From Ireland to New Zealand, it’s surprisingly easy to book a tee time at many of these top courses. ByJim Dobson, Senior Contributor. Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Dobson is a full-time luxury travel writer ...

With fewer than 20,000 residents, St. Andrews is a remarkably small town, given the oversize role it plays in Scotland’s history. It was named for St. Andrew the Apostle, who with his brother was one of the Galilean fishermen whom Jesus enticed to, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”