Courses and Travel

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 »

Ireland Visits Demand Special Preparation

Tom Harack

Experienced golf travelers pretty much have the drill down: secure the passport, clean the clubs, check the golf ball supply,... Read more »

Manitou Passage: Improving nicely in year two

Terry Moore

After visiting Manitou Passage Golf Club in Cedar last week I’m happy report it continues to improve as an attractive... Read more »

Corales: Fazio-by-the-Sea

Bob Cullen

On the eastern edges of the island of Hispaniola, in the Dominican Republic, the land is formed from coral. The... Read more »

Mississippi – Great Golf Southern Style

Bob Fagan

  Perhaps the toughest drive at Dancing Rabbit – the gorgeous par-four 9th on the Azalea Course.   Have you... Read more »