Courses and Travel

Don’t Just Watch the Ryder Cup, Become Part of the Team

Wales has many underrated and unknown great links courses like Pennard, complete with ancient castle ruins and wild horses. Unfortunately, the Ryder Cup is being played at Celtic Manor, a resort that looks like a bus station with American resort golf courses that could be anywhere - except someplace good.

Okay, I might be exaggerating a tad – Corey Pavin is not likely to make you one of his captain’s… Read more »

Riviera Maya Golf: Iberostar Playa Paraiso

The ninth is the signature hole, a long (455-yd) par-4 with a rocky wastes area off the tee and the lobby’s faux Mayan pyramid on the horizon behind the green.

I love the Rivera Maya as a travel destination, and explained why the region is so charming in my last… Read more »

UPDATE! Leaving Lake Las Vegas

By combining holes in the desert, mountains and along Nevada's largest private lake, Jack Nicklaus produced one of the nation's best golf courses, Reflection Bay, at the Lake Las Vegas resort.

Goodbye Lake Las Vegas. We hardly knew you.

Riviera Maya Golf: Moon Palace

The Golden Bear himself and yours truly, at the Grand Opening of the Moon Palace course way back in 2002.

I love the Rivera Maya as a travel destination, and explained why the region is so charming in my last… Read more »

Ireland’s Ballyliffin is Far More Than “Just” A Hidden Gem

You literally cannot play golf any further north in Ireland or Northern Ireland then at Ballyliffin, where the fifth hole touches the sea with views of famous Glashedy Rock.

Remember those old Remington electric razor commercials where entrepreneur Victor Kiam used to boast that, “I liked the shaver so… Read more »

Return to the Riviera Maya

PGA Tour player JJ Henry calculates the yardage for his tee shot at the Mayakoba Classic, the only PGA Tour event played in Mexico.

Just a couple of year ago, before the international financial crisis hit, the Mayan Riviera, as the 100 mile coastal… Read more »

Discovering Golf in Lisbon

Oitavos Dunes, just outside Lisbon, showcases its setting on the Atlantic Coast, and does not waste any time: the very first green overlooks the ocean.

What fewer visitors discover right outside Lisbon are arguably the two best golf courses in the entire country – and Portugal has a lot of golf courses.

Bargain Alert: Golf in the Footsteps of Waste Management

The 15th hole at the TPC Stadium Course in Scottsdale is a long par-4 with an island green, and just one of the many stunners here that challenge both the world's top PGA Tour pros and regular golfers like you and I.

the single most attended golf event in the world

For golfers, Sicily now offers a lot more than pizza.

Beautiful Mediterranean coastline and ancient castles are one of the things appealing about golf in Sicily.

The day Verdura opens in March, it will immediately be the premier golf resort in Italy, and one of the largest and highest profile in all of Continental Europe.

The Best Golf Vacation You’ve Never Heard of. Play Portugal by Pousada.

That's no church, at least not anymore. Tonight it is your hotel.

Very few people know that Portugal has pousadas. That is a real shame.