Courses and Travel

California’s Best Par-Three Course You Can Play – The Challenge at Monarch Dunes

Bob Fagan

Great scenery along with interesting architecture and shot values greet you on each of the twelve holes at The Challenge... Read more »

A Bear-y Merry Christmas

Janina Jacobs

When northerners anticipate Christmas, we don’t normally think of golf at the same time, except as distant memories of months past, basking in the... Read more »

The Monument Course at Troon North

Peter Kessler

I’ve had a chance to play a good number of Tom Weiskopf tracks and every one is a sheer delight... Read more »

The Boulders: Between A Rock And An Easy Place

James A. Frank

In our consumer-driven culture, the emphasis is always on new, new, new. The “what have you done for me lately”... Read more »

Mesquite Day Four: Conestoga Golf Club

Jeff Neuman

If you’ve watched the RE/MAX Long Drive championships on ESPN, you’ve caught a glimpse of the area around the Conestoga... Read more »

Mesquite and vicinity, day 3: Coral Canyon Golf Course

Jeff Neuman

The stretch of I-15 from Mesquite, Nevada, to St. George, Utah, passes through the extreme northwest corner of Arizona.  Also... Read more »

Mesquite, Nevada, Day Two: Falcon Ridge

Jeff Neuman

The Mesquite Chamber of Commerce, proud of their year-round golf facilities, would probably rather I not mention that the second... Read more »

Welcome to Mesquite, Nevada: Day One, Coyote Springs

Jeff Neuman

“Golfing” and “gaming” are two of my least favorite words in the American vernacular.  Don’t misunderstand me, I heartily enjoy... Read more »

Ballyneal: Gravity Rides Everything

Derek Duncan

Someday we’ll be able to talk about Ballyneal in the northeastern corner of Colorado without referencing Sand Hills, as I’ve... Read more »

Crooked Cat–No Second Fiddle at Orange County National

Derek Duncan

Of the two courses at Orange Country National, Crooked Cat has more appeal to me than Panther Lake. Both courses... Read more »

La Costa Redone – An Old Jewel Again Shines Brightly

Bob Fagan

Imposing bunkers adorn the newly renovated Champions Course at the La Costa Resort and Spa.  Shown above is the par-four... Read more »

New, Old Golf Course Reopens in Northwest Florida

Brad King

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA — With an eye toward transforming the area’s only municipal golf course into a more profitable operation, the... Read more »

Bud Chapman’s Infamous 18 Holes front 9

James McAfee

No. 1 Victoria Falls Golf Course 168 Yards, Par 3 Handicap 7 Sir Peregrine Hunnicutt, O.K.E., one of golf’s patriarchs... Read more »

La Costa Resort and Spa REVISITED – Champions Course Preview

Bob Fagan

  An early morning frost casts the par-three 16th at La Costa’s Champions Course in a different light.   The... Read more »

Bud Chapman’s Infamous 18 holes back 9

James McAfee

No. 10 Alps International Golf & Climbing Club 142 Yards, Par 3 Handicap 14 This hole is not as difficult... Read more »