When you go on a golf trip, you probably fly there, stay in a nice hotel for the duration, play some golf, and return home. Sounds pretty standard, right? This doesn’t happen very often when you’re a golf writer. We often travel in the off-season when there are fewer flights, and end up with a […]
The Gunung Raya Golf Club is located at the foot of the majestic Celebration Mountain (Gunung Raya) on the island of Langkawi on land that was previously a rubber plantation. When you stand on the first tee you are looking out over what appears to be an endless jungle, only interrupted by the occasional fairway. […]
Designed by Ted Parslow and opened in 1992, the course was redesigned starting in 2011 by Ernie Els and reopened in December 2014, as the third Els Club (the others are The Els Club Copperleaf in South Africa and The Els Club Dubai). Fairways are wide on the course, and you are strongly recommended to […]
With winter fast approaching in the northern hemisphere it’s time to follow the lead of the Tour professionals; off to Asia it is. Malaysia to be more precise. Turkish Airlines is my favorite airline for many Asian destinations. With so many airlines to choose from these days, I thought I would review Turkish today, so […]
It is with a heavy heart that the Travelin’ Golfer leaves Scotland and Carnoustie Country today. It has been a remarkable week in all respects. Perfect golf, perfect weather, fine hotels, and some outstanding dining. And jolly good hosting by the multi-talented Jane Taylor. It is always perilous to compare and rank courses, but if […]
Today we set out from our new base at the Malmaison in Dundee for another classic golf course; Panmure Golf Club, just south of Carnoustie. Luckily today is a Sunday. Panmure, as so many of the clubs in the area, is laden with history. The club formed in 1845, laid out the first nine holes […]
Checking out from Carnoustie today. Not easy to leave the Tom Watson suite. The views, the history. But all good things must come to an end, as Chaucer said so long ago. Luckily, this time around we still had some good golf left to ease the pain. First out was Scotscraig Golf Club. At Scotscraig […]
It is strange how your perception of a course changes as you develop as a golfer. “Flat and boring, with trains” is how my golf partner remembered Monifieth from the last time she played it, ten years ago, when she was just a beginner. This time around she’s a 14 handicap, and her appreciation of […]
Today the Travelin’ Golfer is embarking on a different kind of travel; time travel, back in time more than 400 years. For that is how old Royal Montrose is, with records showing people played golf on the site as far back as 1562. Back then, there was little design going on, but in 1901 Old […]
The Travelin’ Golfer is heading to Aberdeen today. My Norwegian colleague got a nice non-stop flight, whereas I had a brutally early morning flight with a layover. Such a hard life she has, living in an oil-rich country, traveling to another oil town. For that is what Aberdeen is nowadays. British Petroleum only has four […]
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