Travel desk
Stories from the road, with the trip attached.
Dispatches from the destinations we send golfers to — what the golf is actually like, when to go, and the package that gets you there.
The Old Course Ballot: A Diary
Enter the ballot, plan the rest of Fife properly, and treat an Old Course tee time as a bonus rather than the whole trip.
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Scottsdale · USA
Scottsdale in February: The Buddies Trip Blueprint
Sunshine, split tees and a very specific dinner order
Bandon Dunes · USA
Four Days at Bandon Dunes, Walking Only
Wind, gorse and 36 holes a day on the Oregon coast
Myrtle Beach · USA
Myrtle Beach, Honestly
How to build a good trip out of 80 courses
Hilton Head · USA
Hilton Head With the Family
Golf that doesn't cost you the whole holiday
Algarve · Portugal
The Algarve in January
Cheap flights, warm greens, empty tee sheets
Pebble Beach · USA
Pebble Beach: Is One Round Worth It?
Doing the math on golf's most expensive tee time
Pinehurst · USA
Pinehurst No. 2 Deserves a Second Look
Turtleback greens, sandy waste and a village built for golf
Melbourne Sandbelt · Australia
The Sandbelt: Bunkering as an Art Form
Why Melbourne's sand is golf's best-kept secret
Queenstown · New Zealand
Queenstown: Golf Under the Remarkables
Mountain golf at the bottom of the world
Southwest Ireland · Ireland
Driving the Wild Atlantic Way, Clubs in the Boot
Kerry and Clare on a seven-day loop
Palm Springs · USA
Palm Springs Before the Heat
November to April, and not a day later