Occupying an impressive stretch of coastal dunes along Scotland’s North Coast, Murcar is an unassuming golf club located beside the famous Balgownie links of Royal Aberdeen. Designed in 1909 by Royal Aberdeen’s head professional Archie Simpson, the links was slightly altered during th

An exclusive golfing retreat on the west coast ioof Hawaii's Big Island, the Nanea Golf Club is situated around 15 miles north of Kailua Kona and set amongst dark lava fields on the seaward side of the volcanic Mount Hualalai. The course was designed by Scottish architect David McLay Kidd and fir

Among Japan’s most famous classic courses, the Naruo Golf Club was initially founded on seaside land in 1920 by British ex-pats but shifted into the untouched hills outside Osaka during 1930. Scottish professional Joe Crane and his brother Harry designed the layout on beautifully rolling gr

Situated on the isolated Lleyn Peninsula and reminiscent in scale and scenery of the Old Head of Kinsale, Nefyn and District is an unconventional golf club that was first founded as a village nine-holer back in 1907. The course was then extended to eighteen in 1912 before J.H. Taylor and James Br

Originally founded within the industrial city of Newcastle, north of Sydney, the Newcastle Golf Club moved permanently into the remote dunes of nearby Stockton during the 1930’s to the site of a secondary nine-hole course they had built in 1915. Eric Apperly was employed to extend their sho

‘At Nirwana we were lucky to get the spectacular cliff-top holes but we are most proud of our work in the open inland landscape, particularly the extensive rice fields we built to create the impression that the go

Founded in 1915, the Noordwijkse Golf Club was based out of a nine-hole links until 1971 when its land was acquired by local authorities in Noordwijk for a housing project. Forced to move, the club then shifted a little north of the town and into a heavy duneland property close to the North Sea t

One of England’s most distinguished clubs, the Notts Golf Club was founded in Nottingham back in 1887, its early members golfing on common ground they shared with two other clubs. With its council landlord threatening to turn part of the layout into a cemetery, the membership soon decided t

Established by a group of affluent Rochester businessmen, the Oak Hill Country Club began life in 1901 on a small nine-hole pasture course beside the Genesee River. The course was soon expanded to eighteen holes but in 1921 the University of Rochester proposed a land swap, offering the club 355 a

Established by a group of affluent Rochester businessmen, the Oak Hill Country Club began life in 1901 on a small nine-hole pasture course beside the Genesee River. The course was soon expanded to eighteen holes but in 1921 the University of Rochester proposed a land swap, offering the club 355 a