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a bunker’s lip, another at work behind in golden light https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-4.jpg A golfer in an orange cap, black shirt and white trousers putts on the practice green at sunrise https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-5.jpg A golfer in a white cap and navy jumper crosses the practice green, putter in hand https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-6.jpg Silhouetted against the low sun, a golfer crouches to set a putting aid on the practice green https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-8.jpg A white-sand bunker with a ragged grassy lip, the fairway rolling back to tall trees https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-9.jpg Golden rough and a sandy path before a green and bunkers, a dark stand of tall trees behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-10.jpg A greenkeeper pushes a walk-behind mower across a green above a bunker, the sun low behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-12.jpg Greenkeepers on a green in early light, white hospitality marquees and a peaked tent behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-13.jpg Ground staff rake a broad sandy bunker around a tuft of grass, a utility vehicle on the ridge https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-14.jpg A deep bunker curling along a green’s edge, a camera tower and trees on the skyline https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-15.jpg Two ground staff drive a red utility vehicle along a sandy track, marquees and flags behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-18.jpg Ground staff rake a long bunker below the clubhouse, white umbrellas spread across its lawn https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-19.jpg Players and caddies on a roped practice green in hazy low sun, long shadows across a path https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-20.jpg Shadows stretch across a rolling fairway and a thin white bunker, a scoreboard against the trees https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-29.jpg Spectators flank a green as a group walks up, a camera tower above the bunkers behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-33.jpg A dense crowd presses close, phones raised, players and caddies with their bags beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-22.jpg A golfer in a pale blue shirt walks a sandy path through long grass, caddies following https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-23.jpg A golfer in a blue jumper watches his tee shot as spectators behind lift their phones https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-24.jpg Two golfers in white caps walk together, one checking a yardage book, spectators behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-25.jpg A golfer in a white cap and blue jumper reads his yardage book beside a grassy bank https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-26.jpg A standard bearer holds up the group’s board, reading Scott, Lee and McIlroy, before a wall of spectators https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-27.jpg A golfer in a white shirt and grey trousers holds his follow-through, the gallery close behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-28.jpg A golfer in a navy jumper and sunglasses follows through from a bunker, police and spectators behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-30.jpg A golfer putts on a green ringed by bunkers, a deep crowd banked along the trees behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-31.jpg A golfer in white watches his putt roll towards the flag, the crowd packed above a bunker https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-32.jpg A dense crowd streams along a path past a coffee banner under gum trees https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-34.jpg Crowds ring a green and its sweeping bunker, players on the putting surface, flags flying beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-35.jpg A golfer in a red cap and navy shirt confers with his caddie on a broad fairway https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-37.jpg A long-haired golfer in a red cap walks past a bunker with his caddie, spectators at the rope https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-40.jpg Two golfers in white caps wait at a green’s edge, leaning on their putters https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-41.jpg A golfer in a white shirt watches his putt roll across the green, scrubby bunkers behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-50.jpg A golfer in a navy top, one leg kicked back, reaches down for his ball on the green https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-52.jpg Seen from behind, a golfer in a navy shirt swings through a drive down a tree-lined fairway https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-54.jpg A golfer and his caddie walk up a wide fairway towards a distant stand, crowds along the ropes https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-57.jpg A golfer in grey at the top of his backswing on a tee, a grandstand and gallery beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-58.jpg Close on a golfer in a blue jumper and sunglasses at the top of his swing https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-59.jpg A golfer in a navy jumper follows his tee shot, the clubhouse and hospitality marquees ahead 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strikes from the fairway, turf flying, a packed grandstand beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-70.jpg A golfer in a blue jumper leans on his putter, the crowd and the clubhouse balcony behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-73.jpg A golfer in grey watches his drive from beside the tee sign, phones raised in the crowd https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-74.jpg A golfer in navy walks up a wide fairway to a green ringed by crowds and a stand https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-75.jpg A golfer in a white cap and shirt walks a sandy path through trees, iron in hand https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-77.jpg Spectators crowd a grassy slope above a green and bunker under a grey sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-78.jpg A golfer in grey walks off a tee beside his caddie, the gallery lining the fairway https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-79.jpg A golfer in grey at the top of his backswing on a tee, spectators lining the fairway https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-80.jpg A golfer in grey follows through on a drive, the gallery lining the fairway ahead https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-81.jpg A golfer in navy at the top of his backswing on a tee, crowds lining the fairway https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-82.jpg A golfer in navy swings through, the ball just leaving the tee, the gallery along the ropes https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-83.jpg A golfer in grey and his caddie walk along the rope line past a row of spectators https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-84.jpg A golfer and his caddie stand over the ball in the fairway, crowds banked around the green ahead https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-85.jpg A golfer in white plays from the fairway, crowds packed along the rope and around the green https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-86.jpg A golfer in a navy jumper strokes a putt, a hillside of spectators behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-88.jpg A golfer in white lines up a putt before a steep bank of seated spectators https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-89.jpg A golfer in grey addresses a putt in front of a packed, seated gallery https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-90.jpg A golfer in grey watches his putt run, the seated gallery on the bank behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-91.jpg Players and caddies walk a sandy path through scrub towards a grandstand under a grey sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-92.jpg A golfer in white watches his shot from a steep-faced bunker, spectators with phones on the bank above https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-93.jpg A golfer in a white shirt splashes out of a greenside bunker, sand spraying, the crowd behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-101.jpg A golfer lifts a hand as he walks up between bunkers, a full grandstand behind the green https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-104.jpg A golfer in a mint shirt blasts from a bunker in a spray of sand, the crowd above https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-105.jpg A golfer in a mint shirt watches his putt on a green ringed by a deep crowd https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-107.jpg Two spectators picnic on a blanket in the shade, a tree’s drooping boughs around them https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-108.jpg A couple stand in waist-high bracken, checking a phone, other spectators beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-109.jpg A golfer in a bucket hat and green shirt waits hands on hips, framed by blurred spectators https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-110.jpg Two golfers walk across a fairway past scrubby bunkers, spectators following on the path above https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-111.jpg A golfer in a pale blue shirt and navy cap plays an approach towards a bunkered green https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-112.jpg A golfer in a pale blue shirt strikes his approach, turf flying, the crowd banked round the green https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-113.jpg A golfer in a cream shirt follows through, divots in the air, a huge crowd around the green https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-114.jpg A golfer in navy and white at the top of his backswing, a massed crowd ahead https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-115.jpg A golfer in a pale blue shirt putts, a spectator perched in a tree behind the crowd https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-116.jpg A golfer in a dark shirt putts, a spectator perched up a gum tree behind the gallery https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-117.jpg A golfer crouches with his caddie to read a putt as another player and caddie look on https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-118.jpg A golfer in a white cap and sage shirt walks across the green, his caddie beside him https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-119.jpg A hillside packed with seated spectators under a blue sky and white cloud, the green’s edge below https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-120.jpg Players and caddies cross a broad fairway between two long lines of spectators https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-121.jpg A golfer in black putts before a deep crowd, a spectator perched in a gum tree above https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-122.jpg A golfer in a black shirt and white trousers stands with his putter, a deep crowd behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-125.jpg A golfer in sage green strikes a tee shot, turf flying, phones raised in the crowd behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-127.jpg A golfer in black nears the top of his backswing, a Quiet Please paddle raised behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-131.jpg A golfer in light blue follows through on a tee, turf spraying, a Quiet Please paddle raised behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-132.jpg A packed grandstand behind a deep bunker, a red and white flag held up in the crowd https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-134.jpg A golfer in pale blue points down the line, seen over a bunker’s lip against blue sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-136.jpg Two golfers on a green beyond a bunker’s sandy face, one hand on hip, under towering white cloud https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-137.jpg A golfer in a pale blue shirt looks down at the green, seen across a bunker’s sandy face https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-138.jpg Boys in matching navy bucket hats and polo shirts watch from the rope line https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-140.jpg Two golfers stand on a green as a third crouches to read a putt, the crowd beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-141.jpg A golfer in a black shirt and cap settles over a putt, spectators lining the green behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-143.jpg A golfer in a sage shirt walks the green’s edge, seen low over a bunker, the crowd behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-144.jpg A golfer in a mint shirt watches his putt near the flag, a caddie in the foreground https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-147.jpg A paved path crosses mown lawns under a tall gum, cars parked on a street beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-150.jpg A golfer in a pink shirt holds a high finish on a tee, caddies and spectators behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-155.jpg A golfer in a pink shirt splashes the ball out of a steep-faced bunker, sand flying https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-159.jpg Two golfers and their caddies walk down a fairway towards distant crowds and gum trees https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-163.jpg A golfer in a pale blue jumper crouches behind his ball, lining up a putt https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-164.jpg A golfer in a pale blue jumper raises a hand as he walks across the green https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-165.jpg A golfer in a pale blue jumper walks through the crowd as fans reach out for high fives https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-170.jpg Spectators press against the rope along a fairway, many holding up phones https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-171.jpg A golfer in navy blasts out of a broad bunker, sand plume and ball in the air https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-177.jpg A golfer in navy holds his finish in the fairway, a camera tower and crowds beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-179.jpg A golfer in navy tips his head back on the green, putter in hand, the crowd watching https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-181.jpg A woman in a green dress and white cap flashes a peace sign from the crowd https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-183.jpg Spectators stand talking among the tangled grey branches of the scrub https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-184.jpg Spectators line a fairway that runs between bunkers to a distant green, framed by foliage https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-187.jpg A golfer in navy plays out of a broad bunker, sand flaring, his caddie and camera crews beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-189.jpg A golfer and caddie walk down a sunlit fairway towards a bunkered green and crowds https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-193.jpg A golfer drives from a tee before a packed rope line, a marshal raising an orange paddle https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-196.jpg A golfer in grey and navy watches his approach from the fairway, divot flying, bunkers ahead https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-197.jpg A golfer putts on a green below the clubhouse, a deep bunker in the foreground https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-200.jpg A golfer in a navy cap and mirrored sunglasses gazes upward, close, against blurred trees https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-207.jpg A golfer flings out a gloved hand watching his shot, his caddie beside him in the rough https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-208.jpg Two golfers wait hands on hips, one in blue, one in a red cap and red shirt https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-209.jpg A rope line of spectators, some crouching, under a blue sky dotted with cloud https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-213.jpg A golfer in navy plays from a deep greenside bunker, the ball in the air, the crowd beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-215.jpg