeful walking, fresh air, and the meditative rhythm of club on ball. But something significant has shifted in the world of golf travel over the past few years. […]

Destinations

Boutique Golf Hotels with Personality

There is a particular kind of exhaustion that sets in after too many nights in a hotel that could be anywhere. The same marble lobby. The same neutral palette. The same laminated breakfast menu. For a certain type of traveller, that sameness is the point — reliable, frictionless, forgettable in the best possible way. But […]

Destinations

Inside Dunluce Lodge: Northern Ireland’s Ultimate Golf Retreat

There are hotels that happen to be near golf courses. And then there is Dunluce Lodge — a property so deliberately, unashamedly built for the golf traveller that it overlooks the fourth fairway of Royal Portrush Golf Club from virtually every angle. Opened in spring 2025 ahead of the 153rd Open Championship, this five-star resort […]

Destinations

Seaton House: The Home of Golf Finally Has the Hotel It Deserves

Opened in 2025, this lovingly restored five-star landmark is redefining what it means to stay in the world’s most famous golfing town. St Andrews has always held a unique kind of power over golfers. It is the town that invented the game, the place where the rules were written, and the address to which every […]

Destinations

Golf Trip to Casablanca: Morocco’s Atlantic Golf Escape

Casablanca is rarely the first name that comes to mind when golfers dream about international golf trips. Marrakech often steals the spotlight, and coastal resorts like Agadir dominate travel brochures. Yet those who venture to Morocco’s largest city quickly discover something special: Casablanca offers one of North Africa’s most authentic and surprisingly refined golf experiences […]

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Rewilding the Rough: Nature-First Golf Design

For more than a century, golf-course architecture largely pushed the landscape toward manicured uniformity — closely mown turf, sculpted bunkers, irrigation systems working overtime and roughs that behaved more like semi-fairways than natural habitat. Today, a very different design philosophy is gaining momentum. “Rewilding the rough” invites nature back in, restoring the textures, unpredictability and […]

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Terras da Comporta: Portugal’s New Golf Destination

On Portugal’s Alentejo coast, about an hour south of Lisbon, the quiet charm of Comporta has long been a secret known only to those who sought an escape from the bustle of the city. Once dominated by rice fields, umbrella pines and soft sand dunes, the region has evolved into one of Europe’s most refined […]

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Golf in Panama: Where Championship Golf Meets the Tropics

When most travellers think of Panama, they picture the famous canal, bustling Panama City, or the dense rainforests that connect Central and South America. But golf in Panama is a story waiting to be told. The country offers a rare blend of championship tradition, modern resort luxury, and cool-climate highland golf — all packed into […]

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Cabot Cliffs: Nova Scotia’s Oceanfront Masterpiece of Golf

Perched high above the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Cape Breton Island, Cabot Cliffs has redefined what it means to play golf in Canada. Designed by the acclaimed duo of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw and unveiled in 2015, the course has quickly risen to international acclaim, celebrated for its dramatic cliff-top holes, sweeping ocean […]

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Exploring Rwanda’s Golf Courses and Their Regional Richness

When people think of Rwanda, their minds often drift to mist-covered mountains, lush rainforests, and the unforgettable experience of trekking to see the endangered mountain gorillas. While the country’s nickname, “The Land of a Thousand Hills,” captures its stunning natural beauty, Rwanda is also beginning to carve out a place on the international sporting map […]

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Black Mountain Golf Club, Thailand: A Championship Haven in Hua Hin

Nestled just ten kilometres west of the royal seaside town of Hua Hin, Black Mountain Golf Club is one of Thailand’s premier golfing destinations. Established in 2007 by Swedish entrepreneur Stig Notlöv, the club quickly rose to prominence, transforming a former pineapple plantation into a world-class golf and lifestyle resort. Today, it’s not only celebrated […]