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Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
Your editor weighs in on golf course ownership
A few weeks ago I was interviewed for a piece in an online investment newsletter, for an organization called NuWire, on the subject of owning and operating a golf course. It is not exactly my area...
The kid and I rank the UK courses we played
I was captivated by the views from almost everywhere on the Lundin Golf Club links. After a glorious couple of weeks of golf and visits with family and friends in the United Kingdom, we are back in...
Review: Sunningdale Golf Club, Sunningdale, England
Virtually every hole at Sunningdale could be the "signature" hole at most courses, but the par 4 10th is probably the most visually stunning of all. The Willie Park Jr. designed Sunningdale Old Course,...
Review: Scotscraig Golf Club, Tayport, Scotland
The challenging par 4 7th hole at Scotscraig presents a split fairway with an option to approach from either the upper side (above left) or lower. by Tim Gavrich Located in Tayport, in the Kingdom of...
Review: Crail Golfing Society, Balcomie Links
Shots to the big green at the downhill par 3 14th at Crail Balcomie Links must clear the bulkead bunker, the false front and then stay on the firm green. A downhill chip from beyond the back edge is...
Free trade agreement: Home exchanges cut golf trip costs and make you new friends
The best aspect of a home exchange is that you get to meet new friends. Dorothy and George Horsfield of Glasgow and Crail, Scotland were wonderful hosts to my son Tim (shown with them) and me during our...
108 Scottish holes, not a bad one among them
The 340 yard 7th at Crail Balcomie Links plays even shorter than that downhill and downwind, but the blind tee shot, out of bounds on the right and rough on the left makes the conservative play the...
Playing Old: At the Old Course, keep your eyes closed in the loo
The drive over the Old Course Hotel at #17 is a knee-knocker, but the sense of achievement once you clear the shed is worth the sweat. One visitor to this space from Denmark wrote me the following...
Back online from Scotland
Road hole: It isn't the famous one, but a road runs diagonally across the par 4 8th at Elile Links. The small coastal towns of Scotland are a grand buffet of great golf holes, but don't expect to...
Luck of draw: Lottery at the Old Course
St. Andrews city views are everpresent from the New Course. I came to Scotland with my son Tim with all but one day of our weeklong visit pre-booked for golf. I left one day open on the chance that we...
Nothing artificial about Edinburgh
The surviving ruins of Holyrood Abbey date to the 12th Century. The Abbey is adjacent to Holyrood Palace, where Mary Queen of Scots lived before her imprisonment in England, and where the current...
The old is perpetually new in Edinburgh
Scale this: Edinburgh Castle's position atop a volcanic rock in the center of the city has protected it through the ages. Edinburgh is one of the oldest thriving cities in the world, but it has an...