A long-haired golfer in a red shirt and cap watches from the green, the gallery packed behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-221.jpg A golfer in a dark shirt holds his finish on a tee beside a BMW sign https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-223.jpg A long-haired golfer in a red cap and red shirt looks back over his shoulder, a grandstand behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-224.jpg A golfer in a dark patterned shirt and white cap stoops, club in hand, the crowd blurred behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-226.jpg A golfer in a red shirt flings up a hand at the finish of his drive, trees beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-229.jpg A golfer in a dark shirt holds his finish on a tee, a model tram as tee marker https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-231.jpg Spectators stand in a long line at the edge of a fairway, their shadows stretching across the grass https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-233.jpg A huge crowd packs a rise under a clear blue sky, many in caps and hats https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-237.jpg A golfer in a dark shirt strikes an iron from the fairway, turf flying, a hospitality stand beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-240.jpg A dense crowd packs the ground before white marquees and the clubhouse roof, some arms raised https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-244.jpg Crowds throng a tee and spill along the fairway towards a packed grandstand under hazy sun https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-245.jpg A dense crowd watches intently from behind the rope, a flag and a caddie’s bib in the foreground https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-249.jpg A golfer in a red shirt reaches down on the green, one leg kicked back, phones raised behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-251.jpg A golfer in a red shirt waits beside his caddie at the foot of a flag-topped grandstand https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-253.jpg A golfer in a red shirt at the top of his backswing, grandstands and a big screen ahead https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-255.jpg A golfer in a dark shirt chips from a grass-tufted bunker towards the green, the crowd beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-256.jpg A golfer in a blue shirt blasts out of a greenside bunker below the grandstands and big screen https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-259.jpg A golfer bends double on the green, cap in hand, before a tall tournament sign and the crowd https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-263.jpg A golfer in a red shirt crouches over a putt, the big screen behind showing him close up https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Royal-Melbourne-Australian-Open-2026-William-Watt-Contours-264.jpg A golfer in a red shirt lifts his cap and holds his head, the crowd behind https://contours.golf/journal/7-mile-beach/ 2025-10-21 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-54.jpg Dune grass above the beach at 7 Mile Beach, a wave breaking under golden cloud, dark hills beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-41.jpg A smiling man in a cap and navy pullover stands by a white four-wheel drive in the dunes https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-46.jpg A man in a cap stands silhouetted on a grassy dune crest against a low sun https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-35.jpg From above, a lone figure on a sandy dune over a green valley, the bay and hills beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-38.jpg Low sun streams through a stand of pines, backlighting tussock grass https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-64.jpg From the air, surf along a long curving beach beside fairways in the dunes, pines and water beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-112.jpg A red flag on a green tucked into golden dune grass, dark pines and a wooded hill behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-55.jpg A green in a hollow among grassy, sandy dunes, a small red flag under grey cloud https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-100.jpg Looking straight down on a fairway and two bunkers, scrubby dunes, the beach and lines of surf https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-103.jpg From the air, sunlit fairways and dunes behind the beach, a pine belt and the bay beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-68.jpg Fairways wind through dunes in low golden sun, two figures by a drift of smoke below https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-95.jpg From above, a broad striped fairway snakes through scrubby dunes towards hills in hazy sun https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-109.jpg A fairway rolls between grassy dunes to a green, the bay and a wooded, built-up headland beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-105.jpg From the air, the beach and its surf run beside the course, pines and the bay behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-44.jpg A golfer walks towards a red flag in hazy backlight, his long shadow across the green https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-47.jpg A golfer in a cap tees off on a wide grassy tee framed by dunes under grey cloud https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-89.jpg From the air, the curving beach and course, a pine belt, then the bay, an island and hills https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-88.jpg A green in late light below a row of tall pines, the water and a waterside suburb beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-57.jpg A green with a red flag under a heavy, sunlit sky, dune grass and wooded hills behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-53.jpg Dunes and fairways under dark cloud, the beach curving away in hazy light below the hills https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-119.jpg Ball markers stamped Seven Mile Beach Tasmania stand in a timber block edged with bark https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-Mile-Beach_Golf_Hobart_Tasmania-126.jpg Four golf trolleys with bags parked on the grass before golden dune grass under a blue sky https://contours.golf/journal/furnace-creek/ 2025-10-10 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CONTOURS_DeathValley_FurnaceCreek-38.jpg A lone palm beside a pond on the course at Furnace Creek, the mountains pink in low light https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CONTOURS_DeathValley_FurnaceCreek-16.jpg A desert road runs downhill through scrub toward a vast pale valley floor and bare mountains https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CONTOURS_DeathValley_FurnaceCreek-14.jpg A road winds down into a wide desert valley past a yellow sign: 8% grade, 5 miles https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CONTOURS_DeathValley_FurnaceCreek-23.jpg Two people on rippled sand dunes in low sun, one crouched with a phone, folded mountains behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CONTOURS_DeathValley_FurnaceCreek-26.jpg Wind-rippled white sand and green desert shrubs, a line of mountains under a pale sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CONTOURS_DeathValley_FurnaceCreek-4.jpg From the air, a tree-lined fairway and pond edged by bare white desert and a road https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CONTOURS_DeathValley_FurnaceCreek-6.jpg From the air, green fairways, ponds and rows of trees in a bare desert valley, mountains in haze https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CONTOURS_DeathValley_FurnaceCreek-32.jpg A row of tall palms in silhouette against a pale blue sky, a fairway in front https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CONTOURS_DeathValley_FurnaceCreek-31.jpg A red stone sign: Furnace Creek Golf Course, 214 feet below sea level, the lowest on Earth https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CONTOURS_DeathValley_FurnaceCreek-40.jpg A scorecard and pencil clipped to the steering wheel of a golf cart, a sunlit fairway beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CONTOURS_DeathValley_FurnaceCreek-42-2.jpg A man in a cap lines up a drive beside a reedy pond, bare mountains beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CONTOURS_DeathValley_FurnaceCreek-66.jpg A golfer in a bucket hat swings on a sandy path, dust flying, under feathery trees https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CONTOURS_DeathValley_FurnaceCreek-50.jpg A golfer in a cap watches his drive in hazy low sun, big grey-green trees behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CONTOURS_DeathValley_FurnaceCreek-58.jpg A white flag on a green, a ball nearby, scrub and bare desert mountains beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CONTOURS_DeathValley_FurnaceCreek-55.jpg A green and white hole sign giving the par and four tee distances, feathery dark green trees behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CONTOURS_DeathValley_FurnaceCreek-68.jpg A broad fairway in long shadows between rows of grey-green trees under a clear blue sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CONTOURS_DeathValley_FurnaceCreek-78.jpg A fairway and tall palms below layered bare mountains, a branch hanging across the top https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CONTOURS_DeathValley_FurnaceCreek-57.jpg A red flag on a green, a ball beside it, sandy waste, palms and pale mountains beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CONTOURS_DeathValley_FurnaceCreek-74.jpg A fairway running to a distant white flag below palms, hedges and eroded hills in blue haze https://contours.golf/journal/mulligans-clubmakers/ 2024-11-14 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mulligans_TimeBowman-10.jpg A row of worn blade iron heads laid side by side on a bench, close up in black and white https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Contours_Mulligans_July23-97.jpg A brown, long-eared dog seen through a window, gazing off to one side https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Contours_Mulligans_July23-80.jpg A bearded man in a hoodie leans, arms folded, on a timber counter, shelves of golf books and boxes behind, in black and white https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Contours_Mulligans_July23-7.jpg A shop floor with a timber counter, jumpers and shirts on a rail, caps on a shelf and framed golf photographs on white walls https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mulligans_TimeBowman-1.jpg A row of unshafted putter heads standing on a timber shelf, one of them brass https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mulligans_TimeBowman-9.jpg A man in glasses bends close over a club head in a vice, working it with a small hand tool, in black and white https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mulligans_TimeBowman-12.jpg Three men talk in a workshop with brick walls, shelves of paint bottles and clubs in a rack behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mulligans_TimeBowman-8.jpg Gloved hands hold a wedge head against a belt sander, one glove marked in black pen https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mulligans_TimeBowman-2.jpg A workbench of putter and iron heads, shelves of coloured paint bottles lit behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Contours_Mulligans_July23-30.jpg Irons and headcovered woods standing in a golf bag against a brick wall, in black and white https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mulligans_TimeBowman-6.jpg Gloved hands press an iron head to a grinding wheel, sparks glowing orange https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mulligans_TimeBowman-7.jpg A man in glasses and yellow ear muffs looks through a glow of sparks https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Contours_Mulligans_July23-28.jpg A smiling man in a hoodie stands among workbenches and vices, another man in a puffer jacket in the foreground, in black and white https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Contours_Mulligans_July23-15.jpg A framed black and white photograph of a golfer finishing his swing before a lined crowd, above a long rack of irons https://contours.golf/journal/a-trip-to-the-masters/ 2024-05-31 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-61.jpg Augusta National: a fairway sweeping between tall pines to a sprawling white bunker, spectators at the edge https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-17.jpg A green TV camera tower with a canopy and ladder, its operator seated at the top among pines https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-54.jpg A yellow flag on a smooth, sloping green, crowds and pines far behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-19.jpg A tall pine on a ring of pine straw, white bunkers and a crowd by camera towers beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-70.jpg A man in a green jumper and cap crouches to touch the striped turf beside a walkway https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-68.jpg A green beside a pond seen past tall pines, a white Leaders board and a stone bridge beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-67.jpg A white fingerpost pointing to the 14th Green, 18th Tee, Amen Corner, Concessions, Clubhouse and Restrooms https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-64.jpg A fairway climbing between tall pines past a big white bunker, green camera towers on the crest https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-62.jpg Tall, thin pines lean over a lawn, a white scoreboard set among the trees https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-58.jpg A dark menu board listing sandwiches, breakfast, beverages and snacks, pimento cheese among them https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-55.jpg A man in white overalls crosses a green below a big white Leaders scoreboard https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-52.jpg Spectators gather around a green below tall pines, a white bunker in front https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-40.jpg A bearded man in white overalls and a green cap peers through a small handheld device, azaleas behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-24.jpg A small green box on a post holding course maps, marked ‘Please, One Per Patron’ https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-30.jpg Looking down on a crowd queueing at a green concession stand among the trees https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-43.jpg A frothy drink in a green Crow’s Nest cup beside an iced amber drink in a Masters cup https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-8.jpg White chairs and green-and-white umbrellas on a lawn below a white building with a cupola https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-7.jpg A timber box of ball markers, tees, green pencils, tape and small packets set on a white cloth https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-20.jpg People queue under a timber pavilion at counters marked Snacks, staff in green behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-87.jpg A man in green presses a long-handled tool into closely mown turf beside a pond as another watches https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-3.jpg The big Masters scoreboard under a row of national flags, a crowd gathered below https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-83.jpg Men with knives and rakes patch the turf beside a rubber mat, cut sods stacked behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-81.jpg A roped-off tee in front of dense shrubs and tall pines, a round sign on a pole https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-78.jpg A green guarded by white bunkers below a bank of azaleas and tall trees https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-71.jpg Two smiling men stand side by side on a fairway, a green and white bunkers blurred behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-18.jpg A long white bunker before a green, crowds along the ridge behind and a TV tower at left https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-12.jpg Still water mirrors tall pines below a green and a long grassy slope https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-75.jpg A green fronted by white bunkers, banks of azaleas in flower and tall pines behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-77.jpg Spectators tap screens in a row