Top 10: Wales
Often overlooked by its more golf-famous British Isles brethren, the tiny nation of Wales quietly boasts a number of phenomenal courses. It’s had its fair share of championships—The Ryder Cup, Walker Cup, Curtis Cup, and British Senior Open have all been staged on Welsh turf. Wales’s rugged coastline also provides for some of the […]
Tom Fazio’s Own: Forest Creek Golf Club
By Ian Critser Tom Fazio has designed and built hundreds of golf courses throughout his distinguished career, but now only one can claim the world-renowned architect as a part owner. Forest Creek in Pinehurst, North Carolina now holds that unique honor. Fazio has partnered with two other Forest Creek members to form Colony 9, an […]
The World of High-Priced Golf Bags – Are They Worth the Money?
Among the many cool details that separate the cult-style following of MacKenzie Golf Bags from the one on sale at your local sporting goods store is the fact that the company doesn’t keep its bags in stock. It takes 3–4 weeks for one of its leather bags to be made by true artisans. Well, there […]
Trinity Forest: A Golf Course Built on a Landfill
“Building a golf course should just not be this hard.” Those aren’t words one expects to hear from architect Bill Coore, who along with partner Ben Crenshaw has been responsible for some of the most important and appreciated layouts of the last few decades. But it’s exactly what Coore said over the phone to Jonas […]
The 5 Toughest Walks in Golf
You can’t help but take a few minutes to admire the views from the highest points at Pikewood National, which not only sits atop a mesa in the mountains near Morgantown, West Virginia, but has been continually climbing in national course rankings. The panoramic pit stops aren’t just because you’re treated to views of three […]
Akbar Chisti: The Man Behind Seamus Golf
In August 2014, Akbar Chisti drove from Portland, Ore., to the PGA Show in Las Vegas to meet with the USGA’s head buyer, Mary Lopuszynski. Chisti went to discuss what “unique and compelling” piece Seamus Golf might create for the U.S. Open merchandise tent. It was a special moment for the company Chisti had founded in […]
Classic Course: San Francisco Golf Club
By Brian Hewitt A.W. Tillinghast’s only West Coast design has been restored to its original splendor In 1918, when the San Francisco Golf Club unveiled what turned out to be A. W. Tillinghast’s only original design west of Texas, it produced barely a murmur. No one knew the course would set the bar for […]
First Peek at Hogs Head
By Michael Williams There is no shortage of spectacular golf in Ireland; indeed, the bucket list of many golfers is peppered with destinations on the Emerald Isle. But with the opening of Robert Trent Jones II’s Hogs Head, every list was just extended one line. Located in County Kerry just outside the town of […]
How to Get on Any Golf Course – Even the Most Private
I have a recurring nightmare: Pulling up to the gate at Pine Valley and the guard who rations entry into that Perfect enclave looks up from his clipboard and says, “Sorry Mr. Sabino, no mas.” Which is why I thought about writing this article under a pseudonym to avoid being blacklisted at any more clubs. To […]
The Essential: Hugh Alison
Charles Hugh Alison, who was known to the world by his middle name, was born in 1883 in the small English city of Preston, about 30 miles north of Manchester. A powerfully built and athletic young man, he played first-class cricket and earned his “Blue” competing for Oxford against Cambridge in the University Golf Match. […]