Courses and Travel

Autumn in Westchester

Derek Duncan

Ah, fall in the Northeast. The unparalleled and sudden flourish of color; the almost imperceptible downshift in mood and speed;... Read more »

French Lick a Hoosier Hit for Pete Dye

Herb Gould

No such tonic is imminent for the current band of pennant-starved Chicagoans. But promoters of this resuscitated vintage resort, once... Read more »

Native American Golf Beats Par in California

Ken Van Vechten

Forget the Scots.  Golf was invented in America.  There’s a petroglyph at Chaco Canyon showing Kokopelli holding a niblick. The... Read more »

Club at Mediterra to Expand Amenities

Scott Kauffman

(Naples, Fla.) – The Club at Mediterra recently announced  it would be expanding its private golf and country club facilities. ... Read more »

Jazz on the Beach in the Mexican Caribbean

Brian McCallen

For those of us who live in New England or anywhere else in the nation’s northern tier, autumn is a... Read more »

Pasatiempo Goes to the Goats

Bob Fagan

How about this for an environmentally friendly way to clean out the brush on your golf course?  One of Northern... Read more »

Fine Fall Venues

David Barrett

The PGA Tour’s Fall Series flies under the radar. With the FedExCup and Ryder Cup behind us and football on... Read more »

Old Head and Other Irish treats

Herb Gould

It’s easy to see why Ballybunion is worthy of its status as the granddaddy of southwestern Irish golf. Lodged between... Read more »

Edgewood Tahoe, A Modern Classic

Jeff Wallach

What can I say about Lake Tahoe—“the jewel of the Sierras”– that hasn’t already been said . . .  except... Read more »

Irish Golf: Rainy, Windy and Wondrous

Herb Gould

KILLARNEY, Ireland—No question, there are advantages to booking an Irish golf trip through a tour operator. Your hotels and your... Read more »

State of Bliss in Stateline, Nevada

Michael Patrick Shiels

I came to the High Sierras and found the Reno-Tahoe-Carson City-Carson Valley area to be a pristine panorama that is... Read more »

Golf Architecture’s New Paradigm

Jeff Wallach

Imagine that you are a lover of art in France at the turn of the 20th century.  Following upon several... Read more »

Aruba – One Happy Golf Place

Bob Fagan

The multi-cultural island of Aruba, only 19 miles from the Venezuelan coast, is not your stereotypical golf destination, but it... Read more »

Farm Neck – Seaside and Civilized

Stephen Goodwin

Martha’s Vineyard, the island four miles off the coast of Massachusetts, is a tony summer resort frequented by writers, entertainers,... Read more »

Post-Ryder Cup News Conference Says It All

Terry Moore

I had plans for a winners and losers column (shame on me) about the Ryder Cup. I was going to... Read more »