of green booths under a Patron Survey sign https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-13.jpg A white two-storey house with black shutters and deep verandahs above clipped hedges and azaleas https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-35.jpg A group chats on a fairway, among them a man in a wide white hat and a lanyard https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-65.jpg A groundsman in ear muffs pushes a red mower across striped turf inside the ropes https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Matthew_Mollica_Augusta_Experience-80.jpg A yellow flag on a raised green between white bunkers, a wall of azaleas and pines behind https://contours.golf/journal/te-arai-links/ 2024-03-28 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-248.jpg Te Arai Links from directly above: surf on the beach, then fairways winding through white dunes https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Te-Arai_Previews_WilliamWatt-1.jpg A fairway running between tall pines and sandy bunkers under a grey sky, wooded hills beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-93.jpg The Hotel Britomart in lettering on a board-marked concrete wall, city lights blurred beside it https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-90.jpg Cream bicycles lined up outside tall steel-framed windows, a warmly lit lobby glowing behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-41.jpg Signs for Tuawhiti Lane and Mr Morris on old brick, a glass facade and white tower beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-19.jpg Looking up a tall building of pale brick, its small windows set at random against a bright sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-10.jpg A dark timber door marked Rangihoua at the end of a brick corridor, lit by one downlight https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-14.jpg Charred asparagus, sourdough on Kingi paper and dark-crusted fish on a round table with wine glasses https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-12.jpg A low sofa with white and charcoal cushions beneath a large framed coastal photograph, a lamp beside https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-32.jpg A marble-topped table and two curved leather chairs set against whitewashed brick beside a window https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-22.jpg A small table and curved chair against a distressed wall of old brick and patterned plaster https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-37.jpg A man sits at one of the stone-topped tables in a laneway courtyard of potted trees https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-43.jpg A guest at a timber reception desk in a lofty lobby of concrete, steel-framed glass and greenery https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-50.jpg An arched doorway with open glass doors onto a dining room under a glittering chandelier, a figure passing https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-44.jpg A cream sofa, a turned timber stool and a potted tree in a concrete and glass lobby https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-28.jpg Leather armchairs and low round tables around a lamp in a lounge of old brick and long curtains https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-38.jpg People crossing a cobbled courtyard towards a glass entrance in an old brick building, a patio heater beside https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-78.jpg Chefs in striped aprons plating at a long timber counter in a warmly lit open kitchen https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-57.jpg Oysters on crushed ice in a dark bowl with green sprigs, set on a swirling timber table https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-73.jpg A close view of a dish of purple leaves, edible flowers, clear jelly and a lacy crisp https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-63.jpg A battered corn dog on a stick beside a small pot of sauce in a dark timber dish https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-82.jpg White fish under a crumb, a green purée and small golden roast vegetables on a white plate https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-108.jpg A terraced garden of clipped shrubs and beds below a farmhouse with white umbrellas https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-138.jpg A waiter takes an order from two diners at a white-clothed table, the sea and green hills beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-121.jpg Two seared scallops in a pale sauce under a green leaf, a glass of white wine beside https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-135.jpg A dessert of orange sorbet, crumbs and a dusted orange sphere on a pale stoneware plate https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-143.jpg A black helicopter waits on a hilltop at the end of a grassy lane beside a tall hedge https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-158.jpg Inside a helicopter: the instrument panel, a map glowing on its screen, a hand on the controls https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-165.jpg Te Arai Links from the air: fairways in dunes behind a long beach, forest and hills inland https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Contours_Auckland_Dec22_WWP-179.jpg Fairways and white sand threaded through pine forest on the North Course, seen from the air https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_Golf_Dec22_WWP-96.jpg Two men lift bags from a black helicopter parked on fine fescue turf, pines behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_Golf_Dec22_WWP-97.jpg A black helicopter at rest on the fescue landing pad, a man in black standing by its nose https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_NonGolf_Dec22_WWP-62.jpg A timber-clad building under a deep timber eave, the concrete forecourt running flush to its doors https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Contours_TeArai_NonGolf_Dec22_WWP-29.jpg Low timber-clad lodges among sand, young trees and grasses, a pine forest behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Contours_TeArai_NonGolf_Dec22_WWP-5.jpg Three timber doors in a dark-stained wall, a flush timber deck at their feet https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Contours_TeArai_NonGolf_Dec22_WWP-21.jpg A bedroom opening through tall glass doors onto a deck with two chairs, pines and dunes beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_Golf_Dec22_WWP-104.jpg Tall pines frame a fairway and its sandy bunkers on a grey day, a wooded hill behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_Golf_Dec22_WWP-102.jpg A broad fairway rolling towards white sand and dunes, low buildings at the edge of the pines https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_Golf_Dec22_WWP-100.jpg A helicopter hovers in a cloud of sand beyond a driving range strewn with balls, pines behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_Golf_Dec22_WWP-68.jpg A green set among sand blowouts and grassy dunes under a white sky, tussock in front https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_Golf_Dec22_WWP-66.jpg A red flag on a green behind a small round bunker, mist hanging in the trees beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_Golf_Dec22_WWP-65.jpg From the tee, a fairway threads through sandy scrub towards misty pines and hills https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_Golf_Dec22_WWP-62.jpg A fairway runs towards a red flag by a rough sea, a dark headland in the mist https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_Golf_Dec22_WWP-58.jpg A red flag on a green cradled by grassy dunes, a grey sea beyond, tussock in front https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_Golf_Dec22_WWP-56.jpg A green seen past a sandy bank and tussock, a white-capped sea behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_Golf_Dec22_WWP-54.jpg From between the tee markers, a green below a sandy slope and a forest of tall bare pines https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_Golf_Dec22_WWP-53.jpg A red flag on a green with heavy surf breaking just beyond, land faint on the horizon https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_Golf_Dec22_WWP-48.jpg Fairways among sand and dune scrub on a wet day, a line of pines and misty hills behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_Golf_Dec22_WWP-42.jpg A fairway rising towards sandy dunes, a lone stand of tall pines on the skyline https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_Golf_Dec22_WWP-39.jpg A red flag on a green above a deep, ragged bunker, a white dune and pines behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_Golf_Dec22_WWP-36.jpg A green with a small bunker in front of it, a rough white-capped sea just beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_Golf_Dec22_WWP-12.jpg A broad fairway rolling up to a distant flag on the skyline, sand at its right https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_Golf_Dec22_WWP-11.jpg A red flag on a green in front of a row of tall, thin pines https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_Golf_Dec22_WWP-105.jpg A fairway climbing between two dark stands of pine, bunkers on its right https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Te-Arai_Film_WilliamWatt-37.jpg A fairway bending past a sandy waste and a lone pine, mist over the forest beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Te-Arai_Film_WilliamWatt-43.jpg Rolling fairway rising to a red flag on its crest under a pale sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Te-Arai_Film_WilliamWatt-39.jpg A fairway through dune grasses towards a green, low timber lodges on the rise behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-87.jpg Low buildings glowing warm at blue hour, pines silhouetted against the sea and a deep blue sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-120.jpg A fairway and dunes glimpsed through a stand of pine trunks, a golf cart in the distance https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-102.jpg Feathery grass plumes and tussock in front, a green in the dunes and the sea beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-26.jpg Tee markers above a hole falling to bunkers and dunes, the sea and islands on the horizon https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-20.jpg Rolling links ground running out to the dunes, a jagged island across the sea https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-7.jpg Soft light on fairways along the coast, dune grass in front and headlands beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-1.jpg Outdoor lounge chairs facing the course, pines silhouetted against a glowing sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-4.jpg A pink cloud over the pines and a row of lodges, the fairway still in shadow https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-13.jpg A red flag on a green above the beach, an island on the horizon across a calm sea https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-19.jpg Soft light on a rolling fairway and a distant flag, a jagged island far across the sea https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-30.jpg A red flag on a broad green, the sea and a faint island beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-38.jpg A fairway winding between ragged dunes and bunkers under broken cloud https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-39.jpg A green tucked between dunes and the beach, a headland and jagged island across the water https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-41.jpg A green ringed by sand and bunkers in the dunes, grassy coastal hills behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-51.jpg Sunlight on a fairway with a central bunker, dunes and a pine forest behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-56.jpg A flag beyond two central bunkers, a wall of pines and a wooded hill behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-59.jpg Waves rolling onto a long empty beach, a headland in the distance, dune grass in front https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-63.jpg A red flag on a green near the shore, a dark headland rising across the bay https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-69.jpg A fairway and bunker glimpsed between tall pine trunks, the sea on the horizon https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-108.jpg Rolling fairway under heavy cloud in low golden light, a flag on the horizon https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-125.jpg A green among the dunes above a blue sea, a long island on the horizon https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-145.jpg Bright sun and long shadows across a fairway climbing to a stand of pines https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-150.jpg Rolling fairway below a ridge of grassy dunes, the sea just beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-48.jpg A slatted sand fence half buried in rippled sand and dune grass https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-244.jpg From high above the beach, fairways threaded through dunes and pine forest beside the surf https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-152.jpg A grassy mound in the middle of a fairway running beside the beach, islands beyond, low sun https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-165.jpg Straight down on surf, beach and dunes, a fairway and a cluster of lodges inland https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-171.jpg A long beach curving into the distance, the course in the dunes, farmland and hills beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-175.jpg A stream winding through white dunes and pine forest, fairways beside it https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-176.jpg Turquoise sea and a long beach from above, the course among the dunes and pines https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-183.jpg Fairways threaded through the dunes behind a long beach, green hills in the distance https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-187.jpg Low over a broad green with sandy bunkers in long shadow, the sea and pines beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-191.jpg A green complex edged by a steep sand face, the beach and coastal hills beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-195.jpg Hazy light along the coast, fairways in the dunes beside turquoise surf, lodges below https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-202.jpg Straight down on fairways spreading through sandy scrub, white bunkers at their edges https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-201.jpg A pavilion beside a fairway, with lodges and a practice ground behind and pines all round https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-246.jpg Straight down: breaking surf, the beach, then fairways winding through the dunes https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-257.jpg A red mower cuts stripes in a dewy fairway, long pine shadows across the turf https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-263.jpg Long shadows striping a fairway that runs towards sandy dunes and pine forest https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-266.jpg A deep bunker in the middle of a fairway running along the coast, pines at its head https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-269.jpg Fairways looping through sandy dunes below a pine forest, farmland beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-292.jpg Low sun across a rolling green, dunes and the coast curving away beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-299.jpg Greens and bunkers scattered through the dunes behind a long surf beach https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-303.jpg Warm light along the dunes and fairways, a beach curving towards wooded hills https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-308.jpg The course spread through the dunes behind a long beach, lodges at the forest edge https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-231.jpg A green with a single bunker beside a winding path, the sea and pines beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-233.jpg A cart path winding between fairways through white sand and scrub, the sea at left https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-237.jpg A fairway running beside a row of dark-roofed lodges, the sea and broken cloud beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-256.jpg Surf, beach and dunes from above, fairways winding through the sand