If you refuse to pay more than £70 a round, fear not. This is Chris Bertram’s guide to exceptional golf where there are no huge names but also no eye-popping fees

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We leafed through the well-thumbed pages of our atlas until North Wales stopped us in our tracks. Anglesey felt like a place apart. A few weeks later, we found ourselves waist-high in prickly gorse, s

Rob Smith questions his own long-held belief that natural golf courses score heavily over more contrived designs…

Michael Weston visits the Cairndale Hotel and Spa in Dumfries to see the recent upgrades and play golf nearby, including a round at renowned Southerness

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