ABOUT
Global Golfer
Is an independent golf media platform dedicated to the joy of travel.
Join us on a series of hand-picked adventures, created by a collective of writers with deep passion for golf.
Our storytelling is a counter point to traditional golf media and its formulaic diet of tour news, instruction and equipment reviews.
We go in search of the soul of the game, freely sharing what we find.
We aim to inspire: through curated recommendations, insights, profiles and advice on where to stay, play, eat and explore.
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Founder, Matthew Moore
Global Golfer was founded by British journalist Matthew Moore in 2011, as a self-funded commercially quiet publication.
Matthew’s media career began at CNN Sports and he has reported extensively on travel, features, news and equipment for Golf Monthly, the UK’s oldest golf magazine.
His love for travel was inspired by experiences on a golf scholarship at the University of St Andrews and as a Bobby Jones Memorial Scholar at Emory University, Atlanta, U.S.A.
Matthew has played hundreds of golf courses, including Augusta National, Pine Valley, Shinnecock Hills, National Golf Links of America, Merion, Pinehurst #2, The Old Course, Muirfield, Prestwick, Birkdale, Lytham and Hoylake. He keeps these experiences alive by collecting yardage books and course guides.
He now lives in North East England, holds a +1 handicap and has won five club championships.
Hand-Picked Golf Adventures
Global Golfer is a curated collection of first-person journeys, travelogues and golf adventures, including the time he holed-in-one at Augusta National Golf Club, slept under the stars at the 150th Open and had a close encounter with cobras in the rough on the Indian subcontinent.
“The idea for an alternative golf travel magazine came from an old, cracked leather chair, in the corner of the pro shop at my childhood club. People sat for hours, talking golf, sharing stories – about courses they’d played, people they’d met and trips they had planned. Listening quietly to these tales was an education and taught me that, deep down, golfers are a community of like-minded storytellers who love to roam."
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As a commercially quiet, audience-supported media outlet we rely on reader generosity.
Our stories are free from the distractions of advertising, so you can enjoy them uninterrupted.
We are proud to be in our second decade and want to keep telling inspiring stories, in all styles and forms, from audio and video to thoughtful long-form.
Please donate what you can, so that we can keep creating high-quality content offering advice, recommendations, reviews and news for discerning golfers.
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EDITOR
Matthew Moore​
Matthew Moore is a British golf journalist and member of the International Golf Travel Writer’s Association. He plays off plus one, loves golf railway posters, Persimmon, Gill Sans font and collecting yardage books.