Courses and Travel

Cordial CordeValle

Jeff Wallach

Just minutes from the high-tech circuitry California’s Silicon Valley, CordeValle Resort and Golf Club presents an island of tranquility isolated... Read more »

Wild Horse Golf Club-Doing Design the Right Way

Derek Duncan

This is the story of how a few people in a very small town in the middle of Nebraska, who... Read more »

Winging it at Louisiana’s Oak Wing

Derek Duncan

  I can imagine Jim Lipe, who occasionally steps away from the Nicklaus studio to take on solo projects, taking... Read more »

Dugmar: The curious story of a golf course submerged

Hal Phillips

[This piece is from May 26, 2010. See more of Hal’s writing at his website, Small-Batch Journalism & Comment] The Swift River... Read more »

Forrest Richardson Redesigns Phoenician Resort

Scott Kauffman

As part of a major redesign in conjunction with its new Camelback Ballroom, Starwood’s flagship Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz.,... Read more »

Royal County Down: Irish Golf’s Dark Star

Timothy Nolan

We worked our way up Ireland’s eastern coastline from Dublin toward Belfast with one of the world’s big boys, Royal... Read more »

Nothing Conservative About The Conservatory at Hammock Beach Resort

Derek Duncan

  The Tom Watson-designed Conservatory Course and its elaborate “Crystal Palace” clubhouse, amenities to the Hammock Beach Resort, a few... Read more »

Harbor Club at Lake Oconee: Dulcet Tones

Derek Duncan

  The question of how to shape courses in mountains or otherwise heavily wooded properties is an interesting one, I... Read more »

Alabama’s Rock Creek Rolls On

Derek Duncan

  This development course southeast of Mobile is less than a mile inland from Mobile Bay, but it might as... Read more »

Kiawah Island Shows Big Real Estate Bounce

Scott Kauffman

After acquiring the luxurious Kiawah Island, S.C., resort community in 1988, Kiawah Partners chairman/CEO Buddy Darby has seen his fair... Read more »