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Golf Monthly
Golf Monthly
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Rob Smith

I Played 78 Golf Courses In 8 Countries In 2024 - Here Are My Highlights

Punta Espada - Hole 12 - Par 5.

My Golfing Year

Writing as I do about courses for Golf Monthly in print and on the website, many assume that I am out playing Top 100 courses all day every day. They're wrong, of course... there are some days when I don’t play any golf at all! Also, I do need to sit down from time to time in order to write. And far from playing only the finest courses, I delight in visiting and experiencing designs of every style, shape and magnitude. An odd confession, but sometimes I think I love golf courses - their design and setting - more than the game itself. And whereas my wife will tell you I am a grumpy old man with a glass-half-empty attitude to life, when it comes to courses, I see only the best in them and enjoy each for its own unique characteristics. This, then, is how my 2024 golfing year unfolded.

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