Courses and Travel

Nicklaus Tightens the Screws at Old Corkscrew

Tom Bedell

Why is this man smiling?: Because he knows that some days you’re the corkscrew, some days you’re the cork. Not... Read more »

The Dunes Saga

Tom Bedell

After playing Raptor Bay yesterday, a course without a single bunker, I took only two shots to find the first... Read more »

Life Without Bunkers at Raptor Bay

Tom Bedell

[Apr. 28,2014] I’m in the midst of A Difficult Par, a new biography about RTJ Sr. by James R. Hansen,... Read more »

Ko, Lewis, and Lake Merced Deliver for the LPGA in Northern California

Bob Fagan

The LPGA visited the Monterey Cypress-lined corridors of the esteemed Lake Merced Golf Club with the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic.... Read more »

Dooks gale tests `bonafide golfers’

Herb Gould

It was just an innocent e-mail announcing that the Dooks Club, which calls itself, “the best-kept secret in Irish golf,”... Read more »

Worcester Country Club First to Host Both Men’s and Women’s U.S. Opens

Anthony Pioppi

In two consecutive weeks this summer, the No. 2 Course at the Pinehurst resort will host the U.S. Open and U.S.... Read more »

Why Amazing South Africa Should be on Your Bucket List

Evelyn Gruber

Almost two decades removed from apartheid and South Africa has taken up the place it deserves as one of Africa’s... Read more »

Golf Course Review: West Wind Golf Course, Ogallala, Nebraska

Bob Fagan

Suppose you are the golf course superintendent at America’s top-rated modern golf course, where do you go from there? Well,... Read more »

Masters Trivia You Can’t Live Without

Tom Bedell

[If now officially an oldie, this one seems worth rolling each year come Masters time, since some trivia never fades….] ... Read more »

The Augusta of Today Bears Little Resemblence to the Mackenzie-Jones Original

Anthony Pioppi

When it opened in January of 1933, Augusta National Golf Club was considered a gem. The Alister Mackenzie-Bobby Jones design... Read more »

Notes and quotes from a dark and stormy Masters Monday

Terry Moore

(Augusta, GA.) Besides not having Tiger Woods in the field, the other major void is the famed Eisenhower Tree, the... Read more »

Notes & quotes from Sunday at the Masters

Terry Moore

Other notes and quotes of the day: My photo of the day: Tiya Chowdary, competing in the Girls 10-11 age... Read more »

Drive, Chip & Putt National Finals: “A once-in-a-lifetime privilege”

Terry Moore

Pity defending champion Adam Scott and his fellow Masters competitors this week. Contrary to trusted show business advice, they now... Read more »