https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-301.jpg The beach and surf on one side, fairways in the dunes on the other, hills behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-345.jpg A flag on a sunlit green below the dunes, a jagged island across the sea https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-346.jpg Golden haze over fairways and dunes, forest behind and the surf at right https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-340.jpg A hazy panorama of the course and a long beach running out to a headland https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-336.jpg Pines and fairways in low light above a beach curving to a dark headland https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-10.jpg Rolling ground falling to a green by the sea in soft light, an island on the horizon https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Te_Arai_Previews-1.jpg A yellow flag on a green in front, another beyond it near a grey sea https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Te-Arai_Film_WilliamWatt-22.jpg A man in black stands on a rolling green near a yellow flag, pines on the skyline https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_Golf_Dec22_WWP-26.jpg A man in a navy jacket gestures as he walks across the turf, sandy dunes behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-8.jpg Pines frame a calm sea under pink-lit cloud, the course in shadow below https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-93.jpg A towering cloud glows pink above the sea and a distant headland, the course in shadow https://contours.golf/journal/elevated-greens/ 2023-12-01 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_Jounral_Lukas_Michel-5.jpg National Golf Links of America: raked sand and wild grasses before bold fairways, a windmill on the skyline https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_Jounral_Lukas_Michel-7.jpg A deer grazes by a sandy waste below a fairway framed by tall pines, under big white clouds https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_Jounral_Lukas_Michel-6.jpg A shaggy grass mound with bunkers at its foot short of a green, autumn colour in the trees https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_Jounral_Lukas_Michel-1.jpg A green set among small round bunkers and sandy waste, tall trees behind, seen from the tee https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_Jounral_Lukas_Michel-2.jpg Timber steps climb a steep grass bank from a bunker to a raised green, trees at dusk https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Lukas-Michel_ElevatedGreens-3.jpg Low grassy mounds running across a fairway, golfers and their bags near a green, woods behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Lukas-Michel_ElevatedGreens-1.jpg A raised green on a grassy mound below tall trees, long golden grass in front https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Lukas-Michel_ElevatedGreens-2.jpg From the tee, a mown strip leads up to sandy bunkers cut into tall grassy mounds https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_Journal_Will_watt_RoyalMelbourne-1-2.jpg Low sun over a fairway rising past sandy scrub to a bunker beneath dark trees https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_Journal_Will_watt_RoyalMelbourne-6.jpg Rugged-edged bunkers ring a green behind golden grass, a stand of trees beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_Journal_Will_watt_RoyalMelbourne-3.jpg A round bunker below a green where golfers stand, a scrub-covered bank and trees behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_Journal_Will_watt_Kingston-Heath-1.jpg From the air, clusters of white bunkers around greens among trees and a sandy path https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RoyalMelbourne_Feb23_WilliamWatt-102.jpg A broad fairway with a chain of white bunkers along its right side, dense trees beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/CommonwealthGC_Contours_0423-Selected-9.jpg A steep-faced bunker in front, a fairway running to more bunkers below tall gum trees https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/CommonwealthGC_Contours_0423-Selected-12.jpg Sandy scrub and tufted grasses across a fairway, bunkers and gum trees around a green beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/CommonwealthGC_Contours_0423-Selected-4.jpg A green below tall trees, its bunkers edged with native grasses and scrub https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_Journal_Will_watt_RoyalMelbourne-7.jpg A flag on a green above a great sweeping bunker, a fairway and scrub beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_Journal_Will_watt_RoyalMelbourne-1.jpg A fairway curving between sandy scrub and white bunkers towards dense trees https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_Journal_Will_watt_RoyalMelbourne-2-2.jpg Flat white bunkers set into the fairway before a green, a spreading old tree behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_Journal_Will_watt_RoyalMelbourne-3-2.jpg Low sun across a rolling fairway, a deep bunker in shadow at left, trees beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_Journal_Will_watt_RoyalMelbourne-4.jpg A green framed by deep bunkers, sandy banks and scrub, trees behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_Journal_Will_watt_Kingston-Heath-1-3.jpg From above, a fairway lined with bunkers and trees leading to a white clubhouse and suburban houses https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_Journal_Will_watt_Kingston-Heath-1-6.jpg From above, a fairway leading to a green hemmed by clusters of bunkers and sandy scrub https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_Journal_Will_watt_Kingston-Heath-1-7.jpg Rows of bunkers in front of a green, a broad old tree behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_Jounral_Lukas_Michel-3.jpg A fairway running to a green among low sandy dunes under a clear blue sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_Jounral_Lukas_Michel-4.jpg A green in a valley between wooded, sandy dunes, the sea through the gap beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_LonsdaleLinks_Oct23-46.jpg A hazy view across scrub and fairways to water and distant hills, a triangular marker on a post https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_LonsdaleLinks_Oct23-17.jpg A timber post-and-rail fence casting long shadows across a grass path under trees https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_LonsdaleLinks_Oct23-2.jpg A tee sign reading ‘2 Biarritz’ beside a bench and a gnarled tree, water beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_LonsdaleLinks_Oct23-150.jpg From above, golfers with trolleys on a broad, square green between two grassy mounds https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_LonsdaleLinks_Oct23-158.jpg From the air at sunset, a green in coastal scrub beside wetlands and the sea https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_LonsdaleLinks_Oct23-160.jpg From above, a green with a white bunker in coastal scrub, a broad lake beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_LonsdaleLinks_Oct23-190.jpg Low sun over a heaving, rolling green with a flag, water and scrub beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_LonsdaleLinks_Oct23-194.jpg From above, a rectangular bunker crossed by grassy ridges, a modern clubhouse and the bay beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Contours_LonsdaleLinks_Oct23-201.jpg A green beneath scrub-covered dunes, dry grass in front https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RoyalMelbourne_Feb23_WilliamWatt-98.jpg Straight down on a long, scalloped bunker with tufted grass islands in the middle of a fairway https://contours.golf/journal/two-bridges-too-far-the-farm-at-cape-kidnappers/ 2024-02-15 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/KIDNAPPERS-FARM-Original-4a.jpg Cape Kidnappers from the air in black and white, gullied farmland running to the sea, numbered holes drawn over it in red https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/KIDNAPPERS-FARM-Original-1.jpg Green pasture on a ridge above a deep, bush-filled gully with a stream at its foot, rolling farmland and hills beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/KIDNAPPERS-FARM-Original-3-b.jpg Sheep on a ridge above a deep gully, cattle on the broad flat beyond, sea cliffs and a rock stack, in black and white https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/KIDNAPPERS-FARM-Original-2.jpg A broad green paddock edged by eroded gully banks, dark stands of pine on the slopes and bare hills behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/The-Farm-AI-Renders-31.jpg An AI render of a golf hole in a green valley, bunkers and a creek pool among trees, hills and the sea beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/The-Farm-AI-Renders-12.jpg An AI render of fairways and deep bunkers winding between steep green hills, the sea on the horizon https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/The-Farm-AI-Renders-4.jpg An AI render of a valley of fairways and grassy mounds, a path curving through and dark trees in the foreground https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/The-Farm-AI-Renders-9.jpg An AI render of a broad fairway and green in a valley of smooth green hills, a stand of dark pines on the slope https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Contours_13th-Beach_Oct23-14.jpg Golfers small on a grassy flat beside a rocky river, sheer canyon walls and hazy hills beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Contours_13th-Beach_Oct23-1.jpg A deep river canyon from above, a strip of green with pale bunkers on its floor, snow-capped peaks along the horizon https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Contours_13th-Beach_Oct23-2.jpg A rusted street sign with a golfer’s silhouette: ‘The Most Amazing Golf Course on Earth’, ‘Himalayan Golf Course, only 20 minutes drive from here’ https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Contours_13th-Beach_Oct23-3.jpg A milky blue river curving through a deep canyon, fairways and white bunkers on the shaded flat beside it, dry grass in the foreground https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Contours_13th-Beach_Oct23-4.jpg A fenced green and its flag on a ledge above a rocky, rushing river, a path zigzagging up the bank, in black and white https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Contours_13th-Beach_Oct23-5.jpg A strip of fairway dotted with round white bunkers between a rushing river and a steep, scrubby slope, a small red footbridge crossing https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Contours_13th-Beach_Oct23-6.jpg Snow-capped peaks above wooded hills and a town, green fairways on a canyon floor below https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Contours_13th-Beach_Oct23-7.jpg Green fairways along a canyon floor below eroded cliffs, a town on the rim and snow-capped peaks in cloud behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Contours_13th-Beach_Oct23-8.jpg A wider view of the canyon: the river crossed by a footbridge, greens and bunkers on one bank, a town along the rim https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Contours_13th-Beach_Oct23-9.jpg Two men carrying golf bags cross a fairway towards snow-capped mountains, a tree in pink flower beside them https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Contours_13th-Beach_Oct23-10.jpg A river running between sunlit canyon walls, a broad green flat on its bank https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Contours_13th-Beach_Oct23-11.jpg Two men cross a mesh suspension bridge over a rushing river, one carrying a golf bag, fairway on the far bank https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Contours_13th-Beach_Oct23-12.jpg A river winding along a canyon floor of fairways, below sunlit cliffs and a distant snow-capped peak https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Contours_13th-Beach_Oct23-13.jpg Five people in single file cross a steel footbridge on stone piers over a shallow, rocky river, the last carrying a golf bag https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/The-Farm-AI-Renders-27.jpg An AI render of fairways and bunkers above a winding river, wind-shaped trees and green hills running to the sea https://contours.golf/journal/interview-don-placek/ 2023-09-14 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Contours_DonPlacek_NoahJurik-10.jpg A course map drawn in copper lines on deep navy, its greens, bunkers and contours seen close up https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Contours_DonPlacek_NoahJurik-2.jpg A grey-bearded man in glasses inks a detailed course plan at a desk crowded with pens https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Contours_DonPlacek_NoahJurik-19.jpg A hand-drawn course map on a drafting table by a big window, among pens, brushes and markers https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Contours_DonPlacek_NoahJurik-5.jpg Two hands smooth a sheet of tracing paper over a coloured plan of a hole https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Contours_DonPlacek_NoahJurik-18.jpg From above, a hand-drawn course map in green and blue with a castle sketch, pens around it https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Contours_DonPlacek_NoahJurik-6.jpg A drafting desk below a tall grid window in a dim studio, a lamp and framed map beside https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Contours_DonPlacek_NoahJurik-1.jpg Hands unroll a large ink plan of a course on a drafting table, pens lined up in front https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Contours_DonPlacek_NoahJurik-1-2.jpg A Cabot Highlands Golf Course plan in white line on deep blue, with a compass rose and castle https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Contours_DonPlacek_NoahJurik-16.jpg Close up, a hand-drawn plan washed in blue: bunkers ringing a green at the end of a fairway https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Contours_DonPlacek_NoahJurik-8.jpg A man in glasses points at a large aerial photograph of a golf course spread on the floor https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Contours_DonPlacek_NoahJurik-11.jpg A finger traces fairways on a fine ink plan dense with bunkers, a darker drawing beneath https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Contours_DonPlacek_NoahJurik-1-3.jpg A plan of the course for Stoatin Brae Golf Club, drawn in fine pink and black line https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Contours_DonPlacek_NoahJurik-13.jpg A scorecard with one row scored in little drawn faces, a golf ball on a wooden stand https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Contours_DonPlacek_NoahJurik-12.jpg Through a doorway, a studio of grid windows, a drafting desk, framed maps, golf clubs and rolled plans https://contours.golf/journal/interview-brian-palmer/ 2025-01-03 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian_Palmer_Tara_Iti_Contours_WWP-64.jpg At Tara Iti in black and white, a man walks across a dewy green, his footprints trailing behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian_Palmer_Tara_Iti_Contours_WWP-8.jpg A man walks toward a pink sunrise over the sea, club in hand, footprints in the dew behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian_Palmer_Tara_Iti_Contours_WWP-3.jpg Silhouetted against an orange dawn sky, a man leans on a hole cutter pressed into a green https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian_Palmer_Tara_Iti_Contours_WWP-36.jpg A hole cutter with a red handle and a putter beside a leather bag, tussock and dunes behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian_Palmer_Tara_Iti_Contours_WWP-80.jpg In black and white, a hole cup on the green beside loose soil on a crumpled cloth https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian_Palmer_Tara_Iti_Contours_WWP-28.jpg A man in a pale cap and vest holds a white hole cup, a mower working beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian_Palmer_Tara_Iti_Contours_WWP-51.jpg From the air, fairways winding through sandy dunes toward the sea, a building on the rise https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian_Palmer_Tara_Iti_Contours_WWP-56.jpg From the air, two people on a broad green throw long shadows, the low sun over the sea https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian_Palmer_Tara_Iti_Contours_WWP-42.jpg A man lifts a hole cutter from the green, a leather bag at his feet, a building beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian_Palmer_Tara_Iti_Contours_WWP-59.jpg