Cabot St. Lucia—Keiser and Cowan-Dewar Head South
By Adam Schupak Ben Cowan-Dewar still remembers the first time he saw pictures of what will be Cabot Saint Lucia. They were tantalizing enough to get him to hop on a plane and see for himself in June 2016. What he saw did not fail to impress: 1.5 miles of jutted coastline overlooking the Cas […]
Links Living: Berkeley Hall
Long known as a serious golfer’s paradise, this private community just off Hilton Head Island is a worthy setting for top men’s and women’s amateur tournaments For amateur golfers, 2019 is turning out to be a banner year. The final round of the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur was played at Augusta National Golf Club […]
Links Living: Quivira Los Cabos
With a 5-star oceanfront hotel and private luxury residential club coming to its spectacular landscape, this luxury resort community is breaking new ground in Cabo One of Mexico’s finest luxury resort communities is taking major steps toward fulfilling its vision of being the best of the best. Situated at the southern tip of the Baja […]
Top 10 Most Scenic Golf Courses
In a world rich with stunning golf courses, some layouts simply stand above the rest. Sure, there is a seemingly endless amount of courses that occupy seaside linksland or are blessed with a mountain backdrop, and while they’re definitely scenic, not all of them can make the cut for this list. The 10 courses I […]
George Peper: Let’s Get Personal
By George Peper It’s time for the USGA and R&A to take a cue from Netflix and Amazon and make our handicaps adjust instantly to different types of courses So the USGA and R&A have spent a great deal of time, effort, and money recently on the development of what they’re calling the WHS—World Handicap […]
Great Courses of Britain & Ireland: Brora Golf Club
Far north along the Scottish coast, playing between grazing sheep and the North Sea, is golf in its purest form. Located 30 minutes north of Dornoch, way up in the Scottish Highlands, Brora Golf Club is an unassuming links that sinks its hooks into nearly every golfer who plays it. It’s what people mean when […]
First Peek: Twin Dolphin
By Adam Schupak With Fred Couples part of the architectural team it’s no surprise that this new course at the tip of the Baja Peninsula is laid-back and fun Golfers needing another reason to visit the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula have a good one. Set on the shores of Santa Maria Bay, where […]
Classic Course: Brae Burn Country Club
If champions determine the quality of a golf course, then Brae Burn Country Club on the outskirts of Boston is firmly among America’s elite. When the record offers up names like Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, Francis Ouimet, Harriot Curtis, and Beth Daniel, the place is something special. Like many of the courses that emerged in […]
Darren Clarke’s Royal Portrush
If Max Faulkner were around to defend his 1951 Open Championship title, he might not recognize what they’ve done to Royal Portrush’s acclaimed Dunluce Course. But 2011 Open Champion Darren Clarke has had a front-row seat to all the architectural drama that’s taken place there recently. The jovial Ulsterman has owned a home in Portrush […]
Exploring Golf in Northern Michigan
Growing up in the Cadillacs-and-concrete jungle called Detroit, northern Michigan may as well have been a mythological realm—all fjords, forests, and fog. Never got up there as a kid (I didn’t ski, nor swim) and hell, we thought the slate-gray waters of Lake Erie an hour into Canada were plenty beautiful. But thank the mighty […]
