Courses and Travel

The Mystery of Faux-Seth Raynor Photo Unravelled By Crack Researcher

Anthony Pioppi

For the past few years there has been an ongoing debate/discussion about the photo you see on the right. Many... Read more »

Not Just 9 or 18, Think Outside the Scorecard

Anthony Pioppi

It’s time to rethink the meaning of  “a round of golf.” For so long, an “authentic” round of golf was... Read more »

Holiday bowl games: a tale of two sites

Michael Patrick Shiels

College football bowl games reward student athletes with another chance to compete at the end of the season but they... Read more »

Veteran Turns Unexpected Trip into an Adventurous, Military Page-Turner

Michael Patrick Shiels

Ron Khoury presumed joining the U.S. Air Force in 1953 would get him up into the wild blue yonder –... Read more »

Swingin’ Bajan-Style

Anita Draycott

If you’re looking for bargain golf read no further. However, for serious swingers Barbados delivers an above-par experience. The island... Read more »

The Gibraltar of the West & the Morro Bay Golf Course

Bob Fagan

Morro Rock in the distance, affectionately known as “the Gibraltar of the West,” is one of the most iconic spectacles... Read more »

Home-Cooked Travel Tips for Thanksgiving That Aren’t Turkeys

Michael Patrick Shiels

Want to go father than “over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house” at Thanksgiving but hesitant to... Read more »

The Correct Explanation, according to Charles Blair Macdonald, of the Cape Hole

Anthony Pioppi

Of all the template holes and design concepts in the palette of Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor and Charles Banks,... Read more »

Traverse City’s gem on the hill

Terry Moore

Traverse City Golf & Country Club—This is one of my favorite private courses in northern Michigan. A Tom Bendelow classic... Read more »

In praise of USGA qualifiers and players

Terry Moore

One of the trusted axioms of the game is Bobby Jones’s observation of “there’s golf and then there’s tournament golf.”... Read more »

With lots to offer, Richmond welcomes Champions Tour & visitors

Terry Moore

(Richmond, VA.) There are two primary reasons I’m tuning into Golf Channel this weekend to watch the Dominion Energy Charity... Read more »

Ryder Cup Course Gets Digital Exposure

Tom Harack

If you’ve read or watched any pre-Ryder Cup prognostication, you know that one of the variables cited is home-course advantage... Read more »

The Scottish Game

Tom Bedell

Though I’ve had a copy of Tom Coyne’s popular A Course Called Ireland on my bookshelf for years I’ve never gotten... Read more »

Golf Road Warriors Bow to the King

Jamie McWilliams

How to Experience the Sweet Idleness of Life in a Palace on Lake Como, Italy

Michael Patrick Shiels

Andrea Grisdale is living life as if she were in a bestselling novel. Similar to the subject of the book-turned-movie... Read more »