Courses and Travel

Berry Hill, an Antebellum Outpost to Remember

SOUTH BOSTON, VIRGINIA — The pace becomes syrupy slow as you gently wind your way along an inconspicuous farm road... Read more »

Nemacolin Woodlands Is a World unto Itself

Tom Harack

The contemplation of parallel universes is usually best left to cosmologists, but a similar phenomenon exists in resorts, a point... Read more »

Hershey Offers the Best of Both Worlds

Brad King

HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA — For Milton S. Hershey, it was always about family. From the moment he began planning “his” town... Read more »

Chattanooga—You Wouldn’t Think Great Golf, But…

Derek Duncan

In 1969, during a CBS evening news broadcast, Walter Cronkite reported that the EPA had just named Chattanooga “the dirtiest... Read more »

Auld Sod Gets Trumped: The Donald’s New Links Gets Underway

Brian McCallen

The thought of Donald Trump rolling up his starched French cuffs to stamp his inimitable brand on a remote corner... Read more »

The Home Course, Dupont, WA: Dynamite New Layout

Jeff Wallach

When most golfers talk about their home course it’s not usually called, well, The Home Course. Unless you happen to... Read more »

Golf, Italian Style: Garda Golf

Bob Cullen

Fill in the blank: “Italian _______.” People might say “food.” They might say “art.” They might say “fashion,” “design,” “wine,”... Read more »

Muskoka, Ontario: Golf Between Rock and a Hard Place

Brian McCallen

Two hours north of Toronto is Muskoka, southern Ontario’s “cottage country,” an area dominated by an element not often associated... Read more »

Old School

Jeff Wallach

Playing a 100-year-old golf course is often the best evidence that good design doesn’t rely on moving a lot of... Read more »

Golf, Italian Style: Venice

Bob Cullen

Fill in the blank: “Italian _______.” People might say “food.” They might say “art.” They might say “fashion,” “design,” “wine,”... Read more »

Communities Use Tough-Course, Easy-Course Tandem

David Gould

Gerald Barton, developer of PGA West, hired architect Pete Dye to build him “the hardest golf course in the world.”... Read more »

A Day in the Life of an (Amateur) Tour Pro, Part 2

Larry Olmsted

So you have paid your money, gone to the Pairings Party (see last post) and gotten your pro and your... Read more »

Please Judge This Book By The Cover

Stephen Goodwin

I hope it’s true that a book is judged by its cover because the cover of Dream Golf is a... Read more »

Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Course – Sustainable Golf

Bob Fagan

You may never see the Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Course in Sacramento, California on any list of best or most famous... Read more »

Character and Charm, or Why I Like Old Courses