In black and white, two people and a mower in silhouette on a green, peaks on the horizon https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian_Palmer_Tara_Iti_Contours_WWP-103.jpg In black and white, a man walks toward a flag on a green, another figure beyond, dunes behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian_Palmer_Tara_Iti_Contours_WWP-66.jpg In black and white, a man bends over a hole on a green ringed by dunes, sea beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian_Palmer_Tara_Iti_Contours_WWP-13.jpg A man in a cap on a dewy green at dawn, footprints around him, a lone pine beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian_Palmer_Tara_Iti_Contours_WWP-11.jpg A blurred foot over a white plastic tube on the green, a hole cutter and leather bag behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian_Palmer_Tara_Iti_Contours_WWP-46.jpg From the air, the low sun throws shadows over a green and its bunker, a mower at work https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian_Palmer_Tara_Iti_Contours_WWP-52.jpg From the air, a fairway through white sand and scrub beside a long surf beach https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Contours_TeArai_May2023_WWP-22.jpg A green with a red flag on rumpled fairway above the surf, jagged blue peaks across the sea https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian_Palmer_Tara_Iti_Contours_WWP-24.jpg A red flag in a fresh hole on a dewy green, a ball beside it, footprints all round https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian_Palmer_Tara_Iti_Contours_WWP-23.jpg A man in a cap pushes a green walk-behind mower across a green, another worker behind him https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian-Palmer-Extra-1.jpg Three green walk-behind mowers lined up against a plywood wall, a golf bag and cables hanging above https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian_Palmer_Tara_Iti_Contours_WWP-40.jpg A man with a leather bag and a club walks a broad fairway past sandy waste and tussock https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian_Palmer_Tara_Iti_Contours_WWP-47.jpg From the air, two people walk a fairway through scrubby dunes, headlands and the sea beyond https://contours.golf/journal/breaking-bad-at-bondi/ 2023-08-10 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Adrian_Logue_Bondi_Diggers_Contours-6.jpg Surf foams around rust-red rocks below the clifftops at Bondi, a shrub blurred in the foreground https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Adrian_Logue_Bondi_Diggers_Contours-4.jpg Two golfers on the clifftop above sandstone ledges and scrub, the sea and a long headland beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Adrian_Logue_Bondi_Diggers_Contours-24.jpg A yellow flag at a green’s edge above a sandy bank, a tall stone vent stack behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Adrian_Logue_Bondi_Diggers_Contours-28.jpg A green and its yellow flag above red-tiled roofs, the surf and sand of Bondi Beach beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Adrian_Logue_Bondi_Diggers_Contours-29.jpg A yellow flag through blurred foliage, wooded hills and the arch of a distant bridge under pink cloud https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Adrian_Logue_Bondi_Diggers_Contours-8.jpg A boulder painted ‘Out of Bounds’ in white, a figure in red on the grassy clifftop beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Adrian_Logue_Bondi_Diggers_Contours-27.jpg A lone figure sits on the edge of a weathered sandstone ledge above the sea, a headland beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Adrian_Logue_Bondi_Diggers_Contours-19.jpg Two young men in caps, one in black, one in white, hold drivers on a seaside clifftop https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Adrian_Logue_Bondi_Diggers_Contours-1.jpg Looking up at the sewer vent’s ringed stone column through the leaves of a coastal shrub https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Adrian_Logue_Bondi_Diggers_Contours-7.jpg A blue tee marker reading Bondi G.C. 5, 277m, Par 4, yellow flags on the greens behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Adrian_Logue_Bondi_Diggers_Contours-21.jpg A grey-haired golfer in a hoodie and shorts follows through on the tee, the tall vent stack ahead https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Adrian_Logue_Bondi_Diggers_Contours-18.jpg Two men in black fishing suits and packs pick their way down a cliff path towards the sea https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Adrian_Logue_Bondi_Diggers_Contours-17.jpg A small wooden cross among yellow wildflowers on the clifftop, sandstone cliffs and sea beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Adrian_Logue_Bondi_Diggers_Contours-23.jpg Four golfers on a green, two hugging as another holds the yellow flag, trolleys beside them https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Adrian_Logue_Bondi_Diggers_Contours-14.jpg Two women in jeans, one in a red jumper, stroll across a fairway under billowing cloud https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Adrian_Logue_Bondi_Diggers_Contours-3.jpg A barefoot couple, one in a green floral dress, walk towards the rock shelf and the sea https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Adrian_Logue_Bondi_Diggers_Contours-20.jpg Close on an old black and red vinyl golf bag, its pocket marked Pro Line 800 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Adrian_Logue_Bondi_Diggers_Contours-16.jpg A bright mural on a corrugated shed: a woman in green sunglasses blowing a bubble, ‘#hello evoque’ https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Adrian_Logue_Bondi_Diggers_Contours-26.jpg Four golfers with their bags come over a grassy rise, the sea behind under soft cloud https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Adrian_Logue_Bondi_Diggers_Contours-11.jpg From a bunker’s edge, a yellow flag on the green, the vent stack beyond under dark storm cloud https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Adrian_Logue_Bondi_Diggers_Contours-9.jpg Two golfers on a grassy rise by a yellow flag, rooftops and the hazy Sydney skyline beyond https://contours.golf/journal/kauri-cliffs/ 2023-07-27 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-62.jpg The coast at Kauri Cliffs: green headlands and scattered islands, a lone yacht on the still blue sea https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-40.jpg White cottages with grey roofs among trees on a hillside, a green below, framed by a branch https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-56.jpg A two-storey white house with columned verandas and balustrades, its windows lit at dusk https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-5.jpg Through a glass-roofed pergola, two cream armchairs face a deck and pool, the sea beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-3.jpg A living room under white roof trusses and pendant lights, sofas around a timber table, bush outside https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-4.jpg A deck under a glass-roofed veranda, white wicker chairs beside a pool, hills and sea at dusk https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-2.jpg A lounge with a stone fireplace and a gold sunburst, glass doors open onto the sea at dusk https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-33.jpg Close up, a white towelling robe embroidered with the Kauri Cliffs logo https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-11.jpg From the air, a large white building among trees by greens and fairways, hills falling away to islands https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-15.jpg A striped, bunkered fairway on a clifftop above a blue bay and islands, a cart path below https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-13.jpg From the air, a bunkered fairway winding through dense bush below farmland hills https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-7.jpg From a tee, a green on a grassy rise among tall pines, a harbour beyond under cloud https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-12.jpg From the air, a fairway along a headland of golden grass and bush, bays and islands beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-23.jpg A green with a white flag on a clifftop, wooded headlands and blue bays beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-26.jpg From the air, a bunkered green on a cliff edge above the sea, under a pink sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-29.jpg Seen from directly above, a large white building with a round pool and car park, greens around it https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-27.jpg From the air, a green ringed by bunkers among trees, wooded hills, a headland and islands beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-25.jpg From the air, a bunkered fairway along grassy cliff tops above the sea, islands on the horizon https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-19.jpg From the air, a bunkered fairway and green between bush and grassy hills, a harbour far off https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-24.jpg A tee marker cut from a weathered timber slab, carved with a name and distances, the fairway beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-22.jpg A bunkered green among rolling farmland and bush, ferns in front, a row of pines on the ridge https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Kauri_Cliffs-43.jpg A rainbow falls on hills across a harbour, a flagged green and bunkers in the foreground https://contours.golf/journal/barnbougle-at-18/ 2024-11-01 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Barnbougle_Contours_Journal_WilliamWatt-2.jpg Slender gums lit gold by low sun against a dark storm sky, a road curving past a paddock https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Barnbougle_Contours_Journal_WilliamWatt-6.jpg From above, three golfers cast long shadows across a rumpled fairway, dunes and the sea beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Barnbougle_Contours_Journal_WilliamWatt-28.jpg Barnbougle from the air in golden light, fairways and bunkers in the dunes, an estuary meeting the beach https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Barnbougle_Contours_Journal_WilliamWatt-43.jpg From the air, a long empty beach runs beside the dunes and fairways, low hills inland https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Barnbougle_Contours_Journal_WilliamWatt-46.jpg A rolling fairway between grassy dunes, a dark line of scrub along the crest under a pale sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Barnbougle_Contours_Journal_WilliamWatt-79.jpg In black and white, four golfers pulling trolleys walk the crest of a rolling fairway, in silhouette https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Barnbougle_Contours_Journal_WilliamWatt-48.jpg In black and white, a vast bunker gouged into a scrubby dune below a green, houses beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Barnbougle_Contours_Journal_WilliamWatt-74.jpg From above, a green ringed by bunkers in the dunes by the beach, storm cloud over the bay https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Barnbougle_Contours_Journal_WilliamWatt-14.jpg Three golfers on a tee in tall dune grass by a winding path, sun low over the sea https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Barnbougle_Contours_Journal_WilliamWatt-33.jpg In black and white from the air, dunes and fairways along the beach, sun glaring on the sea https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Barnbougle_Contours_Journal_WilliamWatt-32.jpg Looking straight down on a fairway edged with bunkers and dense scrub, a cart path winding below https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Barnbougle_Contours_Journal_WilliamWatt-81.jpg From above at dusk, golfers on a green beside a bunker, the dunes running out to the sea https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Barnbougle_Contours_Journal_WilliamWatt-41.jpg From above, golfers cast long shadows across a broad green with a white flag, dark dunes around https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Barnbougle_Contours_Journal_WilliamWatt-39.jpg Golfers on a green tucked below dark dunes in late light, the beach and glittering sea beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Barnbougle_Contours_Journal_WilliamWatt-67.jpg From above, three golfers walk a broad fairway between grassy dunes, hills on the horizon https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Barnbougle_Contours_Journal_WilliamWatt-73.jpg A humped fairway runs between scrubby dunes towards the green, the town and the bay beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Barnbougle_Contours_Journal_WilliamWatt-68.jpg From the air, a path winds between dunes and trees past a green, the bay and town beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Barnbougle_Contours_Journal_WilliamWatt-3.jpg Three golfers walk a fairway in early sun, long shadows, golden rough and dunes rising to the sea https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Seed_horizontal_MONO_REV.png Seed Golf https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Barnboulge_logo_Contours.png Barnbougle https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Barnbougle_Contours_Journal_WilliamWatt-54.jpg In black and white from the air, golfers’ long shadows on a fairway in the dunes, sea beyond https://contours.golf/journal/askernish/ 2025-05-07 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-166.jpg A white cottage alone on tussocky grassland by blue water, hazy mountains beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-36.jpg A pink sky over green fields, a white cottage and a cliffed headland by the sea https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-25.jpg A white church with a small tower and a white house in a green valley in low sun https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-27.jpg Golden light over grassy slopes running down to a long, calm coastline https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-28.jpg Sunbeams break through cloud over the sea, white houses and a small wind turbine below https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-40.jpg A towering rock pinnacle and smaller spires on a green slope, half lost in mist https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-33.jpg Sheep graze by a wire fence above a calm bay, a rocky islet and headland beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-44.jpg A ferry lounge of teal chairs and round tables beside wide windows https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-42.jpg Rows of red seats on a ferry’s open deck, a life ring on the rail, grey sea beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-50.jpg Two people in warm jackets look through binoculars from the ferry rail at a rocky shore https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-179.jpg Two steep rocky islets in a deep blue sea, a hilly headland behind them https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-159.jpg A narrow road curving across flat moorland beside a line of power poles, hills far off https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-165.jpg Flat brown moorland under a vast pale sky, low hills on the horizon https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-170.jpg A Passing Place sign beside a single-track road, a white house and an oncoming campervan beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-19.jpg In black and white, sheep scattered over dark rolling moorland, hills beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-55.jpg A weathered timber marker at the 1st tee with the club crest, yardages, par 5 and hole map https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-74.jpg Two golfers on a tee in the rolling links grass of Askernish, one swinging as the other watches https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-63.jpg A golfer pulls a trolley across turf dotted with yellow wildflowers, a tee post in front https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-76.jpg Two small figures with golf bags on a broad, rolling fairway under a wide sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-83.jpg A golfer on a raised tee among long dune grass watches the shot, the sea beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-94.jpg A red flag on a green tucked behind grassy dunes, the Atlantic beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-105.jpg Humps and hollows of the Askernish links, hazy hills on the horizon https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-116.jpg