Courses and Travel

Fear and Loathing (mostly fear) in St. Andrews

Jeff Wallach

The morning was cold and a cutting wind blew over the Old Course like a knee in the groin.  As... Read more »

Bravo, Rio

Jeff Wallach

Here’s today’s geography quiz: as you tee up your golf ball, you look out over yucca, creosote bushes, and other... Read more »

Join the world’s oldest course on the cheap!

Larry Olmsted

Age is not the course’s only claim to fame: it also hosted golf’s first Major, the Open Championship, six times.

The Other Down Under

James A. Frank

With two world-class courses opening in the last ten years, New Zealand has jumped headfirst into the ranks of the... Read more »

Under the Tucson Sun

James A. Frank

Forget the Old West—there’s always much new to do in Arizona’s second city To the untrained eye, change seems to... Read more »

The Promising Land

James A. Frank

The only golf course in Israel has just undergone a renovation by an American master. The result is heavenly. In... Read more »

Luxury 2.0

James A. Frank

A few miles from the epicenter of high-tech wizardry, CordeValle is high-class resort that runs at a low-pressure pace Turn... Read more »

When Red Goes Green: Golf in Vietnam

James A. Frank

Surprise: The country and the golf are much more exciting, fun, and charming than you’d expect! Dalat Palace Golf Course... Read more »

Desert Flower

James A. Frank

The newest longest course on the PGA Tour is one even amateurs will love “Do you think they will like... Read more »

The Most Surprising New Course I Played This Year: The Abaco Club

Jeff Wallach

Living in Oregon, the Caribbean is not exactly an easy place to get to, but earlier this year, when I... Read more »

A Conversation with David McLay Kidd

John Strawn

Second in a Series David McLay Kidd’s first golf course design project, Bandon Dunes on the Oregon coast, was a... Read more »

Just Deserts: Where to Play in a Dry Heat

Jeff Wallach

The desert is hot and full of sharp things like cacti, yuccas, pyramids, scorpions, and Las Vegas.  But it’s also... Read more »

Shhh! Canada’s Secret Golf Destination

Jeff Wallach

The response of my friends in Portland, Oregon when I told them I was headed for Kelowna, in British Columbia’s... Read more »

The most beautiful hole in Mexico. And Maybe the world?

Larry Olmsted

Nicklaus saw something he had not seen in over 300 courses he’s designed: a small offshore island...