Courses and Travel

Michigan’s Top Ten Golf Stories for 2022

Kelsey and Ryan Brehm at the Puerto Rico Open

It’s that time of year to recap the Top Ten Michigan Golf Stories as compiled by your intrepid golf reporter. ... Read more »

It´s Game Day at the Splashy New Landmark in Downtown Las Vegas!

Evelyn Gruber

I have been to Las Vegas many times; the lure of periodic returns to this fascinating city is irresistible to... Read more »

Firestone CC: bucket list checked off!

Terry Moore

This year I checked off a golf bucket list item. I finally played the North and South courses at Firestone... Read more »

CMU Men’s golf team restored after 37 years

Terry Moore

Thirty-seven years ago, Central Michigan University (CMU) announced that it would be dropping its men’s golf program with the uncertainty... Read more »

The Folds of Honor Collegiate: more than just another tournament

Dan Rooney and Tom Izzo at the opening ceremony

Terry Moore

(This column is written by Serena Thiede who joined me at the opening ceremony for the inaugural Folds of Honor... Read more »

Want to be a good golf neighbor? Host a tournament!

Terry Moore

In recent years, one regularly hears about growing the game and getting more people, especially young people, engaged with the... Read more »

Leaving for LIV Golf, sorta

Terry Moore

To Whom It May Concern, Just wanted to personally (well, not exactly in person) inform you that I’m taking my... Read more »

Returning to American Dunes

American Dunes: not far from Lake Michigan

Terry Moore

(Grand Haven, MI) It’s been over a year since I last played American Dunes, the well-publicized design by Jack Nicklaus... Read more »

Odds and Ends From the Vermont Amateur

Tom Bedell

I doubt if the recent VGA Vermont Amateur Championship on July 5-7 could have gone much better. Except for some... Read more »

Elk Rapids Golf Club: a Donald Ross delight

Terry Moore

One of the delights of a summer week in northern Michigan is playing a local course that’s an absolute delight.... Read more »

The Long (and Winding) Road to Whistling Straits

Tom Bedell

I’ve brazenly appropriated and amended the subtitle to Shane Ryan’s new book for my own above, since he does meander... Read more »

Brattleboro Country Club’s Championship Seasons

Gentlemen golfers at Brattleboro Country Club, circa 1924-25

Tom Bedell

[July 4, 2022]—“I’ll be working and competing this year,” said Dave Evans, the Brattleboro Country Club superintendent. Evans was referring... Read more »