I could easily argue that no group has done more to introduce the wider world to great golf architecture than the team at No Laying Up. Their Tourist Sauce series kicked off with an almighty bang in Australia in 2018 and hasn’t let up since. If you haven’t seen the latest Scandanavian series, culminating at the wonderful Lofoten Links, then you are really missing out. Over the years they are have introduced us to unsung heroes such as Cullen and Visby, and given us a slightly different perspective on the rock star courses we already know.

Todd Schuster, aka Tron Carter, worked in hospitality for a long time and his expertise is invaluable to the No Laying Up team. From his contributions over the years you can tell that he is the guy who really understands travel - it shines through.

It’s no surprise therefore that his ‘10 Favourite Courses’ come from across the globe. In a day when any person with an iphone can start a podcast, the work of NLU stands above almost all others. Enough smoke. Here are Tron’s favourite courses:

First up is THE OLD COURSE: simply magical and somehow it gets better each and every time I return.

Somehow the same can be said of ELIE, which I believe to be the most underrated course in the world - sixteen par fours and yet it has more variety than anywhere else I've ever played. A nice afternoon out there with the sun setting across the Firth is as good as it gets.

Likewise, ROYAL DORNOCH is everything it's cracked up to be and more. I adore that place, the Royal Golf Hotel right there next to the first tee is my favorite place to stay in the world. I cherish time spent in the Highlands - you feel away from the world.

Speaking of feeling away from the world...CARNE. I’ve only been once and am yearning to return. The original course is majestic, the new Kilmore Nine is somehow even better, and the people somehow surpass both. I've never loved the game more than when I wrapped a 27-hole day at Carne with my best friends and colleagues.

Golf as escapism is emerging as a theme here. VISBY (colloquially referred to as Kronholmen) is near the top of the list. Located on the island of Gotland off the Swedish Coast, Pierre Fulke's work to inject some Sandbelt style into a terrific seaside routing really hits all the right notes for me. There's quirk, firmness and variety, with the inland holes playing through pine forest just as captivating as the ones abutting the Baltic. And it’s got maybe the best post-round beer patio in the game.

Speaking of the Sandbelt, let's go next to KINGSTON HEATH. I debated putting both it and Royal Melbourne on here, but then I'd have to choose between east and west, so let's go with Kingston Heath. I love flattish, compact golf courses - there's something that resonates with me about squeezing the most out of a parcel of land and putting the puzzle together. Kingston Heath is magical in that regard. One of the classiest courses I've ever played.

Speaking of class, I can't leave off CYPRESS POINT, no matter how obvious a selection it is. Somehow it's just that good. There's only one stretch of holes on the planet that is better than 5-13 at Cypress, and that's 5-16 at Cypress. I even love the often-maligned 18th hole there. It's among the coolest opening tee shots in all of golf. Brilliance. Cypress has everything I love about every other MacKenzie course all rolled into one.

We'll go just up the road to PASATIEMPO for the next selection - this was the first truly great golf course I ever played and it's stuck with me ever since. The front nine doesn't get as much love as the back, but I'd be hard-pressed to think of many better holes than 2,3, and 8. And then you make the turn to the back nine and there's a certain energy that exists back there that I can't really put into words. That entire back nine is insane - I love every single hole. The drive on 10, they don't make them like 11 anymore, the greens on 12 and 13, the trench on 14, the bunkering on 15, everything about 16, the subtlety of 17’s green and the severity and unconventional nature of 18.

The house that sits behind 16 green is my dream home. And I love everything the place espouses and the welcoming and wise membership.

Switching gears: PINE VALLEY. I went in expecting it to be the best golf course I'd ever played and it exceeded those expectations. And then got better each round.

SWEETENS COVE reinvigorated my love of golf. It seems like a trendy pick now, but the days in 2015 and 2016 playing cross country golf on an empty course are still among my favorite golf memories and that place will always feel like home.

Limiting this to ten was really hard. Nothing in Nebraska, New England, New York, or the Midwest. Wild Horse, Sand Hills, Chambers Bay, Springfield (OH) Country Club, Bandon Trails, Gearhart, Prairie Dunes, Brora, North Berwick and Sligo all could've easily made this list.

Thanks a lot to Tron for this list. You can see the rest of the Favourite Course series, including NLU’s Chris Solomon’s choices here.