Eddie Hackett designed, extended or modified over 100 golf courses without leaving Ireland. No job was too big or too small. His design philosophy was minimalist.
He worked in a similar way to architects of a bygone era, his layouts usin...
Pat Ruddy
Pat Ruddy comes from the small townland of Ballymote in County Sligo, North West Ireland. He has been consumed by golf all of his life. He was a good amateur player; he then became one of Ireland’s most prolifi...
AGS Golf - Trail and ‘Hotspot Series
Colt No. 3 – Best of Colt – Trail from our top 10 Colt selections
Our Best of Colt ‘top 10 selection’ are the courses that best represent Harry Colt’s design pri...
AGS Golf - Trail and ‘Hotspot Series
Colt No.2 – Best of Colt – Hotspot, from our top 10 Colt selections
Our Best of Colt ‘top 10 selection’ are the courses that best represent Harry Colt’...
Harry Colt had a remarkable influence on British golf course design. He came on the scene in 1894 at the age of 25. At this time seaside courses were well-regarded and inland courses were poor by comparison. Courses built inland did not mer...
At St Andrews Old Course groundsmen have undertaken a project to revisit and restore Cheape’s bunker to a shape more akin to what historical records showed the bunker looked like back in the 1800’s. Positioned on the 2nd fa...
This Trail takes you to five genuine Harry Colt courses in South West England. There is an interesting mix of five courses with one seaside links, two are heathland, and two are downland. For accommodation we have selected a hotel in the fa...
Our Best of Harry Colt's ‘top 10 selection’ are the golf courses that best represent Harry Colt’s design principles. They value his design, some after more than 100 years, and are keen on maintaining or sometimes resto...
England’s Middle Trail of authentic MacKenzie designed golf courses introduces six golf courses from five different counties, Derbyshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire and Warwickshire. All of these courses are moorland or heathland...
The 2019 Open Championship has been allocated to Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.
Read about the famous Golf Architect who designed the Dunluce course in 1929 and Valley course in 1932 at Royal Portrush.
He died in November 1951 ab...
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