Courses and Travel

The Massive (and Massively Cool) Kapalua Golf Experience

Jeff Wallach

If you’re at all like me, you probably feel that golf is just much too easy.  In which case you... Read more »

Life on the Plantation

Tom Bedell

The greens were like lightning, the land forms were massive and rolling, the wind was blowing about 30 mph. In... Read more »

The Fairmont Kea Lani: Culture in Paradise

Brian McCallen

  When I last visited Maui 21 years ago, the all-suite Kea Lani Hotel was under construction. Kea Lani, I... Read more »

Nashville: Vandy, pickers, golf & music ‘to beat the band’

Terry Moore

“It’s a coin toss.” That’s how a veteran Nashville, Tennessee, cabbie answered my question about whether spring or fall would... Read more »

King Kamehameha Meets Frank Lloyd Wright

Jeff Wallach

. . . It all makes sense at the only private golf club on Maui that offers a “member for... Read more »

It’s Good to Be the King

Tom Bedell

[June 11, 2025]–It’s King Kamehameha Day, a public holiday in Hawaii, so it seemed like a good time to pull... Read more »

McCallen on the Rocks

Tom Bedell

  Only time for a quick post this evening, but since I know all the fellow Golf Road Warriors will... Read more »

Maui’s Mr. Blue

Tom Bedell

Let’s start with a quiz—namely, what the heck is this a photo of?: Answer below, but for now I’ll say... Read more »

Wailea: A Triumvirate of Colorful, Artistic Golf

Jeff Wallach

Today the Golf Road Warriors took on Wailea’s renowned Gold Course in the morning and the equally fine Emerald Course... Read more »

Heeding Voices at Wailea

Tom Bedell

On Earth Day I was quite a bit removed from my usual portion of the planet. After a long, endlessly... Read more »

There’s Gold in Them Thar Hills

Brian McCallen

Poakahi (Monday) The Golf Road Warriors Maui extravaganza is officially underway, a.k.a. Hackers in Paradise! On a warm, sultry day,... Read more »

Avoiding Mirrors in Maui

Tom Bedell

Maybe I broke a mirror or walked under a ladder on my last trip to Maui? It’s been seven years.... Read more »

LOWCOUNTRY RENAISSANCE

Brad King

Built around its world-class Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore-designed golf masterpiece, enthusiastic membership and charming new lodge, Chechessee Creek Club... Read more »

Rankings, Fazio and Camp Creek

Derek Duncan

Given the varieties of budget, location, sites, clients, temperament and eras, it’s fair to debate which golf courses are among... Read more »

American Caddie Covers Well-Trod Turf

Tom Harack

Oliver Horovitz sounds like – and from the book jacket for An American Caddie in St. Andrews, even looks like... Read more »