(Ed. Note: Last week, EscapeHatch contributor (and veteran journalist) Marcy MacDonald attended the Race to the Royal Ascot, one of the world’s premier horse racing events. She filed this story before the race, but I was too preoccupied ...
Like me, many travelers to Scotland believe that among the joys in life, few are more satisfying than a round of golf on the edge of the sea, perhaps on a blustery afternoon where the silver clouds and the dusky horizon melt into each other, or ...
Chances are good that you’ve never been to Wales. Sir Terry Matthews hopes to change that. Matthews is the billionaire owner of Celtic Manor, the U.K. golf resort in the Usk Valley that will host the 2010 Ryder Cup and where Matthews estimates ...
In Scotland, the hottest trend in golf course design isn’t something new, it’s something old. And golf course architect David McLay Kidd has a special talent for making something new look like something very old. Kidd is the 40-year-old ...