The Biltmore Turns Back the Clock to 1925
It was the Roaring Twenties, that infamous decade of boom and bust, and Florida, the “Sunshine State,” was just coming… Read more »
Courses and Travel
Old Macdonald at Bandon Dunes
Tom Doak and Jim Urbina reinterpreting Charles Blair Macdonald, the father of American golf course architecture, on 400 acres of… Read more »
Breaking Tradition at The Breakers
It’s what the world is coming to: instant access to information and rapid confirmation for everything, including golf lessons. Despite… Read more »
Monkey Business in Costa Rica
‘Show Me the Monkeys!’ That is my overriding desire as I step to the first tee of the dazzling golf… Read more »
Palmetto Bluff: Highlight of the Lowcountry
A scant 15 miles as the crow flies from Harbour Town Golf Links, the low-profile layout on Hilton Head Island where… Read more »
Pete Dye’s Legacy at Casa de Campo
P.T. Barnum in khakis. That’s how I think of Pete Dye. Artist. Salesman. Impressario. And golfer. When I called him… Read more »
Golf in France: A Moveable Feast
It would be criminal to plan a buddy trip to this venerable nation where the five senses, not just the desire to crack a drive or hole a putt, are fully engaged and satisfied. Centuries of refinement have made France what it is today: every life lover’s ideal destination.
From the Dunes to Grande Dunes: Myrtle Beach Comes Full Circle
Golf (and lots of it) at a very fair price. And shagging. Does it get any better?
“Readers’ Choice Awards” a Populist Boondoggle
Forest Dunes is a first-rate test of golf. It could be placed among the top 20 public tracks in the nation. But better than Chambers Bay (No. 29), the epic new links in Tacoma, Wash., that was carved from a depleted gravel pit and will host the U.S. Amateur (2010) and the U.S. Open (2015)? No way.
From Turkey With Love: Teeing it Up in a Cradle of Antiquity
I was a young teenager when I saw From Russia With Love (1963), the racy 007 spy thriller. (I had… Read more »
