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.
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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.
One For The Memory Banks
Words by Luke Reese
Photography by Stuart Currie
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.
The Birthplace of The Open
Words by Murray Bothwell
Photography by Graeme McCubbin
The stretch of land between Turnberry and West Kilbride on Ayrshire’s Clyde coast is of significant historical importance within the world of golf. Whilst tee-hunters gravitate to the dramatic and historic golfing links of the east coast of Scotland, Prestwick is the Birthplace of the Open Championship and has produced many famous golfers and course designers whose influence is felt today around the globe.
Natural, Legendary, Unique
Words by Jim Hartsell & No Laying Up
Photography by Ross Cooper
When Tron Carter of the American multi-media golf group ‘No Laying Up’ played Cullen for the first time with longtime Cullen Member/ Club Champion / Fundraiser /Ambassador George Clark, he asked, “Where is the green?” Clark silently pointed north, seemingly straight into the sky. Carter responded to the gesture with a laugh, “There is no way.” Clark, with a reserved smile, replied, “Yeah, up there.”