Characters: Golf Telecast Spotter Greg Parker
Greg Parker has walked more final rounds in the final group at PGA Tour events than Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and Ernie Els combined. You may have noticed Parker in the background on your TV screen with his shock of blond hair, shades, and a look more suited to surfing. Who is this golf-junkie mainstay […]
Top 10 Courses: Arizona
1. Estancia, ScottsdaleTom Fazio’s 1995 Scottsdale debut remains the Arizona gold standard. Generous fairways and greens and relatively few forced carries make for a less penal assignment than at most desert courses and this ultra-exclusive layout is always in top condition. 2. Forest Highlands (Canyon), Flagstaff Set in the mountains at 7,000 feet, this is […]
Links Living: The Landings Club
For a city-sized island community with super-sized amenities (six golf courses, 31 tennis courts, six restaurants, four clubhouses, five swimming pools), The Landings Club manages to retain a small-town feel. That intimate charm is the result of thoughtful planning. Set on 6,300-acre Skidaway Island, 12 miles south of Savannah, Ga., all of the amenities are […]
Links Living: Querencia
The Sea of Cortez, between the long arm of Baja California and Mexico’s mainland, is ideal for swimming, snorkeling, sailing, sport fishing, and surfing. Overlooking the sea and tucked into rugged desert mountains about 20 miles north of Cabo San Lucas at the tip of the Baja sits the private golf and beach community Querencia. […]
Geoff Ogilvy’s Melbourne Sandbelt
By Geoff Ogilvy with Adam Schupak I was blessed to be born and raised in Australian golf’s spiritual home, with 600 acres of golf courses within two square miles of my house. The sandy soil is some of the best terrain for golf on earth: Course designers fall in love with the bunkering and […]
Classic Course: Jupiter Hills
Since his days growing up as a caddie and apprentice club professional in the Philadelphia and South Jersey area, and later as a tour pro, George Fazio dreamed of one day owning and operating his own golf club. His vision was winnowed and focused in the 1940s by playing the Bing Crosby Pro-Am on the […]
Gil Hanse’s Architecture 101: The Land
Whether you’re designing a building, a road, or any structure, every good design starts with a solid foundation. In the case of golf course architecture, that foundation is the land. There are relatively few great golf courses that do not sit on great pieces of land. The exceptions rely on features created by golf course […]
A Guide to the Best Golf in Hawaii
Times have changed considerably for the better in our glorious 50th state since February of 1779, when Captain James Cook found himself caught between some lava rocks and a hard place (the latter being a flash-mob of Hawaiians devoid of the welcoming “Aloha Spirit” you hear so much about nowadays). May he rest in pieces. […]
Golf Along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail
Except for horse racing and basketball, everything in Kentucky serves as a chaser to bourbon, America’s native spirit by a 1964 decree of Congress. The Bourbon Trail was established by the Kentucky Distillers Association in 1999, and in the last two years more than two million visitors have traveled from Louisville to Lexington and […]
First Peek: Ozarks National at Big Cedar Lodge
By Graylyn Loomis Course number four at Big Cedar Lodge brings minimalists Coore and Crenshaw to the heart of the maximalist Ozark Mountains It’s no easy task for a resort to broaden its identity and reach a totally new customer. Big Cedar Lodge in southern Missouri had long been known for hunting, fishing, and boating […]
