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Woodhall Spa The star of the east
A colleague of mine once shamefully referred to Lincolnshire as something of a “golfing backwater”. While curious, it was a bizarre, unfortunate and unfair label for a county blessed with a wide range of quality courses as big as befits…
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£20m secures bright future for St Mellion
There was a time, not all that long ago, when mention of a £20m redevelopment of a golf resort would have raised eyebrows and caused many a colonel sat quietly in the corner of the members’ bar to splutter into…
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Dartmoor delights are well worth a visit
Dartmoor is one of the most rugged and spectacular parts of the UK, with its wild moorland, outcrops of rock, woodlands and granite tors.
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The Belfry - in the footsteps of heroes
The Belfry is just a 20-minute drive from the sweaty hub of Birmingham city centre, but this 54-hole Midlands oasis feels far removed from the maddening crowds.
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Heythrop - not your usual park
Tom Mackenzie knows a bit about course architecture. After all, he’s helped design or refurbish most of the very best golf courses in the world, including four Open Championship venues in recent months.
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Hanbury Manor - a stately experience
It was a bracing December morning in the Hertfordshire countryside, and I found myself lost in the sprawling grounds of an English stately home, plotting a route around a picturesque golf course, with only the occasional swish of club on…
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The Oxfordshire now with added stayability…
When you’ve got a course that consistently ranks among the best in the country, with some of the world’s leading golf holes, it could be churlish to want more. But that’s exactly what The Oxfordshire coveted after a very successful…
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Ministerial majesty at Brocket Hall
Unless blessed with sufficient stamina to take on 36 holes in a day or the wherewithal to stay the night and play two courses over two days, visitors to Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire have an agonising choice – the Melbourne…
