Courses and Travel

Best of Golf Travel 2010? Let Someone Else Make the Picks

Can you name this course? It is one that Brandon Tucker and I both agree belongs on "best of" lists.

It was a rough year for the golf business, with less new courses opening than in any year I can... Read more »

Venezuelan Golf on the Firing Line

Caracas Country Club: the View to Ávila Mountain

The New York Times reported on December 28, 2010, that Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez is threatening to expropriate the land... Read more »

The Green Grass of Encanterra

After fighting the cactus and scrub of desert golf, Encanterra's spacious fairways are easy on the eyes.

Jay Stuller

We played this Tom Lehman design, part of the Trilogy Golf Club group, when it first opened in 2008. After... Read more »

2010: My Golf Year in Review

James A. Frank

Fighting a cold, stuck in the house, and ditzy thanks to modern pharmacology, my thoughts turn to the year about... Read more »

Another Reason Why Golf Rocks: You Can’t Post Up at the Garden

Civility? Please, it's the Phoenix Open.

Ken Van Vechten

Golf. There aren’t a lot of fans hitting backstrokes at Wimbledon or getting put into the wall by Kyle Busch... Read more »

Kohala Coast Resorts – a Perfect Hawaiian Vacation

Kona Village Resort's serene, traditional Hawaiian setting on the Kohala Coast

Michael Patrick Shiels

I bet you can clearly conceptualize a Hawaiian vacation, whether or not you’ve been to the remote but famed... Read more »

Five Shades of Desert Golf

The 15th hole of Desert Forest shows the restrained elegance of the Red Lawrence design.

Jay Stuller

During nearly a dozen trips to Arizona, there have been times when the desert golf courses blend into mnemonic mush,... Read more »

Kauai Lagoons Renovation in Full Tilt

Scott Kauffman

Kauai, Hawaii – Five months after the Kauai Marriott Resort on Kalapaki Beach was reintroduced after a major $50-million renovation,... Read more »

Northern Lights: Ten Great Courses to Play During the Month of the Summer Solstice

Jeff Wallach

What better time to reminisce about long summer days than in the darkest depths of winter? As we approach the... Read more »

World Woods and Fazio Make Each Other Look Good

Things get real at Pine Barren's par-5 4th with a safe-option drive to a big left fairway or a high risk play over the sand cavern to a short fairway on the right.

Derek Duncan

What does it say about Tom Fazio that the finest work to come out of his studio might be a... Read more »

Julington Creek Serves No Surprises

Derek Duncan

The Champions Club at Julington Creek is the kind of course that’s hard to say much of anything about, good,... Read more »

Portugal Awaits Its Turn

James A. Frank

Overshadowed by its next-door neighbor Spain, as well as the rest of Europe, Portugal deserves more attention Pity poor Portugal.... Read more »

Speyside Golf Whisky Trail Marks Convergence of World’s Greatest Inventions

Jeff Wallach

In October, my friend David Whyte– the renowned Scottish golf journalist– picked me up in Glasgow for a quick tour... Read more »

The Ping Dynasty

John Strawn

Steve Forrest is a principal in the international golf course design firm, Hills & Forrest, and also my colleague and... Read more »

Kingsbarns Has Bumper Tourist Season