Tour Diaries

Pitchmarks #122 - "(Back) To The Linksland..."

“Play golf with people who you know appreciate the game as you do, in places where you want to.” Michael Bamberger

Oct 19, 2025 • Richard Pennell

Pitchmarks Archive ADVENTure #21 - “The Alchemy of Adventure”

(Reproduced with the permission of The Links Diary)

Dec 21, 2024 • Richard Pennell

Pitchmarks Archive ADVENTure #20 - "Slipping into Dornoch Ways"

“Forces converge in Dornoch.

Dec 20, 2024 • Richard Pennell

Pitchmarks Archive ADVENTure #19 - "Life After Brora"

“I pray it will continue and last as long as the world”

Dec 19, 2024 • Richard Pennell

Pitchmarks #68 - 13th October 2024 - Lost in Translation

The whole notion of a bucket list is interesting to me, for in casting certain future experiences into what - in my case at least - resembles something…

Oct 13, 2024 • Richard Pennell

Pitchmarks #61 - 25th August 2024 - "I Can't Quite Remember"

“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary”

Aug 25, 2024 • Richard Pennell

Pitchmarks + “The Alchemy of Adventure”

(Reproduced with the permission of The Links Diary)

Jul 3, 2024 • Richard Pennell

Pitchmarks #50 - 16th June 2024 - The Amateur Spirit

Next week, one of the game’s great traditions rolls into the crumpled dunes of Ballyliffin, in County Donegal.

Jun 16, 2024 • Richard Pennell

Pitchmarks #42 - 21st April 2024 - "In love with Liverpool, again"

There are places I'll remember

Apr 21, 2024 • Richard Pennell

Pitchmarks #41 - 14th April 2024 - On Days Like These

On the second Sunday in April, things appear to change.

Apr 14, 2024 • Richard Pennell

Pitchmarks #40 - 7th April 2024 - Trevose

We’re in Trehuel Number Five, one of many luxurious apartments at Trevose Golf & Country Club, and a serious upgrade on my normal camper van slumber.

Apr 7, 2024 • Richard Pennell

Pitchmarks #39 - 31st March 2024 - "Ah, St Enodoc"

It is hard to judge just how long I have been meaning to get to St Enodoc.

Mar 31, 2024 • Richard Pennell

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