Shaun Tolson

1 week ago | golf.com | Shaun Tolson

Welcome to Clubhouse Eats, where we celebrate the game’s most delectable food and drink. Hope you brought your appetite. ***With spring in bloom and summer around the corner, lighter fare typically becomes the dish du jour. That means heartier proteins are about to give way to staples from la mer. Although prized for their delicacy, so many species of fish are challenging to cook for that same reason.

2 weeks ago | linksmagazine.com | Shaun Tolson

Portrush bartender Willie Gregg not only serves drinks but serves as unofficial host and advocate for one of golf's great destinationsA couple of summers ago, I approached Darren Clarke with two pints of Guinness in hand, gave him one, and told him we have to pose for a photo. Explaining why, I showed him a picture that Willie Gregg, the manager of the Harbour Bar in Portrush, had recently shared with me.

2 weeks ago | linksmagazine.com | Shaun Tolson

For the better part of the last century, the Championship Links at Royal County Down has enchanted all those who have had the good fortune of playing it. For just as long, the grand Victorian hotel next door has stood watch. It wasn't until a recent change of ownership, however, that the 180-room establishment, with its redbrick façade, was elevated to the same level as its neighbor.

3 weeks ago | linksmagazine.com | Shaun Tolson

There's no doubt you've come across a few examples of golf courses with the word "quarry" in their name. And while many of them are brandished with that moniker for obvious reasons-i.e., they're routed across lands that previously hosted commercial excavations of rock or sand-not all of them exhibit evidence of those extreme, land-altering operations. The ones that do present visually striking environments where memorable rounds of golf are all but guaranteed.

1 month ago | linksmagazine.com | Shaun Tolson

Each spring, one of the narrowest-looking tee shots in golf takes center stage at the Masters. At 465 yards, the par-four finishing hole, "Holly," historically has played as the 7th most difficult on the course. Wind can be a factor here, which is why past champions with Green Jackets take dead aim at the fairway bunkers positioned near the outside corner of the uphill hole's subtle dogleg.