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Tom Shaw

No. 34
History
Enniscrone No. 34

Of Golf and Monsters

Distinguishing fact from fiction at Enniscrone, an Irish links where the tales of death, magic and diamonds are as tall as the dunes

No. 32
Adventures
Season in Scotland and St. Andrews No. 32

The (Adopted) Home of Golf

What happens when a wife convinces her husband to spend a season in St. Andrews

No. 30
Characters
Halford Hewitt turns 100

Glory Days

On the ground at the Halford Hewitt, a rowdy English alumni tournament that’s turned into the world’s largest foursomes competition

 
Adventures

Playing the Signature Holes at Lahinch

Blind shots and tall tales with TGJ Editor Tom Coyne and longtime caddie Neil Kennedy Walsh

No. 28
Adventures
The Winning Argument golf in holland the netherlands

The Winning Argument

A long-awaited trip to the Netherlands confirms a player’s suspicion that it should be the world’s next great golf destination

 
Architecture
Broken Tee Society composite course 2023

The 18 Best Holes of 2023

A par of 67 and a collection of some of the world's top par 3s highlight the Broken Tee Society's 2023 Composite Course

No. 26
Adventures
No. 26 Ardglass When the End Draws Nigh

When the End Draws Nigh

Six uncharted Irish links to close a book years in the making

No. 25
Art & Culture
The Wilder The Better Tom Shaw No. 25

The Wilder, the Better

British photographer Tom Shaw sees the game in a different light

No. 24
Architecture
Between Purgatory and the Lion's Den 24

Between Purgatory and the Lion’s Den

A hole-by-hole walk through the birthplace of major championship golf: Prestwick’s original 12

No. 22
Adventures
TGJ No. 22 Tom Coyne London Upon The Heath

Upon the Heath

Reckoning with artists from Shakespeare to Colt on a maiden trip to England's underrated inland gems

No. 21
Essay
Shut Up and Play Michael Croley Minchinhampton

Shut Up and Play

When it's time to put the keyboard and arrogance aside and just find a course

No. 21
Architecture
St. Enodoc Splendour Yardage Book

Splendour

The 10th at St. Enodoc Golf Club. Par 4 (Bogey 5) - 457 yards

No. 20
Adventures
The Price We Pay

The Price We Pay

Playing through the wreckage of an unimaginable loss in the Scottish backcountry

No. 19
Adventures
Rosapenna

Forgotten to Forefront

Rosapenna is leading an Irish Renaissance in the dunes of Donegal

No. 19
Characters
Royal Dornoch

Hard Forged

Dornoch’s harsh winters and unrelenting gorse shaped one of the world’s great courses and a friendship found only in golf

No. 17
Adventures

The Road to Diùranais

An unplanned—
and unforgettable—trek through the Scottish wilds

No. 14
Characters
St. Andrews ladies' putting club

The Grandes Dames of the Himalayas

Age be damned: The St. Andrews Ladies’ Putting Club is still thriving

No. 12
Adventures
Tom Shaw

A Day at the Dunvegan

A snapshot of the random and beautiful collisions that occur at one of the game’s iconic watering holes

 
Feature

The Pandemic Diary

A personal journal of consequence and resolve as the far-reaching effects of COVID-19 arrived at Carne Golf Links

No. 11
Architecture
Royal St. George 5th Hole, Photo by Tom Shaw

The Talisman

The 5th at Royal St. George's. Par 4 - 416

No. 10
Architecture
St Andrews, the Old Course, reverse seventh

A Hard Left

The (reverse routing) 7th at Old Course, St. Andrews. Par 4 - 330, 295

No. 9
Architecture

Landfall

Welcome to Montrose Golf Links, the front line in the battle against the game's most frightening enemy: climate change

No. 7
Adventures
Carne Golf Course

An Unlikely Place

The final answer to a seasoned traveler’s always question

No. 5
Architecture
The Klondyke

The Klondyke

The 4th at Lahinch Golf Club. Par 5 - 475, 463, 423

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