Courses and Travel

Return to Ireland’s North

Larry Olmsted

    Northern Ireland is sometimes the Rodney Dangerfield of golf: it gets no respect. It’s not like anyone is... Read more »

The Ailsa Cup O’ Kyndnes

Tom Bedell

<<Return to Turnberry 4 Return to Turnberry 5: May 14, 2008 Even without the “Golf With a Hangover” program, most... Read more »

Pebble Is Ready for the Open

James A. Frank

Pebble Beach has hosted four U.S. Opens, each won by the top player at that moment: In 1972 it was... Read more »

Staying North of South Beach

Jason Kerkmans

Inside the locker room at the Turnberry Isle Resort and Club in Aventura, Florida, it doesn’t take long to run... Read more »

The Games Begin

Tom Bedell

<<Return to Turnberry 3 Return to Turnberry 4: May 13, 2008 The first round of the Ailsa Cup matches, over... Read more »

The Open Road

Tom Bedell

<<Return to Turnberry 2 Return to Turnberry 3: May 12, 2008 Two teammates, Hal Quinn and Steve Eubanks arrived last... Read more »

SPG-Osprey Cove

Derek Duncan

  Osprey Cove is one of those stories we heard over and over again in the 1990’s—boy gets hot girl,... Read more »

The Gorse is the Gorse, of Course, of Course

Tom Bedell

<<Return to Turnberry 1 Return to Turnberry 2: May 11, 2008 On his Turnberry estate, the Marquess of Ailsa, a... Read more »

China & Golf Part 5 – Hainan and the Future

Larry Olmsted

Often called China’s Hawaii, Hainan is a large tropical island off of China’s southeastern coast. It has lots of beaches,... Read more »

Golf at its Best in East Lothian

Brian McCallen

Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital, is undoubtedly one of Europe’s tidiest and most civilized cities. But for avid golfers intent on experiencing... Read more »

Auld Lang Syne

Tom Bedell

Return to Turnberry 1: May 10, 2008 [I first posted the next five entries on Turnberry on my old blog... Read more »

China & Golf Part 4: The Great Wall

Larry Olmsted

It’s a lie – or maybe more of an urban legend – you cannot see it from space. Nonetheless, the... Read more »

China & Golf Part 3 – Visiting Beijing

Larry Olmsted

So you have come to China to see what the future of golf is all about, and explored it at... Read more »

Inside the TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course

Derek Duncan

Inside The PLAYERS Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass Talk about inauspicious debuts. In 1982, when the PLAYERS Championship switched venues... Read more »

Who is Rory McIlroy and where did he come from? Why, from Lough Erne of course.

Larry Olmsted

When Irish teen golf phenom (he’s now 20) Rory McIlroy stunned the world this past weekend by becoming the second... Read more »