‘Les Bordes was one of my most gratifying personal and professional experiences.’ Robert von HaggeOne of Europe’s most high profile golf resorts, Les Bordes is a luxury retreat built on a secluded hunting estate deep in the Loire Valley’s ancient Solog
Designed by American architect Rick Jacobson, the Moon Course at the Lion Lake Country Club is part of a proposed 36-hole golf and residential development northwest of Guangzhou, of which 27 holes have been completed. The project actually occupies part of an existing golf course site, which w
‘I consider Loch Lomond my lasting memorial to golf.’ Tom WeiskopfSet along the bonnie banks of the magnificent Loch Lomond and enjoying startling vistas across its glassy waters to the surrounding Ben Lomond Mountain, the Loch Lomond Golf Club is one of the most
The Long Cove Club on Hilton Head Island was developed in the early 1980s as a resident-only golf club that would be the exclusive domain of homeowners within the 630-acre development. The course was designed by Pete Dye, who built a series of distinctive lowland holes around lagoons, wetlands an
Owners of the most valuable golf real estate in America, the Los Angeles Country Club is located in the heart of Beverly Hills and significant in golfing circles for its North Course, which was redesigned by member George Thomas in 1927. An amateur architect from Philadelphia, Thomas moved to Cal
An apparently natural marriage between a young minimalist architect and the sand dunes of the Michigan shoreline, the Lost Dunes Golf Club was, in reality, one of the most complex and unlikely success stories of the 1990s. Founded by businessman Jeff Shearer, the club is located in the south-west
Located along the NSW coastline, an hour and a half north of Sydney, Magenta Shores was designed by architect Ross Watson and built upon a barren expanse of sand in a town called the Entrance. The course is essentially a man-made dune course, with Watson's shaping and the incorporation of rolling
A prestigious East Hampton institution, the Maidstone Club was established in 1891 but its members didn’t start golfing until the introduction of a modest three-hole course a few years later. As the game’s popularity increased so too did its golf course, from three to seven to nine an
The small city of Marquette is not only the most heavily populated on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, but also likely to be the most golf-crazed in the northern parts of the state. Despite a modest membership and short golf season, the Marquette Golf Club does a roaring trade and so busy wa
Situated in the heart of the Sonoma Valley, north of San Francisco, the Mayacama Golf Club opened in 2001 as a prestigious golf, wine and residential retreat built for a small, discerning membership. Set attractively within the foothills of the Mayacamas mountain range, the club’s sprawling
