Courses and Travel

Golf Course Review: Payne Stewart Golf Club, Branson, Missouri

Bob Fagan

Payne Stewart’s Opening Tee Shot As you stand on the back tees of the 464-yard downhill opening par-four of the... Read more »

Major Courses You Can Play! UPDATED

Larry Olmsted

For the first time, there is a decent choice of public Major venues you can play at various price points all across the country.

Okanagan Bling Swing

Anita Draycott

Chip, sip and chill out in Napa North My friend Margaret and I are both avid golfers and enthusiastic oenophiles.... Read more »

Santee, S.C. Offers Up Solid, Affordable Golf

John Torsiello

Myrtle Beach, Hilton Head, Kiawah, Charleston and Santee. Wait, you’re saying. I recognize the first four as Meccas of golf... Read more »

A SHORT FLIGHT TO BERMUDA’S SHORTS

Michael Patrick Shiels

HAMILTON, BERMUDA – I had heard Bermuda was a favorite getaway for refined celebrities. I was convinced it was true... Read more »

The Original Jones Golf Trail

Tom Harack

As the mother of all golf trails, Alabama’s Robert Trent Jones version may come to mind as Exhibit A of... Read more »

Great Instruction, Great Courses: Buy These Books?

James A. Frank

Two relatively new golf books landed on my desk recently. They couldn’t be more different but both are worth a... Read more »

Pasatiempo and CordeValle: Double Delight

James A. Frank

Someone had a great idea. Create a package that lets you play two really good courses that couldn’t be more... Read more »

Phoenix: We-Ko-Pa Saguaro vs. Talking Stick North

Derek Duncan

One of the reasons Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw’s golf courses are held in such high regard—by architectural cognoscenti, by... Read more »

Atlantic City Country Club: A Great Course Mingled with History

John Torsiello

One could expect a club founded way back in 1897, with a fabled past, to be, well, a bit stuffy... Read more »

The A List: Guilty Golf Pleasures

James A. Frank

Golf is a game of standards and etiquette, and to love it is to live by its many rules. But... Read more »

Arnold Palmer returns to Hilton Head

Brad King

Arnold Palmer first made his mark on Hilton Head in 1969, when he captured the PGA Tour’s inaugural Heritage Classic... Read more »

Play This New Classic While You Can!

Larry Olmsted

When a golf critic uses the world “classic” to describe a parkland course, it usually is industry code for boring.... Read more »

The Wild, Wild East-

Jamie McWilliams

If you ever saw the classic movie “All The President’s Men,” when Deep Throat obliquely steered Woodward and Bernstein into... Read more »

Elkhorn Valley, Undiscovered Oregon Golf Treasure

Jeff Wallach

Oregon isn’t as famous for mountain golf as some western states but that’s no reason to miss Elkhorn Valley Golf... Read more »