Courses and Travel

Ski Caps, Surfboards, and Sawgrass – A Father/Son Journey

Thrill seekers will often regale an audience with tales of death-defying stunts, high-speed antics, and the type of activities that... Read more »

A Rocky Ride at Tot Hill Farm

Derek Duncan

Hopefully people playing Tot Hill Farm outside of Raleigh know what they’re getting into. If they do, the disguised and... Read more »

Freeway Golf Course, One of few African American-Managed Facilities, Has Closed

Anthony Pioppi

Freeway Golf Course, in Sicklerville, N.J. is closed and the land is up for sale at $2.4 million. At least... Read more »

Temple Terrace Golf & CC Changes Hands

Scott Kauffman

By Scott Kauffman Temple Terrace Golf & Country Club Inc., one of golf’s most historic courses controlled by a municipality, is... Read more »

MPS “HOTEL OF THE YEAR” IS AN JEWEL CALLED “OYSTER BOX”

Potential "monkey business" awaits guests who dine on the Oyster Box's Ocean Terrace

Michael Patrick Shiels

It took a drive through and beyond the cluttered streets and busy storefronts of Durban, South Africa – plus passage... Read more »

Of Time and Tide

Tom Bedell

It’s a minor annoyance to me when traveling to distant courses that few of the hosts seem to know what... Read more »

Tobacco Road–Shots in the Funhouse

Tobacco Road's 9th hole shows how Mike Strantz staggered and stretched features across a beautiful golf site.

Derek Duncan

The opening tee shot at Tobacco Road is played through a gap in two steep grass-covered dunes to a partially... Read more »

New York Muni Courses See Uptick in Business

Scott Kauffman

By Scott Kauffman Municipal golf is alive and well in the Town of Huntington on Long Island, New York. Despite... Read more »

Kent: The ultimate golf challenge

7th hole at Royal St George's Golf Club looking out to the English Channel

James Mason

Known throughout the world as the garden of England, Kent has over eighty golf courses in the region, including three... Read more »

Which Is the Best of the Four Majors, Part 4, The Open Championship

Matthew Van Fossen

This is the final post in this series and I’ve saved the best of the four majors for last. You... Read more »

Traveling 8400 Miles in Three Days

Michael Patrick Shiels

Maybe I didn’t technically set an official Guinness World Record, but my three-day diverse whistle-stop had to be an unprecedented... Read more »

Vail a good bet for summer golf

James McAfee

It’s hard to beat a round of golf in the summer in Colorado and one of the best places, bustling... Read more »

Don’t overlook Grand Junction for golf

James McAfee

While Grand Junction may not be close to other golfing destinations in Colorado, it definitely shouldn’t be overlooked because the... Read more »

Golf on the Wild Side at Leopard Creek, South Africa

Anita Draycott

The following is the note I received from the management at Leopard Creek a month before my “big game.”... Read more »

Palm Springs. . . Where golf outdrives winter

No. 6 at PGA West. So much water in the desert.

Herb Gould

As we were plunking balls into the watery splendor of the Stadium course at PGA West—or sighing with relief–two questions... Read more »