Courses and Travel

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 »

Machrihanish Dunes Offers Golf The Way It Began

David DeSmith

In 1879, Old Tom Morris traveled all the way across Scotland from St. Andrews, down the Mull of Kintyre, to... Read more »

Au Naturale, Golf The Way It Should Be

James Mason

There are something’s in life that you just have to do before you finally get to the great clubhouse in... Read more »