How to Choose the Best Golf and Ski Community for You
Love to golf and love to ski? Quite a few communities will satisfy both those passions. Here’s how to choose the best one for you. “The mountains are calling, and I must go.” So said John Muir, the Scottish-American naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club. Muir spoke of mountains as “recreational playgrounds for the […]
What Does the Future of Golf Travel Look Like?
The Covid-19 pandemic threw a monkey wrench into a lot of people’s golf travel plans. Golf may have attracted new players to local courses—people looking for ways to recreate in a safe, physically distanced way. And domestic golf resorts within driving distance of population centers may have benefited from fewer people traveling overseas to play. […]
Golf’s Top 10 Selfie Spots
Golfers have lots of ways of remembering their favorite rounds. Some purchase shirts or caps from their trips to top courses. For others, it’s logo balls or scorecards. But nothing captures the special moments of a round better than photos. And in the age of the selfie, grabbing a snapshot of yourself and your friends […]
Guide to the Best of Los Cabos
You’ve heard about the golf in Los Cabos, and maybe even seen photos of the courses that hug the sun-kissed beaches there. But you’re probably wondering: Is it worth the time and expense to travel to the tip of Baja California Sur? The answer is an unequivocal si! Seventy-five years ago, Americans made tracks to […]
Top 10 Golf Trip Drives for 2021
Road trip. Two ordinary words that conjure up visions of adventure by the mile and new discoveries at every turn. Is there a golfer anywhere who wouldn’t like to be loading up his or her clubs and hitting the road right now with a significant other or a bunch of friends? I know I would. […]
Is an Overseas Membership for You?
You’ve just stepped off your overnight flight from the U.S. Weary-eyed, you collect your bags and squeeze them into your diminutive Vauxhall rental. Driving on the left, you navigate innumerable roundabouts and zip down motorways whose numbers all begin with letters en route to your club. Not your home club—your home-away-from-home club. The one you […]
10 of Golf’s Scariest Opening Tee Shots
Any first tee can spook you. What happens on the first hole sets the tone for the whole round, so it’s only natural to be nervous when it’s your turn to blast away. That’s why many course designers make their opening holes gentle affairs—to help ease you into your round. But there are some courses […]
Perfect Provence
France’s famed southeastern corner offers great golf—and beaucoup more There are many places where emerging from baggage claim with an overstuffed golf travel bag won’t earn you a second glance. L’Aéroport de Marseille Provence is not one of them. This corner of la France is known for many things, but not for attracting legions of […]
10 Courses That Should Host the Ryder Cup
In theory, you could play the Ryder Cup at your local muni and it’d still be exciting. But the venues do contribute to the magic. The “War by the Shore” wouldn’t have been the same if it hadn’t taken place at Kiawah. Nor would the “Battle of Brookline” have been as dramatic if it had […]
Winged Foot’s Championship Pedigree
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This year’s U.S. Open marks the sixth time the championship has been contested on the West Course at Winged Foot. As players continue to tee off on this A. W. Tillinghast brute (updated in 2017 by Gil Hanse), viewers should expect to see Winged Foot be every bit as difficult as in past championships there. […]
