I've long thought that unless you want guaranteed sun on your back, there is little point travelling abroad to play golf. We have the best courses in the world in Britain and Ireland, in terms of those that are accessible to the public.
As a result, there are few bucket-list overseas trips for even the intrepid British golfer. The Melbourne Sand Belt and, increasingly, Tasmania in Australia is one, as is New Zealand, with its expanding coastal portfolio. And you could argue Canada is, but it involves extensive internal travelling.
There is one that comfortably trumps them all though. One that, whenever I told people I was going, the response was one of two answers: “Oh, I'd LOVE to do that one day”, or “You lucky sod”: Bandon Dunes.
Ironically,…