Courses and Travel

Santee, S.C. Offers Up Solid, Affordable Golf

John Torsiello

Myrtle Beach, Hilton Head, Kiawah, Charleston and Santee. Wait, you’re saying. I recognize the first four as Meccas of golf... Read more »

A SHORT FLIGHT TO BERMUDA’S SHORTS

Michael Patrick Shiels

HAMILTON, BERMUDA – I had heard Bermuda was a favorite getaway for refined celebrities. I was convinced it was true... Read more »

The Original Jones Golf Trail

Tom Harack

As the mother of all golf trails, Alabama’s Robert Trent Jones version may come to mind as Exhibit A of... Read more »

Great Instruction, Great Courses: Buy These Books?

James A. Frank

Two relatively new golf books landed on my desk recently. They couldn’t be more different but both are worth a... Read more »

Pasatiempo and CordeValle: Double Delight

James A. Frank

Someone had a great idea. Create a package that lets you play two really good courses that couldn’t be more... Read more »

Phoenix: We-Ko-Pa Saguaro vs. Talking Stick North

Derek Duncan

One of the reasons Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw’s golf courses are held in such high regard—by architectural cognoscenti, by... Read more »

Atlantic City Country Club: A Great Course Mingled with History

John Torsiello

One could expect a club founded way back in 1897, with a fabled past, to be, well, a bit stuffy... Read more »

The A List: Guilty Golf Pleasures

James A. Frank

Golf is a game of standards and etiquette, and to love it is to live by its many rules. But... Read more »

Arnold Palmer returns to Hilton Head

Brad King

Arnold Palmer first made his mark on Hilton Head in 1969, when he captured the PGA Tour’s inaugural Heritage Classic... Read more »

Play This New Classic While You Can!

Larry Olmsted

When a golf critic uses the world “classic” to describe a parkland course, it usually is industry code for boring.... Read more »

The Wild, Wild East-

Jamie McWilliams

If you ever saw the classic movie “All The President’s Men,” when Deep Throat obliquely steered Woodward and Bernstein into... Read more »

Elkhorn Valley, Undiscovered Oregon Golf Treasure

Jeff Wallach

Oregon isn’t as famous for mountain golf as some western states but that’s no reason to miss Elkhorn Valley Golf... Read more »

Golf in India?

Bob Fagan

Exciting golf awaits you in the Delhi area.  This is the par-three third at the DLF Golf and Country Club.... Read more »

In New Jersey, Play Like PGA Champion Slammin’ Sammy Snead

Larry Olmsted

The long hitting terror of his day, Sam Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events, including 7 Majors. The... Read more »

Willbrook: What Makes a Course Female-Friendly?

Bob Cullen

  Some time ago, the now-defunct magazine Golf for Women published an article called “The 50 Top Golf Courses for... Read more »