Courses and Travel

Feed The Ball Podcast — Bill Coore

Derek Duncan

In the latest episode of Feed the Ball, Derek Duncan speaks to Bill Coore, who along with design partner Ben... Read more »

True North: Exceeding its online promise

Terry Moore

In today’s digital world, someone’s first contact with a golf property or a destination is often through its website—sizing it... Read more »

Feed The Ball Podcast — Bobby Weed

Derek Duncan

Bobby Weed joins Derek Duncan on the latest edition of the Feed the Ball podcast. Join us as Bobby talks... Read more »

The timeless allure of The Loop, Tom Doak’s latest triumph

Terry Moore

It was Brian Cairns, one of the Michigan PGA Section’s top players and a newly inducted member of the Michigan... Read more »

Irish Dreams: Family Links Meet Golf Links

Terry Moore

“I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.” —W.B. Yeats Here’s a... Read more »

Feed The Ball Podcast — Jim Engh

Derek Duncan

In our debut episode of the Feed the Ball podcast, I speak with golf course architect Jim Engh about the concept of... Read more »

Breaking Mold: The Breakers Rees Jones Course

Derek Duncan

Outside of his courses in New York, maybe, Rees Jones is probably better known for his work renovating and prepping courses for... Read more »

The Raven at Sandestin — Nevermore, Though Never Less

Derek Duncan

When The Raven course at this mega-resort opened in the late 1990’s it was meant to signal that northwest Florida finally... Read more »

The Life of the Venetian Gondoliere

Michael Patrick Shiels

The precise line in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is: “Water, water everywhere nor any... Read more »

Gaylord Golf Mecca: ‘Still the One’ at 30

Susan Bairley

Remember the rockin’ 70s tune, ‘Still the One’ by Orleans?  Today, that song resonates as the perfect anthem for the... Read more »

Bringing the Sticks–Golf in Birmingham

Derek Duncan

Birmingham and Atlanta have a lot in common. They’re both largish, ethnically diverse cities landlocked in the Deep South, with... Read more »

Something old, something new: Preserve at Oak Meadows hits its target

Herb Gould

It was an intriguing undertaking from the very beginning: Take 27 holes of classic parkland golf that had grown long... Read more »

High Aspirations at Chateau Elan Legends

Derek Duncan

Most people in the North Georgia/metro Atlanta area are quite familiar with Chateau Elan, a popular wedding/conference destination with pleasant golf... Read more »

Golf Course Review: Grand Lake Golf Course, Grand Lake, Colorado

Bob Fagan

Bigger hitters can have a go at the gorgeous par-five 18th green in two!  (Photo by Robert S. Fagan) Dick... Read more »

Grand Junction – “Colorado As You Were Promised!”

Bob Fagan

The Colorado National Monument is simply spectacular and only minutes from anywhere in Grand Junction!  (Photo by Robert S. Fagan)... Read more »