The Tour Minibus Has Arrived

Taking advantage of the nice weather, new clean van and the Lowland dress to use later in the day for the Western Gailes Dinner Matches. From 2022 HGT are taking on groups of golfers and this is the new Mercedes Vito Pro Tourer that I will use for airport pick-up…

Web update

Mid March 2023 the HGT web has been updated with pages for testimonials, golf tour packages and Links bagging. Go explore!

Europe – USA 15-13

The silver hickory Grail trophy was again contested this year on the New, Old and Jubilee links of St Andrews 26-28 October and as always in a Ryder Cup format, this time the 12th Edition since its inauguration in 2000. I was fortunate to be one of the 19 hickory…

HGT goes drone flying

Our bag of tricks is now enhanced with a DJI Mini 2 drone. We hope to have much fun with it in 2022 and to be able to post nice footage of Troon's golf courses, local attractions and much more. Here is one of our first attempts of making a…

Golf simulator from 1936

There is really not much that is new in golf. Hybrids/rescues were around in the 1880's, how grooves imparted backspin that created lift and changed ballflight was well known in the early 1900's. And there was this golf simularor that was a precursor of Trackman already in 1936. Check out…

Heritage Golf Tours goes live

For me it is a dream come true to meet new people and share the rich Scottish golf heritage with them, hopefully adding insights and joy to us all so we can enjoy our golf even more. I look forward to doing this for the rest of my life, as…

True Scottish vs Scottish-international courses

This blog is ment to discuss all things golf that are old school related. And just today I found this post that I quite liked on Facebook from my FB-friend Melwyn Morrow and want to share it with you here: Left old school natural bunkers at Askernish and simple clubhouse,…