Courses and Travel

Sperone Golf Club, France (Recommended by Christopher Smith)

The 16th at Sperone, a high point on "the Pebble Beach of Europe."

y RTJ, Sr. standards, Sperone is a relatively short course, coming in at 6,678 yards from the tips. When the wind is blowing off the Straits of Bonifacio, however, the course plays much, much longer. Twelve of the holes are inland, winding through the thick maquis shrubland that’s found on much of Corsica; the other six holes – eleven through sixteen – cling to the coastline, and have earned Sperone the sobriquet (in some circles) of “the Pebble Beach of Europe.”

Great Courses of Britain and Ireland: Kingsbarns Golf Links

Jeff Wallach

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Riviera Nayarit Golf: Birdies, Eagles, and Turtles, Oh My.

Jeff Wallach

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A Welsh Sampler — Nefyn, Aberdovey and Royal Porthcawl (recommended by John Hopkins)

The 17th at Aberdovey. James Braid, Harry Colt and Herbert Fowler all had their hands in the design.

Chris Santella

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Hillside, Southport & Ainsdale, England (Recommended by Bob Wood)

Though slightly inland, Southport & Ainsdale has a distinctively links feeling.

Chris Santella

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Smoke It Off The Tee

Jeff Wallach

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Scotland’s Golf Gods Love Turnberry

Chris Duthie

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The A List : The World’s Sexiest Golf Resorts

Las Ventanas al Paraiso (Los Cabos, Mexico)

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Chip-and-Sip Sojourn: Virginia’s Wintergreen Resort

Chris Duthie

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Royal Melbourne Golf Club (West), Australia (Recommended by Nick Faldo)

The par-4 sixth at Royal Melbourne West, a must for Nick Faldo's all-time great 18.

Chris Santella

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The Game’s New Guns

Chris Duthie

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Trump Stays the Course in Golf

Lord of All He Surveys: Trump on a Course Inspection Flyover

David Gould

He built his reputation filling city skylines with luxury condos, but Donald Trump has a passion for golf development that may prove more enduring. Front and center is a controversial linksland project in the dunes of Aberdeen, Scotland