Golf in Japan, but not as you know it! Charles McLaughlin sampled the delights of summer in Hokkaido, a region renowned for world-renowned skiing, but now one that has become a great golf destination in its own right
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Written by Charles McLaughlin
Photography by Paul Myers
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