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Journey to Tiger Beach
During the heady days of China’s golf course construction boom in the early 2000s numerous clubs, presumably in their eagerness to drum up publicity and therefore...
Twenty years ago it seemed like I had all the time in the world to go play a round of golf and get in some practice on the same day. Fast forward to the present and finding the time to do this is a...
Not a whole lot has happened golf wise in Phuket in recent years. Save for the opening of Phunaka, a nine-hole, floodlit track located between Phuket Town, the island's historic capital, and Patong...
I happened to watch the movie Game Change for the first time recently which covers the events that led to the selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s Republican running mate back in the...
The possession of a good nickname may not be prerequisite for golfing immortality, but it certainly helps to build up an aura. Jack Nicklaus, of course, was known as “The Golden Bear”...
Bunkers are an essential part of the game of golf. They give the architect an opportunity to create strategic and visual interest - at the same time. Many of our modern golf courses - and some of...
We live in a world of constant flux. What is deemed as cutting edge today is often seen as outdated tomorrow.
This is particularly evident in the golf business.
Golfers are much stronger today...
Greg Norman has predicted The Bluffs is destined to become one of the world’s top golf courses. Speaking at the much-anticipated opening of the spectacular links course, the Australian said...
A sense of place by definition “is a sense of the beauty and the wealth of phenomena that comprise a particular place. It is a factor that makes an environment psychologically comfortable....
14th Hole, East Course, The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau
366 yards, Par-4
Six years on since the Nelson & Haworth-designed East Course opened and the signature 14th still strikes fear into all...