Courses and Travel

The National Golf Links of America

John and Jeannine Henebry

Hosting The Walker Cup this week, National Golf Links of America will be home to the most talented amateur golfers... Read more »

Pine Dunes not your ordinary golf resort

James McAfee

Although it is out in the middle of nowhere in the Piney Woods of East Texas 90 miles from Dallas... Read more »

Bang for your bucks at Cypress Bend

James McAfee

Ken Rams, the director of golf at Cypress Bend Golf Resort and Conference Center, has an unusual commute to work.... Read more »

Palm Springs Diary

Golf Road Warrior videographer Jamie McWilliams discovers there’s more to Palm Springs than just golf–much more.

Island Hills Attacks Golf’s Problems

Ed Travis

The golf business has been wrestling with serious problems of which the most important by far is declining participation. The... Read more »

How to Play Pronghorn’s Nicklaus Course

“When you finish your round on the Nicklaus course you can usually remember every hole.” Wonder why that is? Each... Read more »

Machrihanish Dunes Golf Club

John and Jeannine Henebry

Machrihanish Dunes is a return to golf as it was originally. Only tees and greens were shaped and reseeded on... Read more »

West Links: The `Old Course’ of North Berwick

Herb Gould

NORTH BERWICK, Scotland—Although we stayed just one block from the West Links for a week, we didn’t play the course... Read more »

South to North Berwick: The East Links

Herb Gould

NORTH BERWICK, Scotland—It’s a little more than an hour by car from St. Andrews to Edinburgh, a little less than... Read more »

St. Andrews: The Majesty of the Old Course

Herb Gould

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland—Since we’d arrived at midday Friday, we had been passing by the first tee and 18th green of... Read more »

First stop: The New Course (New in 1895!)

Herb Gould

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland—We arrived at the home of golf on a Friday, energized and excited—and filled with uncertainty. I had... Read more »

First Trip to Scotland: A Primer

Herb Gould

Royal County Down Golf Club

John and Jeannine Henebry

A high pressure system was predicted over Ireland after several days of rain. We drove up to Newcastle in Northern... Read more »

The Machrie: Golf Pure and Simple

Bob Cullen

At the Lagavulin distillery on the Scottish island of Islay, a tour guide will tell you that the secret to... Read more »

Game Changer at Sedgefield Country Club

Brad King

Sedgefield Country Club’s bold decision to convert its green complexes to bermudagrass just two months before last year’s Wyndham Championship... Read more »