by Michael Donaldson | Oct 7, 2020 | features, Travel
Phil Hamilton and Michael Donaldson get away to one of New Zealand’s best links destinations. With Covid-19 destroying all the best-laid plans, overseas links golf is on a hiatus for the next year or so. There will be no trips to Britain or Tasmania or Oregon to feast...
by Michael Donaldson | Aug 19, 2020 | features, Travel
Michael Donaldson explores options for double-up days of Auckland golf. Auckland’s sprawling mass of land, narrowed and pinched by harbours, rivers and inlets and entangled with motorways – as a result it’s not the easiest place in the world to get around. So,...
by Michael Donaldson | Jun 28, 2020 | features, Travel
Michael Donaldson grabs his irons and explores a selection of New Zealand’s best unspoiled walks New Zealand is blessed with some magical and unique golf courses – but there are some experiences that fill the senses and defy the adage that golf is a good walk...
by Michael Donaldson | Jun 28, 2020 | features, Travel
Michael Donaldson takes a trip to Australia’s golfing mecca. Two golf courses. Four days. Eight rounds. Innumerable lost balls. Some blisters. Umpteen wallabies. Just one snake. We’re going to Tasmania, we said, it’s a bit like New Zealand, there are no snakes....