Courses and Travel

Cordial CordeValle

Jeff Wallach

Just minutes from the high-tech circuitry California’s Silicon Valley, CordeValle Resort and Golf Club presents an island of tranquility isolated... Read more »

Wild Horse Golf Club-Doing Design the Right Way

Derek Duncan

This is the story of how a few people in a very small town in the middle of Nebraska, who... Read more »

Winging it at Louisiana’s Oak Wing

Derek Duncan

  I can imagine Jim Lipe, who occasionally steps away from the Nicklaus studio to take on solo projects, taking... Read more »

Dugmar: The curious story of a golf course submerged

Hal Phillips

[This piece is from May 26, 2010. See more of Hal’s writing at his website, Small-Batch Journalism & Comment] The Swift River... Read more »

Forrest Richardson Redesigns Phoenician Resort

Scott Kauffman

As part of a major redesign in conjunction with its new Camelback Ballroom, Starwood’s flagship Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz.,... Read more »

Royal County Down: Irish Golf’s Dark Star

Timothy Nolan

We worked our way up Ireland’s eastern coastline from Dublin toward Belfast with one of the world’s big boys, Royal... Read more »

Nothing Conservative About The Conservatory at Hammock Beach Resort

Derek Duncan

  The Tom Watson-designed Conservatory Course and its elaborate “Crystal Palace” clubhouse, amenities to the Hammock Beach Resort, a few... Read more »

Harbor Club at Lake Oconee: Dulcet Tones

Derek Duncan

  The question of how to shape courses in mountains or otherwise heavily wooded properties is an interesting one, I... Read more »

Alabama’s Rock Creek Rolls On

Derek Duncan

  This development course southeast of Mobile is less than a mile inland from Mobile Bay, but it might as... Read more »

Valderrama Golf Club, Spain (Recommended by Bill Hogan)

Chris Santella

For the last decade Club de Golf Valderrama, near the southern tip of Spain, has been widely considered the finest... Read more »

PGA Golf de Catalunya (Green), Spain (Recommended by Gene A. Holland, Jr.)

Chris Santella

Sometimes golfers find interesting new courses in slightly roundabout ways.  Gene Holland’s quest for fine wine – or at least... Read more »

St. Andrews Old Course, Scotland

Chris Santella

One story regarding the birth of golf goes something like this:  a group of shepherds watching over their flocks along... Read more »

Royal Dornoch,Scotland (Recommended by Lorne Rubenstein)

Chris Santella

Many visitors to Scotland – whether they have 3 days or 3 weeks – try to squeeze in as many... Read more »

Kiawah Island Shows Big Real Estate Bounce

Scott Kauffman

After acquiring the luxurious Kiawah Island, S.C., resort community in 1988, Kiawah Partners chairman/CEO Buddy Darby has seen his fair... Read more »

Oitavos Dunes, Portugal (Recommended by Drew Rogers)

Chris Santella

When Americans think of golf and Portugal – if they think of golf and Portugal – the Algarve region springs... Read more »