Author: Gordon Dalgleish

North of Northern Ireland!

Gordon Dalgleish

I have long found it wonderfully ironic that the northernmost golf course in Ireland, is north of Northern Ireland. Larry Olmsted better explains this wonderful golfing venue, that is a tremendous addition to any golf vacation.

Ireland’s Ballyliffin is Far More Than “Just” A Hidden Gem

Larry OlmstedTheAPosition

Remember those old Remington electric razor commercials where entrepreneur Victor Kiam used to boast that, “I liked the shaver so much I bought the company”?

That is how I feel about Ballyliffin Golf Club. I like the place so much, I became a member.

Just so the importance of that statement sinks in, let me make a couple of things clear. I am not rich. I am …

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About the Author: Gordon Dalgleish is the Co-Founding Director of PerryGolf, the leading provider of international golf vacations. You can find him on Google+

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Golf in China – An experience by any measure

Gordon Dalgleish

There are many magnificent locales to play golf around the world, each one more inviting that the last. For someone who enjoys these experiences, a visit to China which includes golf will be an eye opening journey. Not every facility is like Mission Hills as Larry describes below, but it will certainly add to your knowledge of how golf has developed around the world.


The World’s Largest Golf Resort

Larry OlmstedTheAPosition

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If you read my blogs, you will soon discover that I am pretty obsessed with world records. A few years back, for a story for Golf Magazine, I broke the Guinness World Record for “The Greatest Distance Traveled Between Two Rounds of Golf Played in The Same Day,” an impressive 7,496 miles. Last year I wrote a very interesting book about the history and culture and …

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About the Author: Gordon Dalgleish is the Co-Founding Director of PerryGolf, the leading provider of international golf vacations. You can find him on Google+

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Caddies – from a different perspective

Gordon Dalgleish

Invariably as part of the feedback after golf trips to the British Isles, we receive feedback from travelers about this or that caddy; a funny story or situation. Our impression of a links caddy is more often than not the hearty, red nosed, stalwart with rain suit, ready to tackle whatever challenge today brings…all with fine humor.

Brian McCallen describes another group of caddies who also enjoy the benefits of the golf travel industry but from a completely different perspective;


From Mombasa Street Kids to Certified Caddies
Brian McCallen TheAPosition

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Maybe it’s because I got my start in golf as a teenage caddie. Maybe it’s because when I visited Kenya 30 years ago, I saw lots of poor kids running barefoot around the rural villages south of Nairobi. Either way, I’ve always had a soft spot for loopers, especially kids trying to raise themselves from difficult circumstances by shouldering the bag.

Which is why I was …

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About the Author: Gordon Dalgleish is the Co-Founding Director of PerryGolf, the leading provider of international golf vacations. You can find him on Google+

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The West Coast of Ireland

Gordon Dalgleish


Lure of the Links
Anita Draycott TheAPosition

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Battling the Elements on Ireland’s Wild West Coast

“That’s not a golf course, it’s a bloody battlefield,” remarked by husband Bill as we stepped up to the first tee on the Old Course at Lahinch.

Indeed, with pot bunkers the depth of graves, tall marram grass and fescue waiting to snag your Titleist and a savage wind, we were about to embark on a glorious battle against …

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About the Author: Gordon Dalgleish is the Co-Founding Director of PerryGolf, the leading provider of international golf vacations. You can find him on Google+

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Wales – and the Ryder Cup

Gordon Dalgleish


Wales Is a Ryder Cup Lock
Timothy NolanTheAPosition


What we’re going to see come October 1 is a golf-rich country hosting a riveting championship on a generally lousy golf course redeemed by a most clever finish.

There is nothing of Welsh-flavored golf at the The 2010 Course, a glorified patch job engineered for the Ryder Cup.  Fourteen holes of dead-flat slogging through the rather aptly named Valley of Usk lead to some thumping good …

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About the Author: Gordon Dalgleish is the Co-Founding Director of PerryGolf, the leading provider of international golf vacations. You can find him on Google+

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