- Tee Times in the Martimes
- Video: Golf IN BC
- Golfing the U.K. — London By Train
- Bandon Dunes Resort’s Latest: Old Macdonald Golf Course
- Four Days of Golf In B.C.’s Okanagan Region
- Public Links Increase Lure of British Open
- Golf in Iceland
- G4G Advice: Where to play on Canada’s East Coast
- A wonder in Wales: Nefyn Golf Club
- Kyle Phillips’ Kingsbarns: Modern and Magnificent
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Golfing the U.K. — London By Train
By Robert Thompson At 6 a.m., and Londons ritzy Sloane Square is just starting to bustle with bleary-eyed commuters heading to the Underground, as I duck out of the Draycott Hotel and cross the street, carefully avoiding the never-ending parade of red double decker buses. I slip a handful of pound coins into a machine ... read more »
Bandon Dunes Resort’s Latest: Old Macdonald Golf Course
Here’s a story on Bandon Dunes’ latest — Old Macdonald — that appeared earlier this year: Dream Golf Adds a Historic Element Famed Bandon Dunes Resort opens a fourth course “ Old MacDonald By Robert Thompson Sitting in McKees Pub just steps from the main lodge at Bandon Dunes Resort, burly golf designer Jim Urbina ... read more »
Public Links Increase Lure of British Open
Here’s a timely story from my first trip to Scotland, published in the National Post in 2003: ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – Standing on the first tee at the Old Course at St. Andrews, it occurs to me that the British Open is the most democratic major golf championship in the world. After all, most public ... read more »
Securing the Old Course: Try the ballot
Writer’s Note: I wrote this story after my first experience in Scotland, and specifically at The Old Course. The notion is that the course is impossible to play without shelling out thousand to a tour operator. That’s simply not true. In fact, when I talked to the GM of the Old Course Hotel, he said ... read more »
