What you'll find inside No.1
'Game of Names', 'Great Golspie' and 'One for The Memory Banks' are just some of the stories that grace the pages of this edition. So go buy yourself an electric fan, switch it on and point it at yourself, grab a coffee and dream.
The Iron Golfer
Interview with Kenny Pallas
Photography by Luke Willett
What you are about to read is a story of incredible endurance, a golfing treasure hunt like no other. Fourteen Open Championship venues, covering eight-hundred and thirty-one miles, all in ten days. Here's the clincher though: he covered it all by bicycle. One man, one bike, four clubs and some of the most famous golf courses in the world.
The Scots That Shaped Golf Course Design
Words by Murray Bothwell
Photography by Stuart Currie
Here we'll take a look at a few of Scotland's most talented golf designers from the past 150 years and explore the rich geographical variety of courses which today's players continue to enjoy.
Great Golspie
Words by Kenny Pallas
Photography by Stuart Currie
If golf was a religion, which for many it may as well be, then travelling to play in this region is a worthy pilgrimage. These courses come with a huge side-helping of Highland hospitality making the experience very hard to beat.
A Father and Son Round on The Old Course
Words by Heather Kane
Photography by Christian Hafer
It was the greatest day of our lives. I recall Christian saying to Erik "They're Scottish: they will hug about eight times", and he wasn't wrong; although i reckon it was closer to ten.
A Night at Ducks
Words by Ollie Allison
Photography by Ollie Allison
"When I joined the Marines they took my brain out and, when I left, they didn't give it back" joked an ex-Royal marine officer who had fought in the Falklands when I asked him why he decided to buy an Inn. Seven weary men made our way through the quaint village of Aberlady, collapsed onto wooden benches outside the white-walled Kilspindie House after a day of travel and club swinging, and are now beguiled by a wispy grey beard ruffling in the sea breeze.
Drawings Became Dunes
Words by Kenny Pallas
Photography by Stuart Currie
The conversation with Clive Clark began with an interesting fact. Of nearly thirty-four thousand golf courses in the world, there are only around two hundred and fifty true links. Genuine links are indeed a rare breed but this was why Clive clark was so excited by this project from the very outset and why he dedicated seven years to put his vision together.
Perfect Panmure
Words by Kenny Pallas
Photography by Stuart Currie
Apart from being one of the finest links courses in the UK, Panmure was the perfect place to prepare for The Open of 1953 as it is just two miles from Carnoustie . Ben Hogan was accompanied only by his caddie, Cecil Timms, for that fortnight of intensive preparation.