Courses and Travel

Golf Course Review: Canoe Creek Golf Course, Salmon Arm, British Columbia

Bob Fagan

  Looking back on the much photographed par-three 3rd at Canoe Creek.   Canoe Creek is a wonderfully engaging course... Read more »

Carnivorous Carne Golf Links

Jeff Wallach

    Welcome to the modern era, where—armed with a TEP wifi device and a Canon G11 camera) I can... Read more »

The Greatest Ryder Cup Ever Played and the Man Who Saved It!

Bob Fagan

  Robert A. Hudson – The Ryder Cup’s Angel No Seve didn’t save the Ryder Cup though he singlehandedly did... Read more »

Justin Timberlake’s Course Helps Golf Go Green

Larry Olmsted

If ten years ago you told me that Justin Timberlake would be doing more for golf than any other non-golf celebrity, I would have laughed

How Rory McIlroy’s Practice Ground Helped Him Win the US Open.

John Strawn

When Rory McIlroy was still an amateur, he visited Padraig Harrington’s house in suburban Dublin, where he eyed the Claret... Read more »

The Fabulous Enniscrone Golf Club Makes My Personal Top Ten List

Jeff Wallach

  After midnight on day four, cool and crisp with salt on the light breeze here at the modern and... Read more »

Donegal Golf Club: The Purest of Inland Links Golf

Jeff Wallach

  Seeing how the golf holes at Donegal sit so contentedly in the low dunes beside a round bay you’ll... Read more »

Road Warriors Become Road Weary

Jeff Wallach

Nearly eleven in the evening here at Rosapenna in northern Ireland and the sun is just setting over the golf... Read more »

Blue Mash: Hustling for Business

Bob Cullen

It’s 6 a.m. in late July and the sun is just peeking over the treetops on the eastern edge of... Read more »

Ballyliffin Is Sight For Sore Eyes

Tom Harack

After an overnight, transatlantic flight, you probably wouldn’t be eager to, say, play an all-out hockey game or run a... Read more »

Day One Travel Mayhem Gives Way to Evening Round at Ballyliffin

Jeff Wallach

After many hours of travel from many compass points the Golf Road Warriors met this morning at Dublin airport, threw... Read more »

A Good Idea For Getting New Golfers

James A. Frank

Someone has a pretty good idea for attracting new golfers to the game: Free Instruction. Crystal Springs Resort, in western... Read more »

Pasatiempo: Preserving The Essential MacKenzie

Jay Stuller

The herd of bearded goats that cleared vegetation from the steep-sided canyons and ravines in California’s Santa Cruz Mountain foothills... Read more »

Golf Course Review: Salmon Arm Golf Club, Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada

Bob Fagan

Even an overcast afternoon can’t dim the beauty or challenge of the long approach shot to the par-four 11th at... Read more »

Punta Espada: Nicklaus Comes Through

Bob Cullen

Given a chance to win a golf tournament, Jack Nicklaus usually came through. At Punta Espada, in the Dominican Republic,... Read more »