Courses and Travel

The Gailes Will Whisper To You

James Mason

There aren’t very many golf clubs in the world where you have to be invited to become a member, there... Read more »

Day 5: A Winning Daily Double

James A. Frank

The list of great courses in Scotland is long: St. Andrews (of course), Muirfield, Carnoustie, Turnberry, Dornoch, North Berwick, Prestwick,... Read more »

The Perfect Neighbour, In The Perfect Neighbourhood

James Mason

I have to state from the start I am a self proclaimed lover of Kyle Phillips designed golf courses and... Read more »

Western Gailes — One WOW After Another

David DeSmith

Jerry Kessel has been Club Manager at Western Gailes GC for a little more than a year.  In that time,... Read more »

Our Posh Ayrshire Crash Pad

David DeSmith

The Golf Road Warriors arrived in Ayrshire last night and didn’t get a lot of sleep in their new hotel,... Read more »

Slaves To The Weather

James A. Frank

Traveling golfers in Scotland have few worries. Usually someone else is doing the driving, and in our case it’s Angus,... Read more »

Day 4: Learning Links Golf

James A. Frank

I think that if you asked most Americans who’ve played golf in Scotland to name their favorite course, about 7... Read more »

Swinging In The Rain

James Mason

We are called golf road warriors and today was the second time on this trip that the old warrior spirit... Read more »

A Mad Day on the Mighty Ailsa

David DeSmith

If you haven’t played The Ailsa Course at Turnberry, you’ve wanted to.  If you have played it, you’ve wanted to... Read more »

A Royal Welcome

David DeSmith

How do you win the hearts of the citizens of a proud Scottish town?  Take a derelict landmark hotel, spend... Read more »

Road Warrior Pampering

Anita Draycott

We Road Warriors have a hectic schedule. However, in the interests of research, I managed to squeeze in a session... Read more »

Machrihanish Dunes: The Way Golf Began and Should be Going

Anita Draycott

True links aficionados put the venerable Old Tom Morris-designed Machrihanish Golf Club on their list of places to play before... Read more »

Day 3: Golf Does Good in Kintyre

James A. Frank

By opening Machrinhanish Dunes, Southworth Development, an American company, did more than just give the world a terrific new links... Read more »

Oak Point an Overlooked Gem on Kiawah Island

John Torsiello

I’m going to tell you about an overlooked little gem of a golf course in the Charleston, S.C. area, Oak Point... Read more »

The New Center of the Links Golf World

David DeSmith

It wasn’t that long ago that Machrihanish was considered the end of road – if not the end of the... Read more »