Caddying During the Pandemic—Yay or Nay?
Entering August, Tony Shuster had caddied for 20 days in a row at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. He totaled 847,000 steps during the month of June and another 789,000 in July—upward of 800 miles in all. Shuster is one of almost 350 caddies shepherding golfers around the six 18-hole courses at the remote, walking-only destination […]
Destination Kohler Adding New Short Course Facility
One of the country’s great golf destinations is planning to make a splash with the development of its new short course facility. Desination Kohler, the Kohler, Wis., resort that is home to four Pete Dye golf courses in Whistling Straits and Blackwolf Run, is introducing “The Baths of Blackwolf Run”—featuring a 10-hole par-3 course, a […]
TPC Harding Park’s Road to Glory
The venue for this week’s PGA Championship has enjoyed something of a wild ride since opening in July 1925. Designed by Sam Whiting and William Watson whose famed Lake Course at the Olympic Club had opened the year before, TPC Harding Park was originally named Lake Merced Municipal Links but soon was dedicated to President […]
Ranking The World: Asia/Oceania
In the third installment of our four-part series ranking the world’s golf countries (outside of the U.S.), we turn to the diverse landscape of Asia/Oceania The Asia/Oceania region is one of great contrasts. It is more densely populated than anywhere in the world, but home to some of the smallest countries and most sparsely populated […]
Links Living: Bluejack National
Texas farmhouse meets Napa Valley style in the understated elegance of the new clubhouse at this private club community that is the home of Tiger Woods’s first U.S. design It would be hard to blame Bluejack National, the home of the first Tiger Woods-designed course in the U.S., if they rested on the laurels of […]
What Makes A Green Great?
It would be difficult to overstate the importance of interesting greens to the rank, renown, and reputation of a golf course. It would be similarly tough accumulating all the telling quotes the great architects have submitted on the subject—but here are a few: “Putting greens constructed with relation to the length and topography of the […]
Catching Up with Champion Golfer of the Year Shane Lowry
Champion Golfer of the Year. It’s one of the most prestigious titles in golf. For Irishman Shane Lowry, that title can now be rephrased as Champion Golfer of the YEARS, plural. With the 2020 Open Championship pushed back to 2021, the 2019 winner at Royal Portrush has been afforded the rare opportunity of enjoying two […]
I Was There: 2015 PGA Championship
Day One: Even though we knew it was bound to happen, Jason Day’s first major championship was still especially fulfilling There are times in professional golf when you could almost swear the outcome of a tournament is pre-ordained. That’s how it felt when Jason Day broke through and won his first major championship at the […]
Dormie Network Provides a Unique Approach to Private Club Membership
The golf might be the initial attraction of the Dormie Network’s unique model—full membership privileges to six (and counting) top-rated private clubs around the U.S.—but it’s the experiential component that truly sets it apart. I recently had the opportunity to visit the newest addition to the Dormie Network portfolio: Hidden Creek, a terrific design from […]
Links Living: Bay Creek
The perfect antidote to the crowds and clutter of coastal destinations, this beachfront community on Virginia’s Cape connects its members to the natural beauty that surrounds them It’s not often that you hear of a golf community eliminating nine holes from its award-winning lineup and improving the golf experience. But that’s exactly what Bay Creek, […]
