Courses and Travel

Playing in a Pro-Am: An Amazing Once-in-a-Lifetime Golf Experience

Larry Olmsted

Love golf? Sure you do or you wouldn’t be reading this. If you love golf, there are a few things... Read more »

The Reluctant Traveler

Jason Kerkmans

There are times when you feel you shouldn’t be going on a trip, even before you’ve left for the airport.... Read more »

My Holy Trilogy of Golf

Anita Draycott

These tropical paradises in Hawaii, Mexico and the Bahamas are in a class of their own. Yes, they’re off the beaten path but that’s what makes them so exclusive

Win a Trip to Reno, The Biggest Little Golf City on Earth

Larry Olmsted

As I mentioned, I had a fantastic time this Wednesday playing in the pro-am of the Reno Tahoe Open, the... Read more »

Note to PGA Tour Player Kevin Streelman Just Win Baby!

Larry Olmsted

As a two-plus year member of the PGA Tour with no career victories, it would be fair to say Kevin... Read more »

In Ho Chi Minh City, Where You Beat Balls All Day

Tom Harack

Even after having returned more than a month ago from a year in Ho Chi Minh City, it remains amusing... Read more »

The Road Hole, Tom Watson, and Tiger Woods

David Barrett

Some thoughts heading into the British Open: The Road Hole Extension A new tee has been built for the 17th... Read more »

Oakmont a good showcase for the LPGA

David Barrett

The question of whether the women could handle a severe course like Oakmont for the U.S. Women’s Open was answered... Read more »

CordeValle: Going Sideways on the Left Coast

Tom Bedell

There’s something entirely too benign about California weather that northeastern folk like me are well to be wary of. The... Read more »

In Search of a Golf-Poker Parlay III: Mohegan Sun

Bob Cullen

With a night to consider the evidence that I was an abjectly inept, incompetent poker player, I came to the... Read more »

Protected: You Take California Golf, Give Me the Pacific Northwest

Bob Fagan

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Protected: America’s Finest Golf Course – the Pine Valley Golf Club

Bob Fagan

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In Search of a Golf-Poker Parlay IV: Turning Stone

Bob Cullen

I badly needed a turn in my luck, and the omens seemed favorable as I drove into upstate New York.... Read more »

In Search of a Golf-Poker Parlay II: Foxwoods

Bob Cullen

I headed north from Atlantic City, bloody but unbowed. The dream was still alive and still in front of me.... Read more »

The Slammer & Squire, Slighted

Derek Duncan

  Slammer & Squire, the original course at World Golf Village, is overshadowed by the companion Palmer/Nicklaus collaboration, King & Bear, which... Read more »