Tom Shaw Archives - The Golfers Journal

Rosapenna

Forgotten to Forefront

Rosapenna is leading an Irish Renaissance in the dunes of Donegal

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

The Road to Diùranais

An unplanned— and unforgettable—trek through the Scottish wilds

St. Andrews ladies' putting club

The Grandes Dames of the Himalayas

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

Tom Shaw

A Day at the Dunvegan

Just a pitching wedge from the 18th hole at St. Andrews lies one of the game’s iconic watering holes. It’s become a must-visit for everyone…

The Pandemic Diary

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

Royal St. George 5th Hole, Photo by Tom Shaw

The Talisman

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

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

Landfall

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

No.7

Carne Golf Course

An Unlikely Place

The final answer to a seasoned traveler’s always question

No.5

The Klondyke

The Klondyke

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

No.4

Proof in the Purpose

Golf changed the status of Machrihanish Dunes from threatened to thriving