Courses and Travel

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 »

The A List: You Da Woman!

In celebration of Mother’s Day [May 3, 2010]—as well as our devotion and respect for moms and women every day... Read more »

Dye Another Day? TPC Sawgrass Dye’s Valley Course

Derek Duncan

  You might think that the Valley Course would be a lot more comparable to the adjacent Stadium Course than... Read more »

China & Golf Part 2:The World’s Largest Golf Resort

Larry Olmsted

This is the moment everything changed in the world of golf. It’s taken the rest of the world a few... Read more »

Marvelous Merion

James A. Frank

If you doubt the power of the Internet, here’s proof that technology and tradition do mix. Back in January, The... Read more »

Surf’s Up, Scores Are Too, at Kiawah’s Ocean Course

Timothy Nolan

How formidable a challenge is the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, South Carolina?  Mike Vegis, the resort’s public relations director,... Read more »

Sky Blue Sky Valley

Derek Duncan

  The original designer of this resort course tucked up in the canyons of the Blue Ridge Mountains just south... Read more »

The RTJ Trail Highlight: Grand National’s Lake Course

Derek Duncan

  Many people consider this the best stop on the RTJ Trail. I’m not totally sure I agree but I... Read more »

Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail: A Real Stew at Grand National’s Links Course

Derek Duncan

If it’s true the Lake course here is the most balanced course on the Trail (perhaps), the Links is where... Read more »

Making the Most of New Smyrna Beach

Derek Duncan

  I never saw this course prior to the 2007 bunker and green renovation but it couldn’t have been very interesting... Read more »

China and Golf – The Sport’s Next Gold Rush

Larry Olmsted

When it comes to the world’s biggest country, the PGA, USGA, R&A, Tiger Woods and company have awakened a sleeping... Read more »

Aberdovey and Bernard Darwin

Timothy Nolan

The links at Aberdovey, Wales, as you see, are not a difficult place to get up an afternoon’s worth of... Read more »

Special Chance to Play the 65th Best Course on Earth – For a Good Cause!

Larry Olmsted

  At least according to Golf Magazine, which ranks The Maidstone Club the sixty fifth best public or private in... Read more »

Seafront Beauty: Wales’ Royal Porthcawl

Timothy Nolan

The story is told of a prospective guest player appearing at the office door of Royal Porthcawl’s club secretary.  A... Read more »