Golf Features Articles

Cape Kidnappers

Cape Kidnappers GC, near Napier in New Zealand and the perennial world-top-50 course designed by Tom Doak

Hedley Muscroft, an Honorary PGA Member who played in the Open Championship on 16 occasions and was as colourful off the course as he was successful on it, has passed away at the age of 84 in Marbella after a short illness.

Golfzon

Golfzon’s goal

by M. James Ward

KN Golf Links  Cam Ranh

15th Hole, Par-4, 386 Yards
Cam Ranh, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam
Architect: Greg Norman / October 27, 2018

by M. James Ward

 
Parador de Malaga Golf, Costa del Sol, Spain

The oldest course in Andalucia, the Parador was developed just under 100 years ago and is has been the mainstay of golf in Spain in this region ever since.

inrange Teams

The way in which people experience the driving range is set to change forever, as Inrange Golf introduce their multi-bay feature,  an industry first

Inrange Golf

The ball-tracking company, Inrange Golf,  has partnered with a driving range in the Netherlands to launch a ‘Compact Range’ which is only 80m (90yds) long.

Golf Balls and the Model Local Rule - Golf Features explores the issues

Portstewart Golf Club

Portstewart Golf Club, Strand Course, 6th hole / 143 Yards / Par-3 “Five Penny Piece”
Strand course by Willie Park, Sr. (1894)
Nine holes added by Des Giffin (1990)
Portstewart / County Londonderry / Northern Ireland

by M. James Ward

Te Arai Links

The hotly anticipated South Course at Te Arai Links an hour north of Auckland has opened for play, laying a foundation for what developers envision as “a 17-mile Drive for the Southern Hemisphere.”

Sandra Carlborg

World Long Drive Champion 6 times
2009 / Palm Springs; 2011-12 and 14 / Mesquite; 2015 and 2017 Winstar

Interview with M. James Ward

Barry Lane

Austria’s Golf Club Murhof has been confirmed as the first venue for the upcoming 2023 Legends Tour season as the greats of the game return for the Riegler & Partner Legends – an event that will pay tribute to the late Barry Lane.

Portsalon

2nd hole / 457 Yards / Par-4
“Strand”
Architect: Charles Thompson
Updated by Pat Ruddy (2000)
Fanad County / Donegal / Ireland

by M. James Ward

PGA Show

Can the golf industry widen footprint going forward? 

by M. James Ward

Montgomerie Links Golf Club

A superb golf resort on the eastern coast of central Vietnam

John Paramor

The European Tour group is deeply saddened by the passing of John Paramor, one of the most respected rules officials in the history of golf .....

Quivira Golf Club
9th hole / Par-4 / 399 yards
Cabo San Lucas
Baha California Sur, Mexico
Architect: Jack Nicklaus (2014)
by M. James Ward
 
Huxley

St Andrews Links Trust commissioned Huxley Golf to reinvigorate the practice tees of its renowned Golf Academy, following The 150th Open held at the Home of Golf in 2022.

La Torre Golf -  Murcia Spain

Polaris World was an ambitious project started in the early 2000s in Murcia, south-east Spain.

inrange

After significant market growth in the US over the last 12 months, the radar ball tracking company will be present at the 2023 PGA show in Orlando