Courses and Travel

Great Waters!

Derek Duncan

The development of Reynolds Lake Oconee (formerly Reynolds Plantation) is a little like the biological evolution of the human species. As... Read more »

Riviera de Adventura

Jason Kerkmans

Sitting atop a massive slab of limestone bedrock, Mexico’s Riviera Maya has long attracted a decidedly different and more Continental... Read more »

Savoring Portrush and Bringing Good Fortune

Larry Olmsted

The Irish should pay me–not stick with the leprechaun–as their lucky charm. I returned to Northern Ireland a few months ago,... Read more »

12 Tips for a Great Ireland Trip

Bob Cullen

If you're planning your first golfing trip to Ireland, congratulations. Ireland remains one of the planet's best golf destinations. Now that you've decided on Ireland, what's your next step? Here are twelve tips that will help.

A Big New Course in Little Rhody

Brian McCallen

In years past, on my way to Newport and points east, I used to drive by Meadow Brook, a public... Read more »

A Lament for the Grand Strand

Bob Cullen

I don’t remember the exact year in which I first played golf on South Carolina’s Grand Strand. It was sufficiently... Read more »

A Threatened Piece of Golf History

Bob Cullen

A living relic of American golf  history is in danger, and none of the guardians of the game are stepping up... Read more »

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 »