Off-The-Wall golf courses in Asia

We travel to three of the weirdest golf courses in Asia:  The highest golf course in the world in Ladakh, India; Merapi, in the shadow of an irritable Indonesian volcano but protected by a mythical mermaid; and Hornbill, a logged Malaysian rainforest that has been turned into an eco-friendly golf course. 

 

Also inside tomorrow's Weekend Journal:

 

Sports: Last weekend's British Open was played at Royal Liverpool, a course that used to host lots of Opens but hasn't been used for 40 years. Why? It fell out of favor. Now it's hot again. We take a look at trends among golf-course aficionados and how and why courses win and lose popularity.

 

Fashion: A manager from British clothes maker Turnbull & Asser gives advice on how to make men's off-the-rack purchases look custom-made.

 

Plus: The recent Allen & Co. power summit in Sun Valley, Idaho, highlighted some common style miscues that executives make when choosing business-casual clothes.

 

Wine: Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher taste white Burgundies.

 

Pursuits: Wildlife photographer Frans Lanting shares tips on how to take great vacation photos, the pros and cons of digital versus film and how to tell a story with images.

 

Personal technology: Loose Wire's Jeremy Wagstaff on how to back up your data. Your first line of defense: creating a disk image, a digital shapshot of everything on your hard drive.

 

Film: Japanese artist Takashi Murakami on animated films that have inspired him, from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" to "Howl's Moving Castle."

 

Plus: Why long movies are bad for theater owners and the movie business -- and unpopular with audiences.

 

Arbitrage: What a tub of Ben & Jerry's ice cream costs around the world.

 

Time off: A preview of shows, concerts, festivals and exhibitions that you can enjoy as you travel around the region in the coming week.

 

The Weekend Journal is a magazine-style supplement designed to be pulled out from the center of The Wall Street Journal Asia. The section covers all the popular "Business of Life" topics such as travel, food and style that readers have been enjoying in the Friday-Sunday edition for seven years.  

 

 

Sourced From : Dow Jones & Company