5 Public U.S. Courses I HAVE to Play in 2021
I’ve been extremely fortunate to play some of the country’s finest public courses over my 30 years of life. I got my first taste of Pinehurst playing No. 2 shortly after it’s restoration in 2011. In 2012, my dad and I took on Pebble Beach and for the first time I was able to enjoy […]
Top 5 Course Collectibles for Golfers
I recently had a reader in Poland reach out to share a picture of his logo golf ball collection: more than 500 golf balls from courses he’s played in 75 countries, from Pebble Beach in California to Pyongyang in North Korea. Impressively, all are kept in a custom-made, 720-ball display on a single wall in […]
10 of the Decade’s Toughest Major Championship Holes
In all, 39 championships were played over the last decade and 29 different major champions crowned—equaling a plethora of moments etched in the history of the game. A total of 29 different golf courses played host to majors over the last 10 years—some much more difficult than others. Which were toughest? And more specifically, which […]
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 […]
“Getting to 18”: Tom Doak’s Invaluable Addition to the Golf Library
A relatively small, though certainly important, part of a golf course architect’s job is deciding on a hole’s cosmetics, or how it’s going to look. A more important layer for most is its strategy, or how it’s going to play. By far the most crucial consideration, however, as it pertains to the functional, operational, and […]
Best Push Cart Options for Golf’s Walking Resurgence
If you’re among those golfers who rediscovered the joy of walking the course in 2020, you’re in good company. Not only has play been up nationwide, but so has the percentage of walking rounds. So, it shouldn’t be too much of surprise to hear that many manufacturers and retailers have been running out of push […]
Unique Golf Course Prizes Anyone Can Win
Making a birdie on any of the devilish, turtle-back greens at Pinehurst No. 2 is an enduring memory for just about any regular golfer visiting the iconic resort in the sandhills of North Carolina. But for those skilled enough, or lucky enough, to birdie one of the four par threes (or eagle a par four) […]
What’s the Ruling? 5 Unique Rules Scenarios Explained
On many levels, the game of golf is a huge part of my life. Along with writing about, watching, and playing the game as often as possible, I spend a large chunk of my weekends caddying for my two sons. Both boys are competitive junior golfers, and being on the bag for hundreds of rounds, […]
Cabot Revelstoke Coming to Canada in 2023
Cabot announced in mid-November it will be expanding its golf-resort empire to the western side of Canada in British Columbia with Cabot Revelstoke—a resort expected to open in 2023 with a lodge and housing alongside an 18-hole golf course called Cabot Pacific designed by Rod Whitman and his new company, Whitman, Axland, & Cutten. Whitman, […]
American Dream Courses: Mid-Atlantic
There have been times the boundaries of the regions we’ve covered in this series have been rather stretched. The Northeast featured Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey—states I have since discovered could actually be considered part of the Mid-Atlantic. So not only does this article about the Mid-Atlantic not include Pennsylvania, New York, and New […]
