Located in the heart of the Surrey-Berkshire Heathland, the Swinley Forest Golf Club is one of the purest examples of classic inland golf in all of Europe and perhaps, even more impressively, one of the best few courses by master designer Harry Colt.A private members-only club, it was
Formed in 1925, the Camargo Club was initially developed to provide alternate golfing facilities for members of the land-locked Cincinnati Country Club. It was later established as a separate entity, however, and built on an expansive tract of countryside in the Village of Indian Hill, north-east
The oldest golf club in existence, the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers was formed in 1744 and golfed in both Leith and Musselburgh prior to moving to the messy medium-sized dunes of Muirfield in Gullane in 1891. Overlooking the Firth of Forth, the Muirfield links was first designed by Old
‘Moonah was our first experience in true links land and we had to adapt our style to the ground and wind. There were natural golf holes everywhere and it was our responsibility to try to find the best of them. It took months before we were ready to start construction.’ Bob Harriso
One of golf’s earliest resort destinations, Turnberry’s origins date back to 1901 when the Marquess of Ailsa commissioned Willie Fernie from Royal Troon to lay out a course beside the spectacular West Ayrshire coastline. The Marquess then used his directorship of a local railway compa
Melbourne businessman William Meader is considered the forefather of Victorian golf, having helped establish the state’s Golf Association in 1902 and founding the Victoria Golf Club the following year. Meader was later the driving force behind the club’s move into the southern Sandbel
Located just beyond the small village of Pulborough, the West Sussex Golf Club was the brainchild of Commander George Hilyard, a close friend of King George V, who supposedly conceived of the course while shaving and looking out across neighboring farmland. Recognizing the potential of its softly
One of American golf’s real charmers, the White Bear Yacht Club was formed as a sailing club for blue-blooded easterners on the banks of Minnesota’s pristine White Bear Lake back in the late 1800s. Golf was not added until 1912, but Donald Ross’s initial nine-hole course was suc
The origins of the Winged Foot Golf Club date to 1920, when a group of keen golfers from the New York Athletic Club decided to build a golf course among the green, fertile pastures of Westchester County. Their search for suitable land brought them to the town of Mamaroneck and an elevated 280-acr