A red flag on a green in a hollow between grassy dunes, wildflowers in front https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-124.jpg A sandy bunker cut around a shaggy tuft of grass, a red flag on the green beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-128.jpg A red flag in a broad hollow of rolling dunes, a long hill behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-132.jpg A worn track climbs a grassy dune ridge towards a distant flag, pale hills beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-144.jpg Rolling grassy dunes stretching away under cloud, a mast on a distant hill https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-143.jpg A shaggy black dog sits on the fairway grass, tongue lolling https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-149.jpg Two men with golf bags by a white building, a green flag with a blue cross flying above https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-154.jpg A deep blue inlet winding between rocky, grassy banks towards a bare rounded hill https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-163.jpg Fishing boats and white dinghies moored in a calm blue harbour below a low green shore https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-181.jpg The sun breaking through banded cloud over a calm sea, mountains in silhouette https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_Askernigh_WilliamWatt-172.jpg From the ferry’s side, yachts moored at a pontoon in a calm bay of low islands https://contours.golf/journal/from-pixels-to-putts/ 2023-06-16 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_LukasMichel_2-3.jpg A fairway runs between tall grey rock faces into the forest under a pale sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/St-Andrews-Hole-4-scaled.jpg A contour plan on a fine grid: wavy height lines, a stippled green, round bunkers and an arrow https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_LukasMichel_2-2.jpg Low sun through the trees lights a green with a red flag, a rock face and forest behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_LukasMichel_2-19.jpg A man in a striped beanie and sunglasses reads a laser receiver on a survey staff, sand behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/RoyalMelbourne_CaddieProductions_Clubhouse-50.jpeg In black and white, an old iron scoop and wheeled ploughing gear set out before a dark hedge https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_LukasMichel_2-8.jpg Before shaping: steep, rumpled sand heaped with cleared scrub, a pine forest behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_LukasMichel_2-10.jpg After rough shaping: the ground smoothed into broad slopes of bare sand below pines, the moon above https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_LukasMichel_WW-1-2.jpg In black and white, deep tyre tracks from heavy machines criss-cross soft sand https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_LukasMichel_2-5.jpg A fairway bending past a rocky mound toward the woods, long golden grass in front, late sun https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_LukasMichel_2-7.jpg A green and red flag beyond a ledge of exposed rock, more rock and trees on the skyline https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_LukasMichel_2-1.jpg Rolling fairways and a green with a red flag in soft light, pines and a rocky ridge beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_LukasMichel_2-4.jpg A fairway runs up between rock outcrops to a low ridge, a half moon in clear blue sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Barnbougle_Contours_Journal_WilliamWatt-64.jpeg In black and white from the air, rumpled dunes along a long beach, sun glaring on the sea https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Woodlands-4-Illustration.jpg A line drawing of a hole from above: tee, narrow fairway and tiny green, stippled shapes around https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_LukasMichel_2-17.jpg A fairway running up to a green under tall gum trees, broken cloud overhead https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_LukasMichel_2-15.jpg A green with a bunker cut into the bank behind it, thick trees and city towers beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_LukasMichel_2-12.jpg The Lido: a band of sand and wispy grass across a wide fairway, low ridges and pines beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_LukasMichel_2-11.jpg A deep grassy trench slants across a striped fairway, sand dunes and pines on the skyline https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_LukasMichel_2-13.jpg A tall grassy bank with bunkers at its foot, a white flag just showing above it, pines behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_LukasMichel_2-18.jpg Deep bunkers around a green in the dunes by the sea, light breaking through storm cloud https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_LukasMichel_2-9.jpg A green ringed by deep bunkers in grassy dunes, a bay and a town across the water https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Contours_LukasMichel_2-14.jpg A green in a hollow of marram-covered dunes at Seven Mile Beach, water and hills beyond in haze https://contours.golf/journal/the-datai-langkawi/ 2023-06-02 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-9.jpg Fairways on a rainforest headland from the air, a creek running out into the turquoise sea off Langkawi https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-76.jpg The Datai lit up at dusk in the dark rainforest canopy, seen from the air, lamps tracing paths down the slope https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-33.jpg A pool terrace of white umbrellas and loungers on a dark stone base, rainforest rising behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-48.jpg Loungers and white umbrellas beside a blue pool under spreading trees, the sea and islands beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-80-1.jpg A long curve of pale sand between rainforest and turquoise water from the air, a pool among the trees https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-46.jpg A narrow path through dense rainforest beneath towering trees, a lone walker small on it https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-41.jpg A lawn running under spreading trees to the beach, a sailing boat at anchor and a small wooded island offshore https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-28.jpg A long two-storey wing under a shingle roof, its timber balconies facing tall rainforest https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-27.jpg A monitor lizard crossing grey paving beside a still pool, white umbrellas and loungers beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-25.jpg A weathered timber lattice balustrade, a pool and loungers blurred through its gaps https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-51.jpg Palms and rainforest trees silhouetted against a blue evening sky, seen from below https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-43.jpg Hazy sunlight falling through the rainforest onto a shingle roof among palms https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-37.jpg Looking down from a timber lattice balcony onto shingle roofs among dense trees https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-59.jpg A tall building of timber balconies on a stone base, rising among rainforest trees https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-39.jpg Fine sand marked by a burrow and zigzag trails of tiny footprints, in black and white https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-31.jpg A freestanding white bath in a bathroom of grey striped stone, white robes hung either side of a glass door to a garden https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-30.jpg A living room under a high timber-framed roof, sofas and a long table, glass doors open to a deck and trees https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-29.jpg Large woven pendant lamps hanging below a timber-raftered roof, candles lit in the room beneath https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-54.jpg A dim dining room lit by woven pendant lamps, a carved green timber screen and a driftwood sculpture at its centre https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-26.jpg Sparkling wine poured into a flute beside a cocktail on a balcony table, someone reading nearby https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-62.jpg A waiter carries a tray under a woven dome on his shoulder past set tables, the sea and misty mountains beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-61.jpg Tables in white cloths with woven chairs and blue plates on a timber deck, in dappled light https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-75.jpg Thatched buildings and lit paths glowing among dark trees by the beach at night, seen from above, loungers lined along the sand https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-53.jpg Two tall palms silhouetted against a blue dusk sky streaked with pale cloud https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-50.jpg A thatched restaurant pavilion glowing at dusk, diners at tables inside, dark rainforest behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-40.jpg A calm sea off a pale beach, a two-masted boat at anchor, misty mountains on the horizon https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-7.jpg The Els Club Teluk Datai from the air, fairways across a headland below cloud-capped rainforest mountains https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-16.jpg Greens and winding cart paths along a rock-lined shore, looking down from above https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-22.jpg A striped fairway ending at a wall of dense rainforest, palms and tall trees above it https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-11.jpg A seaside green and palm-dotted fairways along a rocky shore from the air, cloud on the forested mountains behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-19.jpg From tiered tees, a fairway running to a green by the sea, a cart path curving away and tall trees either side https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-20.jpg A wind-bent palm beside a flag on a green, the sea and a cloud-wrapped forested mountain beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-13.jpg A striped fairway running between tall rainforest trees towards the sea, a small rocky island on the horizon https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-17.jpg A fairway below a jagged, cloud-wrapped peak, tall rainforest trees lining both sides https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-56.jpg A small bird with a blue cap, orange bill and black and turquoise barred back, perched on a rainforest branch https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-65.jpg A grey monkey with pale rings around its eyes sitting on a branch among feathery leaves https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-6.jpg Fairways and cart paths along a forested shore from the air, a turquoise sea and distant islands beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-18.jpg A green beyond a rock-edged pond of water lilies in pink flower, rainforest behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-23.jpg Golfers small beside two tall palms at the sea’s edge, a broad fairway in front under a pale sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-71.jpg A small pale crab at the mouth of its burrow in white sand https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TheDatai_Langkawi_Contours_WilliamWatt-63.jpg Waves washing onto the beach at sunset, a forested headland and a small island dark against an orange sky https://contours.golf/journal/bob-harrison-moonah-course-the-national/ 2024-11-28 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Contours_TheNational_0223-36.jpg Low sun glows over rolling fairways and grassy dunes on the Moonah Course at The National https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Contours_TheNational_0223-38.jpg Rolling fairways in soft low light, grassy dunes and a far ridge beneath a pale sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Contours_TheNational_0223-77-1.jpg From the air, tees and fairways wind through golden dunes and scrub under pink-tinged cloud https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Contours_TheNational_0223-22.jpg A fairway sweeps down to a flag beside a tussocky bunker, cattle grazing the golden paddocks beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Contours_TheNational_0223-16.jpg A fairway runs to a bunkered green set against coastal scrub, golden hills rolling beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Contours_TheNational_0223-41.jpg Pale grasses and coastal shrubs frame a green with a blue flag, houses along the ridge beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Contours_TheNational_0223-18.jpg Bunkers guard a green below a long grassy dune, another flag on the crest above https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Contours_TheNational_0223-57.jpg From high above, fairways thread through golden dunes past a lake and a large building, the beach beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Contours_TheNational_0223-55.jpg Looking straight down on fairways, tees and cart paths threading through golden dunes https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Contours_TheNational_0223-30.jpg From a scrubby tee, a broad fairway rolls towards bunkers and dunes, a ridge on the horizon https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/TheNational_Moonah_10-18_CaddieProductions-48.jpg From the air, fairways fold through green hills and coastal scrub to a lake, the ocean beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Contours_TheNational_0223-75.jpg From above, a broad fairway runs between golden dunes to a green and its bunkers https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Contours_TheNational_0223-49.jpg Three deep bunkers ringed with tussocks guard a green, cattle on the golden dunes beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/TheNational_Moonah_1-9_CaddieProductions-106.jpg From above, a large rolling green with a white flag, deep bunkers carved along its edge https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Contours__Moonah_TheNational-4.jpg A sprinkler throws an arc of water across a green among bunkers, backlit in golden light https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Contours__Moonah_TheNational-3.jpg From the tees, a fairway sweeps past a bunker towards an old windmill, scrubby dunes beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/TheNational_Moonah_10-18_CaddieProductions-11.jpg An old windmill stands on a rise in the fairway, low sun throwing long shadows across the slopes https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Contours__Moonah_TheNational-1.jpg Deep bunkers cut into the bank below a green, a dark stand of trees in hazy backlight https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/TheNational_Moonah_1-9_CaddieProductions-79.jpg A blue flag on a sunlit green among rolling fairways, scrub-covered hills behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Contours__Moonah_TheNational-2.jpg A wide view of rumpled fairways, greens and bunkers in soft light, a gnarled tree at the edge https://contours.golf/journal/the-royal-burn-back/ 2023-05-19 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RM_ControlledBurn_April2021-48.jpg A groundsman with a hose looped across his shoulders faces small fires smouldering on Royal Melbourne’s heath https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RM_ControlledBurn_April2021-80.jpg Two groundsmen stand in smoke drifting through tall trees, hoses snaking at their feet, in black and white https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RM_ControlledBurn_April2021-40.jpg A lone groundsman silhouetted against white smoke under trees, a coiled hose in his hand https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RM_ControlledBurn_April2021-43.jpg Two groundsmen work hoses across blackened ground beyond a bunker, smoke rising into the trees, in black and white https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RM_ControlledBurn_April2021-88.jpg A groundsman in a bucket hat hoses flames beside a bunker as another, a gas bottle and wand in hand, works beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RM_ControlledBurn_April2021-63.jpg A groundsman, hands on hips, watches a wall of flame cross the heath beyond close-mown grass