The A Position

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< Previous: Birdies and Brews Part 4: Orlando We decided to give up and declare a tie here, between two of the best golf resorts anywhere, with solid beer selections. Kohler gets the edge with the beer, Bandon with the golf, but both are bucket list worthy. The small heartland town of Kohler is an hour north of Milwaukee. It’s a company town, but the company is ... Read more

Jeff Ritter demonstrates simple tips for more power is this episode of The Golf Digest Clinic! For more information on coaching with Jeff, visit JeffRitterGolf.com Download The Jeff Ritter Golf App FREE! Read more

Indian Wells. Indian Wells Golf Resort Anthony Holder is the Head Golf Professional at the Indian Wells Golf Resort, where the Golf Road Warriors played on Saturday, February 25, the penultimate day of the Warriors’ 2012 Palm Springs swing.  Anthony joined the Warriors for our round at Indian Wells’ Players Course, and it was my good fortune to share a cart with him.   Not only did I ... Read more

I recently scored a bottle of the Full Sail Wassail at Brewtopia, the fine brew and brewing supply store in Keene, New Hampshire. The shop carries many a beer I haven’t found here in Vermont. Only problem is that Keene is a good hour roundtrip for me, so the danger is blowing a serious wad at Brewtopia in the thought I might not pass this ... Read more

The first hole of the Bandon Preserve Course at the Bandon Dunes Resort lets you know that you are in for a short-game and par-three treat!   Want to know what might be the best 13-hole par-3 course on the planet?  I propose that it is the new Bandon Preserve course that officially in 2012 becomes the fifth course at the esteemed Bandon Dunes Golf Resort.   Owner Mike ... Read more

It's not New England hardwoods awash in autumnal tye-dye, but the play of the low sun-angle light on ocean, sedge grasses and fairways is pretty dang psychdelic. In a more subtle way. It's can be hard to stop taking pictures and get back to playing golf at Bandon. The picture below was made only a few hours after my pals got soaked during their morning round. I spent that ... Read more

During the same month that Oregon, my home state, has garnered the honor of being home to the #1 golf resort in the US (according to the recent listing in Golf Digest that would be Bandon Dunes), there's other good news for Beaver State golfers as well (though being the Beaver State, in the first place, isn't such good news).  The Oregon Golf Association (OGA) ... Read more

  The roar of the surf far below is ever present all around Old Macdonald, but here at the elevated 7th green is the closest you get to it.   In considering this title, I almost put a question mark at the end of “Course,” but what the heck, let’s call a spade a spade.  The Old Macdonald Course at Bandon Dunes IS “America’s Most Fun Golf Course.”  ... Read more

      Golf has called by some an old man's sport, but increasingly people of all ages should be exploring this great game much as we do eating an apple a day to keep the doctor away.  Currently as Americans are becoming more fit with their thumbs than their legs or heart, the many benefits of golf include better health - so say our Doctors.   Okay, maybe golfers ... Read more