Courses and Travel

Monday After the Players

Ed Travis

The PLAYERS championship reiterated some facts about this game and as with many other things in life it is useful... Read more »

Fields of Dreams at Streamsong, Florida

Anita Draycott

    Consider this remarkable risk/reward scenario. Back in 2007, Rich Mack, a golf fanatic and mining executive with The... Read more »

Madonna On The Move: Michigan’s Material Girl Lives On Vacation

Michael Patrick Shiels

The daughter of an automotive engineer, she was born in Bay City, Michigan, and raised in Pontiac and Rochester before... Read more »

Masters 2018 Notebook

Terry Moore

(Augusta, GA.) Masters week got off to a rousing start on Sunday with the fifth edition of the Drive, Chip... Read more »

As the Masters nears, Tiger’s stock is rising

Terry Moore

“If only I had visited Las Vegas last August.” That’s what I’ve been muttering to myself ever since I learned... Read more »

Authentic Ireland Trip Offers Scenery And Serenity

Michael Patrick Shiels

St. Patrick, by legend, drove the snakes from Ireland, but St. Patrick’s Day drives American tourists to the Emerald Isle.... Read more »

Palo Alto’s Uplifting Baylands Renovation

Jay Stuller

After nearly six years of starts, stops, delays and typical regulatory bureaucracy around environmentally sensitive land, the transformation of the... Read more »

Innisbrook Resort Keeps Rolling Along, With Momentum

Tom Bedell

I learned all I needed to know about the Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida, a half hour after I... Read more »

Local Music Adds Flavor to International Travel

Michael Patrick Shiels

More than a snapshot or a forkful of food, traditional local music provokes an authentic “sense of place” at travel... Read more »

There’s a lot of golf in Bradenton & Sarasota: Here’s a guide to some of it.

Herb Gould

I’m a bigger fan of Florida golf weather than Florida golf. I like to hit the ball low; they like... Read more »

Feed The Ball Podcast — Dr. Michael Hurdzan

Derek Duncan

Dr. Michael Hurdzan was on golf’s center stage the summer of 2017 during the U.S. Open, contested at Erin Hills, the giant,... Read more »

Feed the Ball Podcast — Kris Spence

Derek Duncan

Do you love Donald Ross and the idea of experiencing accurate expressions of his designs? Then this podcast is for you. Architect Kris... Read more »

Feed The Ball Podcast: Robert Trent Jones II

Derek Duncan

Feed the Ball Nobody’s roots stretch deeper into the field of golf architecture than Robert Trent Jones II’s. Oldest son... Read more »

Where Can You Go and What Will You Do This Year?

Michael Patrick Shiels

It’s a destination dilemma. Where could you go? And, realistically depending on your time and budget…where can you go? Three-out-of-four Michiganders are planning to... Read more »

Travel In Style, All Over the World

Michael Patrick Shiels

Glamour rolls into Michigan in a week for the annual North American International Auto Show – a glitzy glide over... Read more »