{"id":18930,"date":"2026-06-10T13:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/18930\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T13:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:53:12","slug":"golf-travel-guide-2026-five-destinations-every-round-worth-the-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/18930\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf Travel Guide 2026: Five destinations. Every round worth the flight."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Golf has always rewarded those who look beyond the familiar. The courses that stay with you longest are rarely the ones you expected to play \u2013 they are the ones that surprised you, that asked something different of your game, and that sat inside a place worth travelling to for reasons that had nothing to do with a scorecard. This guide covers five destinations that earn their place on that list. Spain needs no introduction, but it still has things to show you. Croatia and Georgia are making a case that the rest of the golfing world is only beginning to hear. Scotland\u2019s Aberdeenshire coast now has 36 holes that belong in any conversation about the world\u2019s best links golf. And Shura Links in Saudi Arabia is something else entirely \u2013 a course that didn\u2019t exist two years ago and already has no real equivalent. Five destinations. Every round worth the flight. Enjoy the travel guide.<\/p>\n<p>The GDME Team<\/p>\n<p>This guide is free to our loyal audience. You can scroll through the ISSUU link provided here or <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/motivatepublishing\/docs\/gdme_-_golf_travel_guide_2026?fr=xKAE9_zMzMw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">download it to your favourite device<\/a> for later. We hope you enjoy the read.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/golfdigestme.com\/golf-travel-guide-2025-welcome-to-our-curated-collection-of-the-worlds-top-golf-travel-destinations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RELATED: Golf Travel Guide 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow Golf Digest Middle East on social media<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/golfdigestme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GolfDigestME\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">X<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GolfDigestME\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@GolfDigestME\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Main Image: Ambassadori Kachreti Golf Resort<\/p>\n<p>\nSubsribe to Golf Digest Middle East Newsletter\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Golf has always rewarded those who look beyond the familiar. The courses that stay with you longest are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7924,2490,44,7925,503,5906,4751],"class_list":["post-18930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-croatia","tag-georgia","tag-golf","tag-golf-travel-guide","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-scotland","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}