Courses and Travel

America’s Happiest Man

My brother-in-law, Lee, and I have a lot in common, in addition to having married twin sisters (one each) and... Read more »

Berry Hill, an Antebellum Outpost to Remember

Brad King

SOUTH BOSTON, VIRGINIA — The pace becomes syrupy slow as you gently wind your way along an inconspicuous farm road... Read more »

Nemacolin Woodlands Is a World unto Itself

Tom Harack

The contemplation of parallel universes is usually best left to cosmologists, but a similar phenomenon exists in resorts, a point... Read more »

Hershey Offers the Best of Both Worlds

Brad King

HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA — For Milton S. Hershey, it was always about family. From the moment he began planning “his” town... Read more »

Chattanooga—You Wouldn’t Think Great Golf, But…

The now lovely city of Chattanooga sits at a dramatic meeting of land (Lookout Mountain) and water (the Tennessee River).

Derek Duncan

In 1969, during a CBS evening news broadcast, Walter Cronkite reported that the EPA had just named Chattanooga “the dirtiest... Read more »

Auld Sod Gets Trumped: The Donald’s New Links Gets Underway

Ever tasteful and restrained, Trump goes course-building in Scotland

Brian McCallen

The thought of Donald Trump rolling up his starched French cuffs to stamp his inimitable brand on a remote corner... Read more »

The Home Course, Dupont, WA: Dynamite New Layout

Jeff Wallach

When most golfers talk about their home course it’s not usually called, well, The Home Course. Unless you happen to... Read more »

Golf, Italian Style: Garda Golf

Bob Cullen

Fill in the blank: “Italian _______.” People might say “food.” They might say “art.” They might say “fashion,” “design,” “wine,”... Read more »

Muskoka, Ontario: Golf Between Rock and a Hard Place

Brian McCallen

Two hours north of Toronto is Muskoka, southern Ontario’s “cottage country,” an area dominated by an element not often associated... Read more »

Old School

Jeff Wallach

Playing a 100-year-old golf course is often the best evidence that good design doesn’t rely on moving a lot of... Read more »

Golf, Italian Style: Venice

The finish at Circolo Golf Venezia. The old fortifications in the background protect the course against attack from the east.

Bob Cullen

Fill in the blank: “Italian _______.” People might say “food.” They might say “art.” They might say “fashion,” “design,” “wine,”... Read more »

Communities Use Tough-Course, Easy-Course Tandem

Course without Pity: PGA West Stadium, by Pete Dye

David Gould

Gerald Barton, developer of PGA West, hired architect Pete Dye to build him “the hardest golf course in the world.”... Read more »

A Day in the Life of an (Amateur) Tour Pro, Part 2

Sometimes your pro-am partners are as surprising as the pro. At the Canadian Open, our group included pro Kevin Sutherland, the CEO of financial ginat Pengrowth and rock star Tom Cochrane, Red Rider frontman - Lunatic Fringe, Life is a Highway

Larry Olmsted

So you have paid your money, gone to the Pairings Party (see last post) and gotten your pro and your... Read more »

Please Judge This Book By The Cover

Stephen Goodwin

I hope it’s true that a book is judged by its cover because the cover of Dream Golf is a... Read more »

Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Course – Sustainable Golf

Trees, water, and wildlife characterize what was once a flat, barren field. Pictured is the island green on the par-3 17th hole.

Bob Fagan

You may never see the Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Course in Sacramento, California on any list of best or most famous... Read more »