10 Great Late-Season Golf Getaways
The clocks have all been turned back. Daylight is ever in shorter supply. Late in the year is the most horrible time for northern golfers, when memories of warm afternoons on the links grow dim, and the specter of winter lurks all too near. We may be able to squeeze in a local round here […]
Sea Island Ups Its Game Again
Many resorts took advantage of the stillness that the Covid-19 pandemic imposed upon the world to upgrade their offerings to guests. In late summer 2023, Sea Island Resort unveiled a long list of substantial renovations to The Lodge at Sea Island. What was a five-star corner of the resort to begin with has only gotten […]
Top 20 U.S. Courses for Fall Foliage
When sweater weather arrives in northern climes, the days may grow shorter and the nights longer, but golf’s playing grounds take on a mantle of color that makes playing in autumn a sublime experience. From New England to the Pacific Northwest, with pockets of color extending through mountain regions and as far south as Alabama […]
Scotland’s Best Do-or-Die Par Threes
Par threes offer a nice break from golf’s two-shotters and three-shotters, a respite from the lengthier holes that predominate most courses—including those lucky enough to be situated in the Home of Golf. But because so much depends on your tee shot on these holes, your one full swing, they can often be scorecard-wreckers. If your […]
8 Solheim Cup Courses You Should Play
Karsten Solheim was a visionary man. When other club manufacturers were talking about putting more mass behind their irons’ hitting area, the founder of PING came up with the idea of perimeter weighting—something you see now not just in PING irons, woods, and putters but in pretty much every club from every manufacturer. Today, many […]
10 Golf Rules That Should be Changed
Few pursuits have as many arcane rules as the game of golf. Did you know, for example, that you can play a shot from within a clubhouse (if it’s not out of bounds), and even open a window or door to facilitate such a shot? The Rules say that you can. They say a lot […]
Ireland’s 10 Best Par Threes
Par threes are special holes. Rarely will you robotically reach for your driver when you step onto the tee of a par three. More likely, you’ll be grabbing a laser rangefinder and throwing a few blades of grass in the air to calculate the distance and pick a club. At that point, one swing will […]
Ireland’s 10 Best Modern Courses
Ireland has no shortage of historic golf courses—famed venues that attract eager visitors from all over the world. Playing the notable links at Ballybunion, Lahinch, and Portmarnock—and the two Royals, County Down and Portrush, in Northern Ireland—should be on every golfer’s bucket list. But some of Ireland’s other must-play courses date to more recent times, […]
Great Courses of Britain & Ireland: Murcar Golf Links
Just how tough can a wee wonder be? It wasn’t until I stepped onto the 10th tee at Royal Aberdeen that I learned it had a neighbor. Not 20 paces from that tee box was a green belonging to another course—the third green at Murcar. Needless to say, I had to play it. And the […]
15 Top Golf Museums and Exhibits
The game of golf has a long and proud history going back centuries. Golf enthusiasts around the world embrace that history, and there’s a long list of places where you can revel in it. Whether you’re interested in golf’s great champions, its major tournaments, the evolution of golf equipment over the years, or all of […]