https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RM_ControlledBurn_April2021-112.jpg Flames and smoke rising from heath between the arms of a sprawling bunker, seen from directly above https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RM_ControlledBurn_April2021-27.jpg A groundsman stands by a gas bottle, a wand in hand, as low flames creep through the heath, in black and white https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RM_ControlledBurn_April2021-82.jpg A small heath plant with needle-like leaves standing alone on dark ground, in black and white https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RM_ControlledBurn_April2021-5.jpg Smoke rising from charred black ground at the edge of unburnt dry heath https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RM_ControlledBurn_April2021-23.jpg A groundsman sprays a hose across blackened ground before a wall of dense scrub, the hose snaking behind him, in black and white https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RM_ControlledBurn_April2021-67.jpg Flames moving along the far edge of a blackened strip, green grass in the foreground https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RM_ControlledBurn_April2021-84.jpg A groundsman in a hat sprays water across a blackened mound beside a white-sand bunker, under a clear sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RM_ControlledBurn_April2021-96.jpg A smoking black patch of burnt heath among trees, beside greens and fairways, seen from above https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RM_ControlledBurn_April2021-19.jpg Small flames under a twig and its spiky seed cones, smoke curling over charred heath https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RM_ControlledBurn_April2021-64.jpg A scorched golf ball lying in blackened ground, caught in a shaft of light https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RM_ControlledBurn_April2021-49.jpg A man in a cap, a radio at his hip, stands in cut heath as small fires burn behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RM_ControlledBurn_April2021-107.jpg A ragged front of flame and smoke moving through dark heath, seen from directly above https://contours.golf/journal/impossible-golf-courses/ 2024-11-28 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterCliffs_AIGolf_enhanced-1-scaled.jpg An AI image of an imagined course: bunkered fairways on low orange cliffs above a rocky shore https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_PadiHills_AIGolf-7.jpg An AI image of an imagined Lombok course: a green and pond in a palm-fringed rainforest valley https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_PadiHills_AIGolf-6.jpg A fairway with bunkers and a stream winding down a valley of palms and thick rainforest https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_PadiHills_AIGolf-5.jpg A pale green with one bunker in a rainforest clearing, sun breaking through dark cloud above https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_PadiHills_AIGolf-4.jpg A green in a narrow jungle valley above a rocky creek and pool, tall trees all round https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_PadiHills_AIGolf-1.jpg Seen from above in hazy gold light, greens and bunkers follow a stream through the rainforest https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_PadiHills_AIGolf-2.jpg A bunkered fairway and lone tree in a rainforest clearing, a grassy slope in front, hills beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Padi-Hills-Clubhouse_AIGolf-9.jpg An imagined clubhouse from above: a long curved roof among palms beside bunkered greens and ponds https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Padi-Hills-Clubhouse_AIGolf-1.jpg A library of tall bookshelves and armchairs, its glass wall looking out on misty rainforest and lawn https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Padi-Hills-Clubhouse_AIGolf-2.jpg A dining hall of round timber tables under a coffered timber ceiling, glass walls onto forested hills https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Padi-Hills-Clubhouse_AIGolf-3.jpg A long glass hall with a polished floor and palms in planters, rainforest beyond the windows https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Padi-Hills-Clubhouse_AIGolf-4.jpg A round glass room with curving beds of plants set into a shining floor, broad trees outside https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Padi-Hills-Clubhouse_AIGolf-5.jpg Low sun pours into a round glass lounge, armchairs around a column, rainforest outside https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Padi-Hills-Clubhouse_AIGolf-6.jpg Round tables and chairs in shadow before tall curved windows onto a garden of pools and trees https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Padi-Hills-Clubhouse_AIGolf-7.jpg Curved sofas and low round tables before a sweep of glass, lawns and broad trees outside https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Coyote_Canyons_AIGolf-6.jpg Coyote Canyons as the AI imagined it: a green and pond among autumn trees below red sandstone peaks https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Coyote_Canyons_AIGolf-1.jpg A still pond curving past a green, golden trees and tall sandstone cliffs behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Coyote_Canyons_AIGolf-3.jpg A green beside a reflecting pool among red rocks and yellow trees, a striped red mountain behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Coyote_Canyons_AIGolf-4.jpg Looking down a red-walled canyon to a fairway dotted with bunkers and a green on its floor https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Coyote_Canyons_AIGolf-8.jpg A flagged green deep in a narrow canyon, red rock ledges in front, a pale peak beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Coyote_Canyons_AIGolf-11.jpg A fairway curling between patches of snow, orange trees and snow-dusted cliffs behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Coyote_Canyons_AIGolf-12.jpg A green and a sandy hollow on a ledge far below, between sheer striped canyon walls https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Coyote_Canyons_AIGolf-13.jpg A green under a dusting of snow, a red-leafed tree and a mesa wrapped in low cloud https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Coyote_Canyons_AIGolf-15.jpg A creek winding past bunkers to a green under an overhanging sandstone wall, golden trees beside https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Coyote_Canyons_AIGolf-16.jpg A long fairway of bunkers on the floor of a pale eroded canyon, pines on its slopes https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterClffs_AIGolf-34.jpg Bridgewater Cliffs as the AI imagined it: a green in golden dunes above a beach, low sun https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterClffs_AIGolf-21.jpg A flagged green in a hollow of grassy dunes, a sandy track in front, surf beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterClffs_AIGolf-23.jpg A fairway between scrubby dunes beside a long beach, wind-blown tussocks in the foreground https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterClffs_AIGolf-24.jpg A green with a flag among sandy dunes and coastal scrub, a long beach under heavy cloud https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterClffs_AIGolf-19.jpg Greens on rocky cliff tops above a churning sea, headlands fading into the distance https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterClffs_AIGolf-18.jpg A green below sandy blowouts and tussocks, a long beach beyond under a stormy sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterClffs_AIGolf-16.jpg Greens and a bunker on rocky ledges above surf breaking along a cliff coast https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterClffs_AIGolf-15.jpg A fairway in a valley of scrub-covered dunes beside a long beach, pale tussock grass in front https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterClffs_AIGolf-14.jpg Surf surging through jagged rocks below a green on the cliff edge, hills across the water https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterClffs_AIGolf-12.jpg A bunkered green in a dune hollow above a beach and a headland, tussock grass in front https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterClffs_AIGolf-3.jpg A broad fairway and green along a scrubby clifftop, pale cliffs curving away above the surf https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterClffs_AIGolf-28.jpg Seen from the air at sunset, greens on red-brown cliffs above white water https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterClffs_AIGolf-37.jpg From above, a bunkered fairway runs along low cliffs above a rocky shore and a sandy beach https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterClffs_AIGolf-4-1.jpg From above, a bunkered green in a clearing of coastal scrub behind a long beach, evening light https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterCliffsClubhouse_AIGolf_enhanced-1-1-scaled.jpg An imagined clubhouse terrace curving under a sweeping concrete roof, a glass dining room beside, the sea beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterCliffsClubhouse_AIGolf-10.jpg A clubhouse with a disc-shaped roof and curving glass terraces cantilevered over an orange cliff https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterCliffsClubhouse_AIGolf-1.jpg A curving concrete terrace under a cantilevered roof, tables behind glass, dunes and the sea beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterCliffsClubhouse_AIGolf-8.jpg A low glass clubhouse on the edge of a sandstone cliff, people on its terrace above the sea https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterCliffsClubhouse_AIGolf-7.jpg A shop carved into sandstone: a curved timber counter, shirts on racks, the sea through an opening https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterCliffsClubhouse_AIGolf-9.jpg A bar with stools along a glass balustrade, looking down a beach and cliffs to green fairways https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterCliffsClubhouse_AIGolf-6.jpg A long timber dining table in a room of bare concrete and glass, the sea beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterCliffsClubhouse_AIGolf-2.jpg An indoor lap pool along a glass wall, stone on one side, the sea and a headland ahead https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterCliffsClubhouse_AIGolf-3.jpg A bedroom with a low bed and armchair behind a wall of glass, sunlight glaring off the sea https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterCliffsClubhouse_AIGolf-4.jpg A glass-walled dining room and terrace on the cliff edge, the sun low over the sea https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_BridgewaterCliffsClubhouse_AIGolf-5.jpg A sunken curved seat around a fire pit under a sweeping roof, the coast at dusk https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/4BA029B5-436A-4209-BD56-C6CF8CDC4915.jpeg A green ringed by deep round bunkers, a yellow flag and two wind-bent trees under storm cloud https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Wibo_this_golf_course_but_on_the_surface_of_the_moon_8f0764e5-221b-4c22-b712-2b362b87560f.png A flagged green ringed by crater-like bunkers on a dusty plain, a blue-green planet in a black sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Wibo_Vehicle_concept_art_of_a_futuristic_golf_car_designed_for__540176be-f967-4a00-8a83-e462afade17c.png An angular silver buggy with knobbly tyres and a roof rack on stony ground by a cave https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Padi-Hills-Clubhouse_AIGolf-8.jpg From above, a round building with a stepped grass roof in a lawn cut from the rainforest https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Kakadu_Hollows_AIGolf-24.jpg An AI image of the imagined Kakadu Hollows from the air: fairways through woodland below sandstone escarpments https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Kakadu_Hollows_AIGolf-6-1.jpg From above, a bunkered fairway beside a dark river in a gorge between red cliffs https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Kakadu_Hollows_AIGolf-8.jpg A green and bunkers in a shadowed valley between rocky outcrops, low gold sun on the grass https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Kakadu_Hollows_AIGolf-11.jpg A pool below a rocky outcrop in long grass, a green and red flag beyond among slender trees https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Kakadu_Hollows_AIGolf-16.jpg From the air, fairways wind through open woodland below a long orange sandstone escarpment https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Kakadu_Hollows_AIGolf-21.jpg A fairway beyond tall golden grass and a dark boulder, weathered rock stacks under a blue sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Kakadu_Hollows_AIGolf-23.jpg A green and fairways among rocky outcrops and a narrow creek, scattered trees in the grassland https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Kakadu_Hollows_AIGolf-10.jpg A rock pool among smooth boulders and slender trees, a green beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Kakadu_Hollows_AIGolf-1.jpg A green past a dark boulder, long golden grass in front and rock stacks behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Kakadu_Hollows_AIGolf-3.jpg A creek in a rocky channel leading to a green, tall grass and trees under a blue sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Kakadu_Hollows_AIGolf-4-e1683210823943.jpg A broad fairway in a valley between piled boulders, young trees and long grass https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Lakagigar-Links_AIGolf-36-e1683210871333.jpg An AI image of the imagined Lakagígar Links from the air: braided rivers across black volcanic ground https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Lakagigar-Links_AIGolf-38-1.jpg A fairway winding between rows of yellow-leafed trees to a green, under a blue sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Lakagigar-Links_AIGolf-27-1.jpg From above into the low sun, fairways on dark lava ground split by a rushing river https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Lakagigar-Links_AIGolf-29-1.jpg A bunkered fairway beside a river in a shallow gorge, moorland running to hills, the sun low https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Lakagigar-Links_AIGolf-30-1.jpg A rushing river between black rock outcrops and rumpled fairways, seen from above into the sun https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Lakagigar-Links_AIGolf-37-1.jpg Golden light on sea cliffs and a grassy headland above the surf, faint fairways on top https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Lakagigar-Links_AIGolf-24-1.jpg A green with a white flag in rough grassland, dark crags and hills under grey cloud https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Lakagigar-Links_AIGolf-22-1.jpg A green with a flag beside a rocky stream winding through moorland and low cliffs https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Lakagigar-Links_AIGolf-18-1.jpg A green with a flag below a dark cliff, pot bunkers scattered down the grassy fairway https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Lakagigar-Links_AIGolf-17-1.jpg Fairways on grassy cliff tops above a black sand beach and sea stacks, surf rolling in https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Lakagigar-Links_AIGolf-16-1.jpg A green and grassy mounds framed by orange autumn trees, dry grass in front https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Lakagigar-Links_AIGolf-15-1.jpg A river rushing through black lava between fairways, the sun on the horizon https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Lakagigar-Links_AIGolf-14-1.jpg Grassy cliff tops with fairways above a black beach, sea stacks and breaking waves https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Lakagigar-Links_AIGolf-12-1.jpg A green with bunkers on a grassy clifftop, dark sea cliffs and long swell beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Lakagigar-Links_AIGolf-9-1.jpg A green with a flag in a field of moss-covered black lava and orange grass, hills beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Lakagigar-Links_AIGolf-1-1-e1683210979987.jpg A fairway in a valley among dark rocky mounds, a green beyond in hazy golden light https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Contours_Montaperti-11.jpg Montaperti as the AI imagined it: a green and pond below a hilltop town, pink wildflowers in front https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Contours_Montaperti-15.jpg Bunkers in long grass before a green, a towered stone villa and