Courses and Travel

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 »

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 »