Courses and Travel

Amelia River Golf Club–Closed Quarters

You know how birds sometimes nest in odd places, taking eminent domain in an overlooked eave or post column you wouldn’t... Read more »

Holding on to Holston Hills

The par-4 15th is one of the most striking at Holston Hills, define by a phalanx of bunkers string diagonally across the fairway.

Derek Duncan

Holston Hills has the reputation of being a Donald Ross course that time forgot because so little has supposedly changed over... Read more »

Levels on the Lake: Cobblestone

The busy shaping "pops" against the surrounding scenery.

Derek Duncan

If I only had one round to play and it had to be in the greater Atlanta area, with no... Read more »

A Distant Whiff of Ross – Wilmington Island Club

Wilmington Island Club is a simple design that manages to charm with Savannah's Lowcountry tree cover.

Derek Duncan

For years this club was an amenity to members and guests of the General Oglethorpe Hotel, one of the grand... Read more »

ChampionsGate-International–Stranger in a Strange Land

Fescue covered dunes were built to emulate the look of Irish links courses.

Derek Duncan

The International Course at this 36-hole complex a few miles southwest of Disney World was conceived to emulate the look... Read more »

Riviera Maya Golf: Mayakoba & El Cameleon

El Cameleon's designer, Greg Norman, "The Great White Shark," shows how you hit a ball so it hurts, during the course grand opening about five years ago.

Larry Olmsted

Today I am wrapping up my recent return visit to the Rivera Maya where it started, at the Mayakoba Resort. I... Read more »

Spring Island Completes New Sports Complex

Scott Kauffman

Spring Island, S.C. – Spring Island, a 3,000 acre private community in the South Carolina Lowcountry, is investing in... Read more »

Riviera Maya Golf: Riviera Cancun GC

Nicklaus used lots of water to challenge goflers at his new Riviera Cancun course, as seen on this daunting par-3.

Larry Olmsted

I love the Rivera Maya as a travel destination, and explained why the region is so charming in my first... Read more »

A Gathering for All Who Love St. Andrews

James A. Frank

Still flying well under the golf world’s radar are the unfortunate plans of Herb Kohler to make the game’s ancestral... Read more »

New York Irish

The first at Union Vale, and beyond the green, a reminder of the course's former life as farmland. the course's iconic. Silo

Timothy Nolan

Architect Steven Kay likens a good golf course to a good movie. “I like to design holes that absorb golfers... Read more »

Bandon’s Second Decade

Jason Kerkmans

Even after reading about the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort for the past 10 years, the first thing you’re likely to... Read more »

Golf’s Ultimate Smackdown: St. Andrews vs Pinehurst

This never would have happened to my friend Pat at Pinehurst. By the way, he managed to hit the infamous "Shell Bunker" twice ths round, on two different holes, out and back.

Larry Olmsted

Okay, the first thing I have to say in this debate is: I wish it had been my idea. But... Read more »

Don’t Just Watch the Ryder Cup, Become Part of the Team

Wales has many underrated and unknown great links courses like Pennard, complete with ancient castle ruins and wild horses. Unfortunately, the Ryder Cup is being played at Celtic Manor, a resort that looks like a bus station with American resort golf courses that could be anywhere - except someplace good.

Larry Olmsted

Okay, I might be exaggerating a tad – Corey Pavin is not likely to make you one of his captain’s... Read more »

The A List: Masters Memories, Moments, and Minutiae

As golf’s first major championship tees off, the writers at The A Position offer up their favorite Masters reminiscences and... Read more »

Montauk Downs, New York (Recommended by Damon Hack)

Montauk Downs is evidence that there's room for more than one first rate municipal course on Long Island.

Chris Santella

If the United States has an equivalent to the springy turflands of Fife, it is found toward the tip of... Read more »

Courses and Travel

Amelia River Golf Club–Closed Quarters

Holding on to Holston Hills

Levels on the Lake: Cobblestone

A Distant Whiff of Ross – Wilmington Island Club

ChampionsGate-International–Stranger in a Strange Land

Riviera Maya Golf: Mayakoba & El Cameleon

Spring Island Completes New Sports Complex

Riviera Maya Golf: Riviera Cancun GC

A Gathering for All Who Love St. Andrews

New York Irish

Bandon’s Second Decade

Golf’s Ultimate Smackdown: St. Andrews vs Pinehurst

Don’t Just Watch the Ryder Cup, Become Part of the Team

The A List: Masters Memories, Moments, and Minutiae

Montauk Downs, New York (Recommended by Damon Hack)

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