cypresses beyond in evening light https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Contours_Montaperti-1.jpg A pond before a green with golfers walking, cypresses and pines, a hillside town beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Contours_Montaperti-6.jpg From above, a bunkered green beside a stream, an old stone building and a stone bridge https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Contours_Montaperti-4.jpg A fairway rising between flowering shrubs and pines to a bunkered green, a pale villa above https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Contours_Montaperti-7.jpg A stream under a small stone arch below a green, pink and yellow flowers in front https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Contours_Montaperti-23.jpg A pond and bunkers before a green with a white flag, cypresses, umbrella pines and villas beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Contours_Montaperti-10.jpg Red and white wildflowers before a bunker and green, cypresses and a town of terracotta buildings beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Contours_Montaperti-34.jpg A bunkered green below a brick villa with a bell tower, long seeding grass in front https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Contours_Montaperti-39.jpg A green with bunkers among rounded shrubs and cypresses below a hill town with a stone tower https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Contours_Montaperti-28.jpg A cream villa with arched loggias and a tall cypress behind a bunkered green and a pond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Contours_Montaperti-2.jpg A terracotta villa with arched doors above a grassy slope and a path edged with pink flowers https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Contours_Montaperti-3.jpg A long arched gallery of red armchairs, lamps and a tiled floor, tall windows onto a lawn https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Contours_Montaperti-9.jpg Open arched glass doors onto a gravel terrace of cane chairs between cypresses, a lawn beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Lake-Como-CC-1.jpg Lake Como Country Club as the AI imagined it: bunkered greens among pines, a lake and mountains beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Lake-Como-CC-11.jpg Greens and clipped shrubs among tall pines above a lake between mountains, in soft haze https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Lake-Como-CC-2.jpg A stone villa on a point above a misty lake, a fairway and clipped shrubs below https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Lake-Como-CC-3.jpg A stream through clipped shrubs past a green, tall pines and low sun beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Lake-Como-CC-4.jpg Fairways among woods running down to a lake town, mountains layered in haze https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Lake-Como-CC-5.jpg A timber building with broad verandas above terraced gardens, a fairway and the lake in haze https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Lake-Como-CC-6.jpg A terrace of tables, lamps and green-cushioned chairs, the sun flaring over the lake and mountains https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Lake-Como-CC-7.jpg A bunkered fairway beside a lake between steep wooded mountains, villas on the shore https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Lake-Como-CC-8.jpg Greens among rocks, clipped shrubs and umbrella pines on the lake shore, a building on the hill https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Lake-Como-CC-9.jpg A bunkered green on a slope above a lake inlet, pines, villas and blue mountains beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Lake-Como-CC-10.jpg A building of stacked terraces down a lakeside bluff to small greens and hedges, the lake hazy https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/William-Watt_Lakagigar-Links_AIGolf-10.jpg An AI image from high above: braided rivers across black volcanic plains, fairways between them https://contours.golf/journal/the-augusta-sheen/ 2023-04-07 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Lukas-Michel-Augusta-1.jpg Mist hanging over Augusta National in low light, tall pines casting long shadows across dewy fairways and white bunkers https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Lukas-Michel-Augusta-3.jpg A man in white overalls and a green cap carries a golf bag down a shadowed fairway towards bunkers in the haze https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Lukas-Michel-Augusta-4.jpg A man in white overalls walks away down a fairway with a golf bag, low sun throwing long pine shadows across it https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Lukas-Michel-Augusta-5.jpg A lone figure stooped on a green beside a white bunker and a still pond, tall pines and beds of pine straw behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Lukas-Michel-Augusta-6.jpg A fairway rising to a line of three white bunkers, tall pines dark against a hazy sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Lukas-Michel-Augusta-7.jpg White bunkers in the foreground, broad fairways and tall pines stretching back into haze https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Lukas-Michel-Augusta-8.jpg A shaded fairway running to a green set behind sprawling white bunkers, beneath tall pines and dark shrubs https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Lukas-Michel-Augusta-9.jpg A white bunker in the foreground, an arched stone bridge and a green with its bunkers beyond, tall pines and rust-coloured trees behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Lukas-Michel-Augusta-13.jpg A grassed stone bridge leading over a creek to a green and its bunkers, below a wooded bank hung with moss https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Lukas-Michel-Augusta-15.jpg A green and its flag between two white bunkers, tall pines rising behind against a blue sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Lukas-Michel-Augusta-16.jpg Sweeping white bunkers in front of a green and its flag, a wall of tall pines behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Lukas-Michel-Augusta-17.jpg A long fairway running down to a green and its bunkers before a wall of tall trees, a small stone bridge at left https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Lukas-Michel-Augusta-14.jpg A young man in a lilac jumper stands on a grassed stone bridge, a green and its bunkers behind across a creek https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Lukas-Michel-Augusta-18.jpg A man in a dark cap raises his hands to his face, looking down a misty fairway to its bunkers https://contours.golf/journal/tom-doak-on-gunnamatta/ 2023-04-06 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-125.jpg A band of green fairway between golden grasses on the Gunnamatta course, rolling tan dunes rising behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-87.jpg Low sun spilling over rolling fairways and dunes, a distant flag and bunkers in soft haze https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-44.jpg Two kangaroos on a fairway below a green and its flag, a long, low building and houses on the ridge beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-112.jpg Long golden grasses lit low by the sun, seen close https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-30.jpg A green and its flag in long shadow, a post-and-rail fence and dense coastal trees behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-15.jpg A green and its flag seen past a tussock, fairways and dense coastal scrub beyond, a line of sea on the horizon https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-100.jpg A man in ear muffs rides a red mower across a green, dense coastal scrub behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-101.jpg A green lit in a hollow below a scrubby, sunlit dune, a dark sky behind and a bird in flight https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-119.jpg A rumpled fairway running between ragged bunkers to a green, a long modern building on the rise beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-114.jpg The sweeping, dewy slopes of a green in soft light, dark trees behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-164.jpg Looking straight down on fairways, greens and sandy scrapes threaded by cart paths through coastal scrub https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-222.jpg The course from the air at dusk, fairways in coastal scrub along the clifftops, surf below a pink sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-125.jpg Level green fairway between golden grasses, bare, rolling dunes rising behind under a pale sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-12.jpg A green beyond a bunker and pale tussock grass, dense coastal scrub and a glittering sea behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-92.jpg Hazy low light over folds of fairway and dune, scrub and houses on the hills beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-65.jpg Two slender, wind-bent trees leaning over golden grass, the low sun breaking beside them, fairways beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-67.jpg A mown path through golden grass framed by two leaning, gnarled trees, scrub and blue sky beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-129.jpg Rolling grassland stepped with stock tracks, a few wind-bent trees and cattle grazing on the far skyline https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-191.jpg A wide sweep of pale, rumpled grassy dunes seen from the air, farmland and distant hills beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-98.jpg Sprinklers throwing arcs of water across a green in golden, hazy backlight, wind-bent trees behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-56.jpg A green and its yellow flag below a slope of golden grass, a track winding up through the scrub https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-77.jpg A flag on a green against the sea at dusk, dark scrub between and an orange sky above https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-46.jpg A rolling green and its flag before dense coastal scrub and sandy dunes https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-57.jpg Two greens and their flags beyond a bunker in golden grass, wooded hills behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-97.jpg A grass-fringed bunker in low sun, a green and flag beyond, scrubby dunes and mist under a dark sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_National_Gunnamatta_WilliamWatt_Jan23-23.jpg A green and its flag below a post-and-rail fence and dense trees, shadows lying across it https://contours.golf/journal/silvies-valley-ranch-oregon-usa/ 2023-04-20 https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-29.jpg Silvies Valley Ranch from the air in low sun, fairways winding through scrub and scattered pines, a wide green valley beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-143.jpg A highway running between sagebrush and pine-covered hills, a half-bare roadside tree hung thick with shoes, under a deep blue sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-147.jpg Hills banded red, ochre and cream below a dark, pine-covered mountain range on a clear day https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-139.jpg A red weatherboard store under a sign reading ‘Bear Valley Stores’, benches on its porch and a gravel forecourt https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-144.jpg A green Blue Bird bus parked front-on on gravel beside a rocky slope, a set of antlers mounted on its grille https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-146.jpg Hay bales scattered across a flat field below a bare hillside streaked red and ochre, under a clear sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-52.jpg A handwritten Silvies welcome card on a striped wool blanket: a meat and cheese tray and a beer in the fridge https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-49.jpg Pillows and a bedspread in a turquoise, red and grey geometric pattern below a pine headboard with a cut-metal horse’s head https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-47.jpg A pine-panelled guest room: a bed in patterned wool blankets, lamps lit either side, a kitchenette with a bar fridge https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-69.jpg Low sun breaking through tall pines, rays and long shadows falling across a dewy green https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-30.jpg Bunkered fairways among pines and sage from the air in warm low light, a cart path curving through, the valley and hills beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-4.jpg Fairways threading through sage and scattered pines below forested hills, seen from the air under a pink-tinged sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-42.jpg A fairway and bunkered green among sage and pines from above, cart paths winding, open plains and distant ranges beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-97.jpg Pines backlit by a low sun, haze hanging between them, a rolling fairway in the foreground https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-101.jpg A fairway edged by long golden grass, a tall pine to one side, a line of pines and blue hills beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-100.jpg Sun bursting through a lone pine on a fairway, its shadow stretched long across the grass https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-121.jpg Two horseshoes standing upright on a patch of mown grass, a stand of tall pines behind https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-37.jpg Fairways among pines casting long shadows, seen from the air, a broad valley and distant ranges beyond in low sun https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-73.jpg Long golden rough on a slope above a fairway that runs into a stand of tall pines https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-72.jpg A green beyond grass-edged bunkers, its flag small against a stand of tall pines in soft light https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-129.jpg A green and its flag below a hillside of sagebrush, a grassy mound and a bunker to the left https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-68.jpg A green and its bunker in the foreground, a fairway lined with tall pines running away to blue hills https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-133.jpg A man in a cap and ear defenders aims a wood-stocked rifle from a shelter, sunlit grass and pines beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-137.jpg A row of metal squirrel-shaped targets on a rusted rail, sunlit grass and pines beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-21.jpg A creek widening into a chain of ponds through a green meadow between bare tan hills, a gravel road and a building beside it https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-19.jpg Looking straight down on a narrow creek winding through a green meadow, lined with bushy shrubs https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-18.jpg A creek snaking through a lush meadow, lined with shrubs, seen from the air, a gravel road beside it and pine-covered slopes beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-88.jpg A creek looping through a green meadow beyond a fringe of sagebrush, a pine-dotted hill under a clear sky https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-79.jpg A black metal rail cut with brand-like symbols, a golfer and a heart among them, above sagebrush and hazy hills https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-59.jpg A fairway in hazy low sun, sage and scattered pines along its edge, hills fading into the distance https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-76.jpg Small purple daisies among a tussock of dry grass, lit low by the sun https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-60.jpg A small patch of mown grass among sagebrush and young pines in low light, a wide fairway and a sage-covered slope beyond https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-2.jpg Three smiling men behind two goats in canvas and leather golf bag harnesses, one man’s T-shirt reading ‘No goats no glory’ https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-1.jpg A black and white goat in a halter wearing a canvas golf bag harness with leather pockets, hay behind a wire fence https://media.contours.golf/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Contours_Silvies_Valley_Ranch-89.jpg A man in a cowboy hat and checked shirt stands small at the far edge of a fairway beneath a vast blue sky