The Rest Is golf

A slow-burning reflection on what golf is really about.

Golf, not as tradition tells it, but as the creatives live it.

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1/2 New mindset after today's lesson, what do you think?

- A chap takes up #golf. He works shifts and can only play very early, alone. He doesn't play with anyone else for a year. Then his shifts change; he plays with another golfer for the first time.

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The Islands: Faith, Madness and a Middle Finger to Convenience

You don’t visit the islands. You earn them.

You wait for ferries that don’t give a fuck about your tee time, your schedule, or your hotel booking.

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@AskernishGC @ShiskineGolf @TheMachrie

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The further north you go, the quieter it gets. Not polite quiet, not library quiet, but that old, unsettling quiet that feels alive.

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@RoyalDornochGC @BroraGolfClub @reaygolfclub @GolspieGolfClub @GairlochGolf @DurnessGolfClub @WickGolfClub

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Fife & East Lothian: where tradition still breathes and nobody needs to tell you why. Periscopes at Links Golf @golf_elie . Handshake etiquette at @Kilspindiegolf

The game as it was meant to be @NorthBerwick_GC @AnstrutherGolf

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What if the membership you're paying for isn't where you actually belong?

I spent £1,000 last year on a home club. Used it twice.
Meanwhile strangers on Arran became family.

Honesty box clubhouses.
Port on the sixth hole.
Beers from the shared fridge

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The semiotics of golf fashion run deeper than you think.
In a sport obsessed with belonging, logos aren't decoration — they're declaration. They tell insiders who's been where, who belongs and who's bluffing.

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Fourteen years in the making, one Sunday to settle it.

Wrote a piece about Rory finally beating his demons.

Link below if you’re into that kind of thing.

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For three days, the best players in the world forgot they were millionaires. They became boys again. Europeans. Teammates.

For a weekend, golf remembered its pulse.

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Bethpage, New York. September 2025.

Bethpage Black isn’t built for comfort.

The sign at the first tee literally warns you off: “The Black Course is an extremely difficult course which we recommend only for highly skilled golfers.”

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Last batch of photos from the Arran trip and the round at Shiskine

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The @thelinksdiary always put on something special with their trips and this one definitely didn't disappoint

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I Forgot This Is The Whole Point

Because if winning everything still leaves you hollow, maybe the point was never the result. Maybe it was something else. Something quieter. Something harder to measure. Because we’ve all been there. Not just golfers.
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Did you miss it? Check out our low down on the recent Paris Golf Gallery https://t.co/1sLmpqupkw

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Paris Golf Gallery felt like golf got lost in a record store and came out better for it.

No polos. No rules. Just fits and the future of the game.

Read our dispatch from the fringe →
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Who’s making your favourite off-course gear right now?

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A strange, unnatural calm. The kind that makes you hesitate, as if something’s about to happen. The air feels thicker there, almost heavy, like the place is holding its breath.

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Golf — like Augusta — doesn’t just ask you to survive…

It asks you to believe.

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@TheMasters

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You feel it in your legs first—miles stacking up beneath your feet, the ground giving slightly under the weight of yet another round played in a place that doesn’t care who you are.

We say golf is a good walk spoiled, but is that true?

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It starts with the sound.

The slow rhythmic crunch of spikes on damp turf, the wind shifting through the dunes, the distant hum of the ocean—steady, patient, like it knows something you don’t...

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🌟 Beyond the Backswing: A Year in Review ��️‍♂️

Explore the highs, lows and lessons of my golf journey in 2024. From unforgettable rounds at iconic courses to
celebrating my first publication in The Links Diary, it’s been a year to remember

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#YearInReview

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Some stories are meant to be told and some get lucky enough to find the perfect stage.

Our Kintyre Chronicles found its place in the latest edition of @thelinksdiary and to say we’re honoured doesn’t quite cut it🏌️‍♂️

📲 Relive the madness here: https://t.co/NIO1ybG2uw

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We’re on Spotify 🎧 🎧🎧

Click our bio to listen to the first two episodes of our brand new podcast, reviewing some of our favourite articles from our blog throughout the year

First up, our recent blog about one of our favourites, @thelinksdiary