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Course types, golf design, memberships, destinations and planning the perfect golf trip.
Travelling alone for golf can be wonderfully freeing. You play the courses you want, at your own pace, and meet golfers from all over the world on the first tee. With a little planning, solo golf…
Golf trips with a big group, whether a society tour, a stag trip or an annual outing with friends, can be the highlight of the golfing year. They also involve a lot of organisation: money, tee times…
Golf holidays don't have to mean leaving the family at home. Many resorts and destinations now cater for families, with junior academies, short courses, kids' clubs and plenty of activities for those…
Stay-and-play packages bundle accommodation and golf, and often extras such as breakfast, carts and dinner, into a single price. Resorts, hotels and golf destinations use them to attract golfers, and…
A golf road trip, driving from course to course, is one of the most enjoyable ways to discover golf. You can play a variety of courses, explore towns and countryside along the way and travel at your…
Kenya has a surprisingly strong golf tradition, with historic clubs in Nairobi, highland courses with views of mountains and the Rift Valley, and resort golf on the Indian Ocean coast. Combine a few…
Golf has a long history in South Asia. India is home to some of the oldest golf clubs outside the British Isles, and both India and Sri Lanka have hill-station courses set among tea plantations and…
China's golf scene grew rapidly from the 1980s onwards, and today there are courses around major cities and on the tropical island of Hainan. Hong Kong has its own long golf tradition. Golf in China…
The Netherlands and Belgium are rarely considered golf destinations, yet they hide some excellent courses: dune courses along the Dutch North Sea coast, heathland and forest courses in Belgium, and…
The Ozark Mountains of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas have quietly become a golf destination, with resort courses among wooded hills, lakes and limestone bluffs. Combine that with the…
New Mexico is one of America's most underrated golf destinations. Its high-desert courses sit among mesas, mountains and canyons, the light is extraordinary, and the ball flies further at altitude…
Alabama and Mississippi are among the best-value golf destinations in the American South. Alabama has a long-standing tradition of high-quality public golf spread across the state, while the Gulf…
