Japan’s greatest course — Charles Alison’s Rokko Forest masterpiece near Kobe is one of the 20 finest courses on earth, locked behind almost impenetrable Japanese privacy.
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Bobby Jones’s Grand Slam venue. Justin Rose’s 2-iron on 18. The wicker baskets. Merion East is America’s most historically resonant and cerebral major championship course.
The Burma Road — English golf’s most televised stage. Harry Colt’s Wentworth West Course, enhanced by Ernie Els, is the BMW PGA Championship’s demanding Surrey woodland arena.
The 17th island green — the most photographed hole on earth. Pete Dye’s Players Championship venue is the definitive amphitheatre course in professional golf.
Harry Colt’s more demanding companion to Willie Park Jr.’s Old Course — many scratch golfers rate the New Course Sunningdale’s finest 18 holes. Together they form England’s greatest heathland experience.
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Montgomerie Maxx Royal (Turkish Airlines Open host), Cornelia Diamond, Carya Golf and Istanbul’s Klassis — the complete guide to championship golf in Turkey’s Belek resort coast.
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