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Machrihanish Dunes Golf Club

13/07/2015 by .
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Peter is the genius behind the clubhouse vegetable soup apparently. “the splash of curry powder is the secret” he whispers to me as he shows me the way to Machrihanish Dunes Golf Club first tee. Just as well he did, as these links courses can be tricky to navigate, and getting lost on the way to the first would not be good for my reputation.

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Royal Dornoch Golf Club

22/08/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Scotland, The Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom and tagged , on by .
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Tom Watson once said of Royal Dornoch that it was ‘the most fun I’ve ever had on a golf course’. well, it might be Ok for Tom to go there and ‘have fun’, but for me it was quite simply a religious experience.

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Brora Golf Club Best Guide

11/06/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Scotland, The Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom and tagged , on by .
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Now, here was a very unusual thing. An electrified fence on Brora Golf Club course. Not just one fence mind, but eighteen of them, around every green.

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