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Emirate par excellence
Blue-chip designers have brought their talents to bear on the deserts of Abu Dhabi, with intensely challenging – and beautiful – courses. And the five-star lodgings don’t hurt, says John Gibb
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Ocean drives
February’s Pro-Am Championship is a great excuse to visit California’s Monterey Peninsula – and its stunning links
Smells like team spirit
Chicago’s partisan crowd is set for a potent display of national support as the Windy City hosts Europe in this month’s high-octane Ryder Cup
Basque in glory
With their wind-buffeted fairways and theatrical greens, the region’s devilishly testing links golf courses are not for the faint-hearted. An intrepid John Gibb heads south for the, er, weather – and some of the drives of his life
Join The Carnegie Club golfers for a day
Skibo Castle’s links opens to non-members
Customised clubs bring a good grip to the fore
Titleist ups its game (and yours) with bespoke fittings for golfers
Hitting the Swede spot
The remote, wild beauty of Skåne in southern Sweden is the idyllic backdrop to some of Europe’s most stunning – and challenging – golf courses. John Gibb reports.
Gee-Swing golfing aid
Clamp this mini-computer to your driver to gain crucial extra yards
On your marks, jet set, go
From skiing at dawn to padel tennis at dusk, the Marbella Club Spring Games is a sports day like no other. Simon de Burton rises to the rather madcap challenge.
Picking up good vibrations
Is this new golfing gadget a stroke of genius?
Greens goddesses
Tensions are rising as the best female golfers in the northern hemisphere head to Ireland for the prestigious Solheim Cup. John Gibb reports.
North Atlantic gift
On Nantucket island, the famous fog lifts to reveal three of the finest links courses in the world – combining beauty, maturity and a serious challenge for John Gibb.
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