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Fancourt: The Garden Route Estate Where South African Golf Grew Up

There are golf resorts, and then there is Fancourt. Spread across 613 hectares beneath the Outeniqua Mountains in George, on South Africa’s Garden Route, Fancourt has spent three decades building a case as the most complete golf destination on the continent. It has hosted a Presidents Cup that golf historians still talk about in hushed […]

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 […]

Your Golf Trip to Tunisia: Courses, Costs, and What to Actually Expect

Tunisia rarely comes up first when European golfers plan a winter escape – Morocco and the Algarve get the marketing budgets – but it has quietly hosted Alps Tour events for years and offers some of the cheapest green fees on the Mediterranean. This guide covers the courses worth playing, what they actually cost, how […]

Golf in Croatia: What You Can Actually Play, and What to Expect

Croatia gets mentioned in the same breath as Portugal, Spain, and Turkey when golf travel destinations come up, but the comparison doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. Croatia has one golf resort built to the standard that international golfers expect, a historic curiosity on a national park island, and a scattering of nine-hole and executive courses […]

The Best Golf Courses Around London: A Practical Guide

London doesn’t have a golf coast, but it sits inside the densest concentration of heathland golf in the world. Within roughly 50 minutes of the city, the Surrey and Berkshire “stockbroker belt” holds a cluster of Harry Colt and Herbert Fowler designs from golf’s Edwardian golden age, still playing on the same sandy, heather-lined ground […]

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 […]

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 […]

Beyond the Autobahn: Germany’s Best Golf Experiences

Golf in Germany rarely gets the attention it deserves. Talk of European golf trips tends to gravitate toward Scotland’s links, Spain’s Costas, or Portugal’s Algarve, while Germany quietly sits on one of the continent’s most varied golf landscapes: heathland courses shaped by the same designers who built England’s finest clubs, a genuine North Sea links […]

Your Golf Trip to Phuket: Tropical Fairways, Championship Courses, and Island Adventures

Golf in Phuket offers an unforgettable blend of championship golf, luxury resorts, and breathtaking tropical scenery, making it one of Asia’s premier golf destinations. Whether you’re planning a dedicated golf holiday or adding a few rounds to your Thailand itinerary, Phuket combines world-class courses, exceptional hospitality, and year-round playing opportunities in a stunning island setting. […]

How to Read a Championship Course Like a Pro

Watch a tour player stand over an approach shot at a major championship, and you’ll notice something odd: they’re barely looking at the flag. Instead, their eyes drift to the slope behind the green, the direction the grass is growing, the way the wind is bending the flagstick on a nearby hole. Reading a championship […]

The Best Golf Experiences Within Two Hours of Paris

Paris rarely tops the conversation when golfers debate Europe’s great destinations, yet the Île-de-France region quietly holds one of the continent’s densest clusters of exceptional courses. Six courses in and around the city sit inside Europe’s top 100, several of them shaped by the same handful of early-twentieth-century architects who defined golf in the sandy […]

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 […]

Hidden Golf Paradises in Europe You Haven’t Played Yet

Europe’s golfing reputation is built on a handful of household names: St Andrews, Carnoustie, Valderrama, the Algarve’s resort belt. But scattered across the continent’s edges — Arctic islands, volcanic archipelagos, alpine valleys, and forgotten Mediterranean cliffs — are courses that rarely make it onto a golfer’s radar, despite offering scenery, design pedigree, and golfing history […]

Tee Off in Tuscany: Golfing Italy’s Most Picturesque Countryside

There is a particular kind of golf that only Tuscany can offer — a round where the scenery competes so fiercely with the game itself that you might find yourself pausing on the fairway, putter in hand, just to stare. Cypress trees rise like green sentinels against a burnt-sienna sky. Rolling vineyards border the rough. […]

A Golf Trip to the Scottish Highlands

There are golf destinations, and then there is the Scottish Highlands. Few places on earth demand a golfer’s attention quite so insistently — not merely for the courses, which are extraordinary, but for the overwhelming sense that here, the game has always been exactly as it should be: played on natural terrain, beneath wide skies, […]

Lofoten Golf Experience: Playing at the Edge of the World

There are golf courses with great views, and then there is Lofoten Links. Perched on the island of Gimsøya in Norway’s Lofoten archipelago, well above the Arctic Circle, this is a course that does not merely offer scenery — it immerses you in a landscape so raw and so alive that the act of swinging […]

Golf in Bordeaux: A Guide to Cabot Bordeaux

There is a particular kind of golf trip that transcends the game itself — one where the fairways are just the beginning and every hour away from the course is equally rich with discovery. A golf trip to Bordeaux is exactly that kind of experience. Woven through vine-draped landscapes, flanked by grand châteaux and filled […]