Courses and Travel

The Leatherstocking Golf Course, an Enjoyable Devereux Emmet Classic

While Rory McIlroy got all the credit at the recently concluded U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club, and deservedly so,... Read more »

Congressional Was Soft, Not the USGA

Rory McIlroy's record 16-under total was part great play, part soft greens. Photo copyright Darren Carroll/USGA.

David Barrett

Has the USGA gone soft? No, that was just the greens at Congressional. Believe it or not, the philosophy on... Read more »

The Golf is Golden at Napa Valley’s Silverado

Jay Stuller

There are plenty of attractions that draw nearly 5 million visitors to the Napa Valley each year, with quality wineries... Read more »

Elvis is Gone, But Shadow Creeks Remains the King of Vegas Golf

We're in the desert, correct? Shadow's 9th hole.

Ken Van Vechten

Tiger is out ahead of me, or so I was told during the limo ride to the course this morning.... Read more »

The Best Course in Hawaii Strikes Back

The Kiele Course at Kauai Lagoons has the longest oceanfront stretch of holes in Hawaii!

Larry Olmsted

While golf magazines will typically pick Kauai’s Prince Course, Lanai’s Manele Bay, or Maui’s Plantation Course as number one in... Read more »

Martis Camp: For The Family That Wants To Play Together

James A. Frank

One perk of this job is the occasional opportunity to be admitted inside the velvet ropes and experience life at... Read more »

The USGA: Kinder and Gentler at Congressional

Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, MD Photo: John amd Jeanine Henebry

Janina Jacobs

For years, the U.S. Open has been the most envied, aspired to, yet oft-dreaded event on the golf scene. We... Read more »

Can Kiawah Island Stop Slow Play?

The Ninth at Kiawah's Ocean Course, the best public in the East!

Larry Olmsted

Slow play is not just annoying, it is killing golf. Yet another National Golf Foundation report full of bad news... Read more »

Innisbrook offers 72 holes of golf

James McAfee

Even golfers staying up to a week at the Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, located north of Tampa, should never... Read more »

Fyre Lake: A heartland course with a lot of heart

Herb Gould

It takes bold thinking to debut an upscale new golf course and housing development in this economic climate—even if... Read more »

How Mike Davis Tweaked Congressional for the Open

It's been a three-year process to get Congressional (18th hole shown) ready for the U.S. Open. Photo Russell Kirk.

David Barrett

USGA executive director Mike Davis lives and breathes course set-up, and for that reason his stamp has been all over... Read more »

Golf Course Review: The Pasatiempo Golf Club, Santa Cruz, California

Bob Fagan

The sublime uphill par-3 third hole at Pasatiempo. It is a difficult hole from any tee. (Courtesy of Rob... Read more »

Tom Bedell Hits an R7 Off the Deck at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club

Joe Whitley and designer Gary Player at Saadiyat Beach Golf Club

Tom Bedell

All right, I’ve used some indelicate language here, but I didn’t know the exciting conclusion to this international round was... Read more »

A Bandonista’s Guide to Kohler

Stephen Goodwin

I am ridiculously spoiled. Over the last several years I’ve played almost as many rounds at Bandon Dunes as I... Read more »

Pronghorn — Trying Economic Times are Public’s Gain

The par-3 14th at Pronghorn, just outside of Bend, Oregon.

Chris Santella

I wake each day to National Public Radio’s Morning Edition. One recent morning, the story corresponding to the opening of... Read more »