Brand new golf course openings have been rare of late, so Golf International was delighted to be invited to St Kitts for a sneak preview of Ian Woosnam’s new Irie Fields layout. Our man in the Caribbean sun, PETER SWAIN, got the gig.
Italian exuberance qualified by English reserve is the perfect recipe for a great day out, discovers Peter Swain, as he talks to Sir Rocco Forte about his new project, Verdura.
With winter looming, thoughts turn to tropical golfing climes. Peter Swain has found one destination that won’t break the bank: St Kitts and Nevis.
Muirfield is widely acknowledged as one of the toughest challenges in links golf. Nicklaus rates it the best course in Britain. So what’s it like for the average club player?
What’s in a name? Everything when it come to the value of your investment.
Queenstown in New Zealand’s South Island calls itself the ‘adventure capital of the world’, but can you combine a new home there with a great round of golf?
China is building more new courses than any other country on the planet. But golf’s transition from a bourgeois, elitist sport to a game of the people in this Brave New Communist Party World is something of a Chinese puzzle.
With Canada’s Atlantic seaboard only a five-hour flight away, Peter Swain looks at the courses and property scene in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
Peter Swain looks at the challenges facing the 2012 PGA field, and the Southern delights of what many believe to be America’s number one golfing resort, Kiawah Island, near Charleston.
Just like playing golf, buying property in an emerging market such as Thailand is a risk-reward business.
England has country house hotels with rather ordinary courses, and excellent clubs associated with mediocre hostelries. The course and hospitality at Manor House Hotel and Golf Club tick both the quality and value tee boxes.
St Moritz may be one of the celebrity skiers’ favourite resorts, but can its two golf courses rival the Cresta Run and the many pistes?
If you like Venice, Prosecco and golf, we have just the place for you – golf property within 30 miles of La Serenissima
Peter Swain looks at changes made to the famous Pebble Beach links ahead of this year’s US Open Championship in June – and at what else the surrounding Monterey peninsular has to offer visitors golf-wise…
Portugal’s Algarve is a perennial favourite for golfers seeking a mix of sunshine, uncrowded beaches and great golf. THe Eastern Algarve is increasingly popular with those looking for an affordable home from home.