A much respected championship venue, the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club was formed in 1886 when a Scottish schoolmaster, who had relocated to golf deprived North Lancashire, managed to convince the local gentry of St Annes to establish their own course. As interest in the game started incr
The Valley Course at Royal Portrush is a charming back-up option for golfers visiting this wonderful golf town, and unable to book all their games on the Dunluce Links. Designed by Harry Colt, it's shorter, through slightly softer duneland and built with nice green complexes and plenty of fun hol
What was once an unremarkable and dreary golf course, has been revitalized by Mike Clayton and his team who turned a dull paddock beneath the Brisbane bridge into a flat, strategic masterpiece. The bunkering style is truly unique, distinctive and strategically positioned while the contouring of t
From an original base of twenty members in 1893, the Royal Sydney Golf Club has developed into the one of the largest sporting clubs in the world with its influential membership now totalling almost 6,000. Despite humble beginnings inland near the present Concord Golf Club, the club’s f
The Royal Troon Golf Club was formed in 1878 on a five-hole links created by the head greenkeeper at the neighboring Prestwick Golf Club. This initial layout was extended to eighteen holes within a few years by club professional George Strath and then altered by his successor, Willie Fernie, and
Located on a narrow spit of endangered linksland, the Royal West Norfolk Golf Club was founded in 1892 in the quiet town of Brancaster on the north-west tip of Norfolk. Discovered and designed by Holcombe Ingleby, with assistance from golf writer Horace Hutchinson, the course is squeezed between
An unassuming public facility built on land leased directly from Ventura County, the Rustic Canyon golf course was designed principally by Gil Hanse with input from local golf writer Geoff Shackelford. The course opened in 2002 and is located within a rugged 300-acre canyon in Moorpark, around 50
Located less than 20 miles north-east of Augusta, the Tom Fazio designed Sage Valley Golf Club was founded by real estate developer Weldon Wyatt, and unashamedly built in the mold of Augusta National. The club is set within an undulating forest of longleaf pines, the 500-acre site originally owne
The Sahalee Country Club was founded by members of two separate Seattle golf clubs, who were determined to build a championship caliber course and in 1967 purchased 180 acres of rolling ground on the Sammamish Plateau, half an hour east of the city. Architect Ted Robinson was selected as course d
