Courses and Travel

The USGA: Kinder and Gentler at Congressional

Janina Jacobs

For years, the U.S. Open has been the most envied, aspired to, yet oft-dreaded event on the golf scene.  We... Read more »

Can Kiawah Island Stop Slow Play?

Larry Olmsted

Slow play is not just annoying, it is killing golf. Yet another National Golf Foundation report full of bad news... Read more »

Innisbrook offers 72 holes of golf

James McAfee

Even golfers staying up to a week at the Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, located north of Tampa, should never... Read more »

Fyre Lake: A heartland course with a lot of heart

Herb Gould

  It takes bold thinking to debut an upscale new golf course and housing development in this economic climate—even if... Read more »

How Mike Davis Tweaked Congressional for the Open

David Barrett

USGA executive director Mike Davis lives and breathes course set-up, and for that reason his stamp has been all over... Read more »

Golf Course Review: The Pasatiempo Golf Club, Santa Cruz, California

Bob Fagan

  The sublime uphill par-3 third hole at Pasatiempo.  It is a difficult hole from any tee.  (Courtesy of Rob... Read more »

Tom Bedell Hits an R7 Off the Deck at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club

Tom Bedell

All right, I’ve used some indelicate language here, but I didn’t know the exciting conclusion to this international round was... Read more »

Sundog Eyewear: Making Golf Cool

James A. Frank

I’ve written in the past about Sundog Eyewear, which makes very cool—and very effective—sunglasses that are sported on tour by... Read more »

Win One For Dad: Father’s Day Contest from Callaway Golf

James A. Frank

With Father’s Day just a few days away, Callaway Golf is trying to get you to pull on the old... Read more »

Turning Stone Resort Casino: A Winning Hand

James A. Frank

At most casinos, management tries to trick the patrons, turning night into day, pumping in oxygen, messing with the lights,... Read more »

Mean Greens at Turnberry Isle

Janina Jacobs

If there was one complaint about business travel or taking well-deserved vacation time, it would probably be the battle to... Read more »

Washington D.C.: Forget the cherry blossoms, stay and watch the U.S. Open

Terry Moore

One of my father’s favorite sayings was: “If you can’t travel first class why bother traveling at all?” As a... Read more »