Fall 2025
Volume 38, Number 4
Our Fall 2025 issue begins with a piece that has already tugged at the heartstrings of hundreds, if not thousands, of golfers around the country. It’s George Peper’s Editor’s column, titled “The Best of Times,” and it explains better than anything we have ever read what is unique and wonderful about this game we love. You’ll further enjoy tales from the pros of sneaking on courses, NYC’s public golf scene, the country’s most historic golf resorts, and much more.
In 1920, Walter Hagen turned a pre-Open practice round into a cross-country trek across three classic English links. More than a century later, you’re invited to give it a try.
by Richard Pennell
Before they were pros, sneaking on was the only way these promising golfers could play some out-of-reach courses
by Adam Schupak
Actually, don’t. Golf in New York City has everything—good, bad, and uddahwise. And it’s all public. ’Natch.
words and photography by Michael Altobello
America’s oldest golf resorts combine the elegance and traditions of days gone by with some fun and challenging courses
by James A. Frank
A new course on the Georgia coast offers the public a rare glimpse at the design prowess of golf’s “Old Man”
by Al Lunsford
Expect it to do to the Ryder Cuppers what it’s done to pros and everyday golfers for nearly 90 years—kick ass and take names
by Mark Cannizzaro
One of England’s finest links courses has a little bit of everything, including a touch of the incredible
by Nick Edmund
Let George Do It
The Best of Times
Golf in Britain: A Survival Guide
Mistaken for MacKenzie
World Round-up
Turkey
Darren Wargo
Red Ledges
Costa Navarino
Sam Ryder
Canada
Van Cortlandt Park Golf Course (photo by Michael Altobello)
Actually, don’t. Golf in New York City has everything—good, bad, and uddahwise. And it’s all public. ’Natch.
words and photography by Michael Altobello
In 1920, Walter Hagen turned a pre-Open practice round into a cross-country trek across three classic English links. More than a century later, you’re invited to give it a try.
by Richard Pennell
Photo by Jack Ducey
Illustration by Tim Bower
Before they were pros, sneaking on was the only way these promising golfers could play some out-of-reach courses
by Adam Schupak
America’s oldest golf resorts combine the elegance and traditions of days gone by with some fun and challenging courses
by James A. Frank
The Homestead Resort
