Courses and Travel

Welcome to the Desert, Marriott & Tommy Bahama Style

Jay Stuller

The first night of the Golf Road Warrior incursion into the Coachella Valley brought me back together with a couple... Read more »

Bacardi Rum Punch, Borrowed Clubs, and the Bermuda Ace

Janina Jacobs

An invitation last February to play in the 2011 Bacardi National Par-3 Championship at the Fairmont Southampton found me jetting... Read more »

Golf Road Warriors Warm Up

Jeff Wallach

There’s little better than getting on a plane in cold, rainy Portland, Oregon in the morning (after a proper dose... Read more »

California Golf & Grapes – The Course at Wente Vineyards, Livermore, California

Bob Fagan

  A view of The Course at Wente Vineyards from the 7th tee with Mt. Diablo in the distance.  ... Read more »

Trinitas wins battle to stay alive

Gabe Garcia

In January, I previously covered some of the very interesting legal issues associated with the Trinitas Golf Course in Valley... Read more »

Leading Hotels of the World Introduces High-End Golf Society

Larry Olmsted

The Leading Hotels of the World (LHW) is an association of mostly independent luxury hotels and resorts that have joined... Read more »

Golf Road Warriors Bivouac in Palm Springs

John Strawn

The Clean Uncluttered Lines of Midcentury Modern The Palm Springs Golf Road Warriors bivouacked at the JW Marriott Desert Springs... Read more »

LUXURIOUS DORAL RESORT AND SPA PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON YOU!

Michael Patrick Shiels

Flip on the television in your guestroom at the Marriott Doral Resort and Spa, in Miami, and you will find a... Read more »

Just Can’t Wait to Get on the Road Again

John Strawn

Willie Nelson’s anthem keeps cycling through my brain as I wrap up my preparations for the Golf Road Warriors’ trip... Read more »

LINKS100: The First Top-Course List Where Your Vote Counts

James A. Frank

Being in the golf business, the question I fear most is “What’s your favorite course?” It’s almost impossible to answer... Read more »

California Desert an A-List Getaway Destination … Again

Ken Van Vechten

About the time cool was invented, the Rat Pack was lounging poolside, martini in hand, in Palm Springs.  Cool never... Read more »

In The Belly of the Sabertooth Beast

Jay Stuller

Once the last resort for old men with bad backs and yippy hands, long and belly putters are now showing... Read more »

In Praise of Ample Luggage and Clean, Green Shirts

Jay Stuller

A twenty-five inch Travelpro MaxLite 2 Expandable Spinner is a luxury I’ve been without for far too long, a piece... Read more »

Travel Writers’ Dirty Little Secret (one in a long series!)

Jeff Wallach

Yep, even when we’re working on a guidebook we look at, well, guidebooks.  Not that we don’t also do our... Read more »

The Balm of Palm Springs

Jay Stuller

At this time of year the good people of the Pacific Northwest are absorbing more precipitation than they shed, a... Read more »