Archive for the Course Reviews Category


A Day In The Life

A couple of weeks ago I was playing a Hooters Tour event in Amelia Island in Florida. The tournament finished on Sunday and as we were so close we decided to make the quick drive down to the TPC at Sawgrass practice there on Monday. Although Sawgrass is a public facility (for those willing to […]

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New Golf Hole At Royal Birkdale!

What do you get when you combine the tee at the par 3 12th at Royal Birkdale with the green at the par 3 7th ? Welcome to the newest hole at Royal Birkdale! Fantastic video production by Red Bee Media and direction by Toby Crawford. Post production was done by Concrete. More great YouTube […]

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HomeofGolf.TV Goes Live – Watch The First Episode

From: Andy Brown Currently enjoying a shot of Lagavulin after a sunny day filming in the Home of Golf St Andrews, Fife Wednesday, 18:21 p.m. Hi there, I have finally launched http://www.HomeofGolf.TV On 24th January I announced my idea in this blog post and on the strength of the 150 favourable comments I have produced […]

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In Praise of the North East

As the the golfing world’s focus turns to the north west of England I turned my attentions, out of circumstance more than contrariness, to the north east coast. In terms of global fame the courses of Northumberland and Newcastle might not be the in the same league as Royal Birkdal, Royal Lytham and Hoylake but […]

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Think Before You Hit

To Dumfries and Galloway on Scotland’s south west coast for the first golfing trip of the year. Another area of Scotland where golf courses abound, our choice for the one day of proper “competition” was an emotional one. I’ve been playing Colvend Golf Club for as long as I can remember. Back in the day, […]

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Strange Hazards on Colombo Course

A friend from Sri Lanka, where I was born, recently asked me to visit him if I was ever there and we could play a round at the Royal Colombo Golf Club. I shuddered at the thought. My last trip to Colombo was in 1999, when I saw the rules of etiquette casually being abused […]

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