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Tom Shaw

No. 24
Feature
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
Feature
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
Yardage Book
St. Enodoc Splendour Yardage Book

Splendour

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

No. 20
Feature
The Price We Pay

The Price We Pay

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

No. 19
Feature
Rosapenna

Forgotten to Forefront

Rosapenna is leading an Irish Renaissance in the dunes of Donegal

No. 19
Feature
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
Feature

The Road to Diùranais

An unplanned—
and unforgettable—trek through the Scottish wilds

No. 14
Feature
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
Feature
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
Feature
Royal St. George 5th Hole, Photo by Tom Shaw

The Talisman

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

No. 10
Yardage Book
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
Feature

Landfall

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

No. 7
Feature
Carne Golf Course

An Unlikely Place

The final answer to a seasoned traveler’s always question

No. 5
Yardage Book
The Klondyke

The Klondyke

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

No. 4
Feature

Proof in the Purpose

Golf changed the status of Machrihanish Dunes from threatened to thriving

No. 1
Feature

Four-Letter Word

A declaration of intent from the first issue of The Golfer's Journal

No. 1
Yardage Book

Chasing Perfection

The 14th at North Berwick Golf Club (West Links). Par 4 - 374, 358, 342

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