Courses and Travel

Old Macdonald highlights Bandon marathon

Herb Gould

63 holes in 26 hours? Walking? We must be crazy. But we’d do it again. And again. By Herb Gould... Read more »

TAP Beer of the Week 39: 1503 Tudor Ale

Tom Bedell

The Ryder Cup starts Friday at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales, and I’ll have to go pretty much... Read more »

Free Golf!

James A. Frank

Did that get your attention? Sorry, this isn’t about you playing without cost but free admission to see some of... Read more »

Deja Bandon

Stephen Goodwin

“This is déjà vu all over again,” said Yogi Berra, giving the fancy French term a good old American body... Read more »

The Complete Guide to Destination Kohler, WI

Larry Olmsted

I am just back from another visit to Kohler, Wisconsin. To say I loved it would be an understatement. The... Read more »

Amelia Island: An un-Florida Winter Getaway

Tom Harack

Tropical storms take their licks at peninsular Florida. Jammed-up traffic and real estate chaos also take a toll. It’s enough to shift... Read more »

More Cheap Mexican Golf and Booze

Larry Olmsted

Loyal readers know I am a big fan of Mexico’s all-inclusive golf resorts and their all-inclusive approach to golf, with... Read more »

Happiest Man’s Caddie Conundrum

John Strawn

Happiest Man’s Latest Dilemma: Can Your Caddie Organize Your Golf Bag? My brother-in-law, Lee, the Happiest Man in America, is... Read more »

He Had Me at “Beer Drinking Donkey”

Larry Olmsted

  Why ask Travelin’ Joe? Because Joe knows golf! It’s hard to say this without sounding cocky, but when it... Read more »

The People’s Choice: Indian Wells Golf Resort , Palm Springs, CA

Terry Moore

It’s been almost twenty years since I’ve visited Palm Springs, California. And after being there last March and having a... Read more »

Tom Doak and the Sixth Sense of Course Design

Michael Patrick Shiels

To wander a golf course at night is an exercise in solitude. Though the acres are wide open, the midnight... Read more »

To the Manoir Born

Jeff Wallach

If Montreal is Quebec’s Paris, than Quebec City is the province’s Provence.  Or something like that.  Once you’ve walked the... Read more »

Your Home at the Home of Golf

Jeff Wallach

While I haven’t stayed there myself, everything about Monarchs House, in St. Andrews, suggests it’s worth a visit.  With seven... Read more »

The Boys of Twenty Ten

Janina Jacobs

Conditions on the greens can change drastically from morning to afternoon. Will the Ryder Cup competitors be ready?

Kingdom Come

Jason Kerkmans

Just down the hill from the empire walls protecting some of golf’s biggest equipment manufacturers used to be the Four... Read more »