Seminole Prepares for the 2021 Walker Cup
One of the most exclusive clubs in the world, Seminole has done its best over the past 88 years to guard its privacy, keeping its highly esteemed Donald Ross course a secret except to the fortunate few. Now, however, it’s ready to share a bit, having accepted an invitation from the USGA to host the […]
The Addington Golf Club, England
Idiosyncratic, brilliant, characterful, heroic. These are a few of the adjectives associated with The Addington. Located just 10 miles south of London’s Piccadilly Circus and hemmed-in by dense suburbia, it was built during the early years of the so-called “Golden Age” of course design with J.F. Abercromby creating and completing it either side of the Great War. […]
The Ultimate Washington, D.C. Golf Vacation
The Nation’s Capital and its surrounding suburbs are not usually thought of as a golf destination, a major mistake for anyone also coming to town to visit the museums, monuments, and major power points of the federal government. The Washington area has a rich golf history. Congressional Country Club in Potomac, Md., has staged three […]
What’s the Best Vacation Spot for Your Golf Game?
By James A. Frank You toil hard to earn yourself a little vacation time with your clubs. You book the flights, hotel, rental car, and tee times, excited to play a highly ranked course. But you quickly discover your game is ill-suited to the layout, and instead of having fun, you toil some more, growing […]
Frugal Golfer: Prince Edward Island
By George Peper It’s Myrtle Beach with a maple leaf. With more than two dozen golf courses, all within 45 minutes of one another and charging green fees under $100, Prince Edward Island is the Frugal Golfer’s Canadian oasis. Due east of Maine, just north of Nova Scotia, Canada’s smallest province (about twice the size […]
Where Were These Famous Golf Movies Filmed?
Let’s face it: There has never been a great golf movie. Sure, Caddyshack is a laugh riot, but it’s hardly what you’d call the pinnacle of cinematic art. The numerous golf dramas and biopics have been generally mediocre either through lack of golf authenticity (actors who can’t swing) or other inherent weakness (golfers who can’t […]
Hickory Golf with Peter Georgiady
Devotees of the hickory-shafted game are a small but dedicated group—probably fewer than 20,000 enthusiasts globally—and no one might love it more than Peter Georgiady. He played with antique clubs for the first time in 1980, at a gathering of The Golf Collectors’ Society, and was hooked. “That was my first hickory golf, and I […]
A Front Row Seat at the 1987 Masters
This is how Seve Ballesteros, Greg Norman, and I lost the 1987 Masters. About the only good thing that came out of it was that I did manage to overhear what is, to my way of thinking, the best one-liner ever uttered during the course of tournament play at Augusta National. That’s if you discount […]
Peter Alliss Remembers the 1967 Ryder Cup
I well remember the 1967 Ryder Cup matches at the Champions Golf Club in Houston for several reasons, a couple of them having nothing to do with golf! I’d had a very successful series of matches in the 1965 Ryder Cup played at Royal Birkdale, so I was looking forward to another encounter, particularly as it […]
Silloth on Solway Golf Club, England
Americans traveling to Britain will typically head for London and Stratford to gain their “culture fix,” then journey to Scotland to sample the scenery. Such an itinerary is understandable, but it excludes a visit to arguably the most beautiful area of the entire British Isles, the English Lake District, a mountainous region in the far […]
