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Abu Dhabi
The Abu Dhabi Golf Club, the first grass layout in the emirate, opened in 1999. Designed by Peter Harradine, it is the current venue for the European Tour Abu Dhabi Championship in January. A magnificent cement falcon, its wings…
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Saadiyat Beach
The Saadiyat Beach course, designed by Gary Player, opened in February 2010 on a prime site down the road from these monuments to cultural domination. On the 25km drive from the city centre, I saw several roadside advertisements proudly…
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Yas Links
A month after Saadiyat came on stream it was joined by a second newcomer, Yas Links, further out of town near the newly unveiled F1 circuit on Yas Island.
Billed as the first links course in the Middle…
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Le Paradis
Was ever a golf course more appropriately named than Paradis Golf Course? At the south-western tip of the tropical island of Mauritius, this must surely rank among the most beautiful 18 holes anywhere in the world.
The almost impossibly…
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Palmeraie Golf Palace
OK, I will admit it, I am a shopaholic. I can’t resist a bargain, and have been known to out-shop girlies I have travelled with on several trips. My favourite sort of shopping involves lots of haggling. So for me,…
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Thracian Cliffs
Spectacular is a word that’s often overused when describing a golfing venue. While many layouts are memorable for one reason or another, all too often you can be left disappointed by a visit to a course that fails to live…
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Falsterbo
A little further along the peninsula – right on the very tip in fact – lies the quite brilliant Falsterbo. Dating from 1909, it’s one of the few true links in continental Europe; a spectacular layout so authentic that it…
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PGA National of Sweden
Just a matter of miles away is an even more recent addition to Sweden’s canon of great courses. Ten years in the making, the PGA National of Sweden opened a couple of years ago to great fanfare and has already…
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Bokskogens
Head south-east towards the coastal city of Malmö and you reach the region’s golfing hotbed. Barseback, Falsterbo, Ljunghusen and PGA National are all close by, as is the superb Bokskogens. Venue for the Junior Solheim Cup and the European Team…
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Elisefarm
One which seems destined for such accolades is the delightful Elisefarm. It only opened for play in 2005 but has quickly established itself as one of the premier courses in Sweden. The Golfer magazine named it as one of the…
