Courses and Travel

A Makeover for the Homely Child of Deane Beman

Bob Cullen

Few golf courses have been as misbegotten and accursed as the Tournament Players Club at Avenel, in Potomac, Maryland. Deane... Read more »

Yucatan Yardages: Golfing Cancun and the Mayan Riviera

Jeff Wallach

The ancient Mayan culture invented one of the earliest forms of ball games, so it’s only fitting that golf thrives... Read more »

Two Fixes Pebble Beach Needs to Make

David Barrett

There were two problem holes at the U.S. Open that Pebble Beach will need to consider changing before the championship... Read more »

A Weekend With Jack

Bob Cullen

My wife has never told me how much she spent so three friends and I could enjoy a weekend at... Read more »

Same old U.S. Open?

David Barrett

Watching the final round of the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, I was a bit confused. Here I thought I... Read more »

Time to Focus at Smyers’ Southern Dunes

Derek Duncan

  On one hand it’s easy to recommend Southern Dunes because, between the ropes, it’s a Central Florida original. This... Read more »

Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail–Oxmoor Valley: Vertigo at the Ridge Course

Derek Duncan

  Some elements of the Ridge Course at Oxmoor Valley in southeast Birmingham are fairly outrageous. I think of the first... Read more »

Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail: Smoothing Into Oxmoor Valley’s Valley Course

Derek Duncan

The Valley Course at Oxmoor Valley makes a dramatic entrance with a tee shot that drops nearly 200 feet to... Read more »

Pebble Beach’s Cliffs of Doom

David Barrett

[June, 2010}–In 1992, I was editing a story for Golf Magazine about the stretch of holes at Pebble Beach that... Read more »

LINKS Magazine presents the Top 20 Nicklaus Course You Can Play

Larry Olmsted

Wow, I wish I had thought of that. With all the lists in golf, top publics, top private, top US,... Read more »

Spain and America–A Reflection

John Strawn

Spain’s economy is in a death-spiral, with unemployment approaching 50% for people under 30 and holding at nearly 20% overall. ... Read more »

Don’t Wear Your Eagles Cap in China

John Strawn

Last Saturday morning I arrived in Beijing after several days in Spain and Italy, lugging a suitcase full of polo shirts and... Read more »

Condé Nast Traveler Puts the “Stupid” in Golf Journalism Part III

Larry Olmsted

The world famous TPC Sawgrass is a dream destination for most traveling golfers. It also has nice sister TPC course... Read more »

Gearhart Golf Links

Jeff Wallach

The refreshingly little-known Gearhart Golf Links and Resort, along the northern Oregon coast, is the second oldest golf course in the... Read more »

Condé Nast Traveler Puts the “Stupid” in Golf Journalism Part II

Larry Olmsted

Continuing yesterday’s rant against the stupidity of the “Top 80 Golf Resorts” in the June 2010 issue of Condé Nast... Read more »