Littlestone Golf Club Course Review

Littlestone Golf Club Course Review

Give me a links course any day.  Even in the wind and rain they are a joy but given a sunny day, they are like golfing manna to those of us who dream of making up fourballs with Harry Vardon, Bobby Jones and Old Tom Morris.  And playing Littlestone, tucked away in the south-eastern corner of Kent, delivers that kind of unbridled purist joy. The course is laid out on classic golfing terrain, next door to the famous Romney Marshes. Dating from 1888, the list of architectural influences reads like a veritable Who’s…Read more …
The R&A Miss A Trick

The R&A Miss A Trick

The R&A have been keeping a low profile of late – first the decision over TV rights for The Open Championship, and then the recent announcement of which women would become the first members of the organisation. Just your average fortnight, then! It’s the end of one era and the beginning of another, but whilst the former decision undoubtedly created a lot of anger and discontent, the latter was long overdue in coming. Understandably, the list of new female R&A members was never going to err on the side of controversy, but I’d…Read more …
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