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Skåne - Swede dreams are made of this
On the surface, Sweden might seem an unlikely golfing hotspot. After all, nearly two-thirds of the country is covered by dense forest, and for large parts of the year it is blanketed by snow and shrouded in semi-darkness.
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Oubaai - Ernie’s Garden plot
The magnificent Ernie Els design at Oubaai can now compete on a level footing with other golf resorts in the Garden Route with the opening of a new luxury hotel on what was previously just a golf estate for homeowners…
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Verdura - Forte’s Sicilian dream
It’s always reassuring to know that someone has a plan. More than £100m, eight years of work and much reflection have been invested in the Rocco Forte Collection Verdura Golf & Spa Resort, in Sicily. The many complex ingredients of…
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Bulgaria’s Black Sea beauties
Even those with A-level geography might not know the precise location of Bulgaria. Well, it’s just to the south of Romania, to the north of Greece and Turkey, to the east of Serbia and Macedonia and to the west of…
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The heights of luxury
My last visit to the Sinai Peninsula ended with a taxi breaking down en route to the airport, leaving me stranded at the side of a road in the middle of the desert praying for a camel caravan to materialise…
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Legend - by name and nature
When the video of Padraig Harrington playing the extreme 19th golf hole at Legend Golf & Safari Resort was uploaded to YouTube it was viewed more than one million times in just a few days. The planet’s golfing public, it…
