Courses and Travel

Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh Golf Trail

Anita Draycott

Vietnam isn’t on most North American golfers’ radar, but it should be. Launched in 2006, the Ho Chi Minh Golf... Read more »

Growing Apples, Growing Golf at Lyman Orchards

Brian McCallen

  To paraphrase Mark Twain, who once said, “Everyone talks about the weather but no one does anything about it,”... Read more »

Chambers Bay

John and Jeannine Henebry

Waiting out one of the coolest, wettest June’s in the history of the Northwest was an exercise in patience. We... Read more »

Q & A with Pete Dye

Terry Moore

At 86 years young, Pete Dye is still happily getting his pants dirty and his boots muddy as he tackles... Read more »

The PGA Championship’s Elimination of Bunkers –What’s Next?

John Strawn

The PGA’s decision to treat all those deep sandy pits that look exactly like bunkers at Kiawah’s Ocean Course during... Read more »

Hilton Head National: Really Fine Daily Fee Golf in the Lowcountry

John Torsiello

Hilton Head National Golf Club in Bluffton, S.C. opened its tees, fairways and greens in 1989 and has gained a... Read more »

Dye Test at Kiawah Is Benchmark in Modern Architecture

Tom Harack

For no premeditated reason, recent travels have included a half-dozen stops at Pete Dye-designed courses, beginning with TPC Sawgrass. Next... Read more »

Tom Doak’s Black Forest Like Something From A Fairy Tale: Scary and Magical

Jeff Wallach

When I played golf with Tom Doak a week before taking on his Black Forest Golf Course in Gaylord, Michigan, he... Read more »

The PGA Championship, the Ocean Course, and the Menacing Geography of Pete Dye

John Strawn

[Aug. 7, 2012]– Jim Furyk’s meltdown on the 72nd hole at Firestone last week foreshadowed what we’re likely to see... Read more »

Unexpected Pleasures of The Tribute at Otsego Club and Resort

Jeff Wallach

                                On every golf trip... Read more »

Golf Course Review: Iberostar Playa Paraiso, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Bob Fagan

The Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club sits only a short distance from the Caribbean and is mostly routed through jungle... Read more »

Golf Course Review: Iberostar Cancun Golf Club, Cancun, Mexico

Bob Fagan

  Water lurks left on the approach to the par-four 2nd hole at Iberostar Cancun Golf Club.   Any golfer... Read more »

If You Like Sugar And Lime….You’ll Love St. Kitts! Part 1

Dennis Silvers

I just returned from a media trip that started in the West Indies, on the beautiful island of St. Kitts,... Read more »

The Synchronicity of the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island

Derek Duncan

One of my favorite stories of Pete Dye involves the construction of the Ocean Course in 1989. Hurricane Hugo had just come aground... Read more »

Threetops is Tops with Three Golf Road Warriors

Jeff Wallach

Are you KIDDING me?  Devil’s Drop, number three at Threetops, descends 17 gazillion feet from tee to green. Here’s a... Read more »