What You Should Know About Royal Birkdale
By Tony Dear The Open, Open Championship, and British Open all began at the same time yesterday on the historic links of Royal Birkdale Golf Club, a couple of miles south of Lord Street and Southport’s handsome town center. The club, founded as Birkdale Golf Club in 1889, moved to its present location in […]
New Outfitter Center at Cordillera Ranch
When you have a spot that’s as inviting to outdoor pursuits as Cordillera Ranch, in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, you best take advantage of it. And, boy, do they. The 8,700-acre community offers seven resort-style clubs: The River Club, The Tennis and Swim Club, The Equestrian Club, The Rod and Gun […]
Links Living: Timbers Kaua’i Ocean Club & Residences at Hōkūala
This resort community gives owners the chance to enjoy the best of both worlds Many golf communities boast of their “resort-like” atmosphere. Hōkūala actually is a resort, where owners can enjoy all the amenities—and get a few of their own. First and foremost is the Ocean Course, a Jack Nicklaus Signature design that has been […]
Haig Point, Daufuskie Island: Not Your Average Golf Community
This is not your average golf community. Yes, it has an award-winning golf course, even an equestrian center and spectacular beach. But what’s notable is what it doesn’t have: cars. Located on Daufuskie Island, Haig Point is accessible only by ferry from Hilton Head, and that ferry doesn’t take automobiles. Once on the island, transport is […]
Top 10 English Golf Courses
Golf in England is about much more than four Open Championship venues, although they all make the list of the country’s best courses. The others may not be quite as big, but all 10 are outstanding layouts with proud histories that go back a century and more. Here is our top 10 golf courses in […]
Lexi Thompson’s Mom Continuing To Improve After Cancer Scare
To say it has been a tough year for family members of professional golfers would be an understatement. The latest was Lexi Thompson’s mom, who a few weeks ago was diagnosed with uterine cancer. Like many of the other stories that have popped up already in 2017, it looks like this story will have […]
New Golf Neighborhoods to Open at The Greenbrier Sporting Club
What a difference a year makes. When Xander Schauffele holed a 3-foot birdie putt on the 18th to win The Greenbrier Classic this past Sunday, it felt like a victory for the resort, too. Was it only a year ago that devastating floods took so many lives and forced the cancelation of the 2016 […]
The U.S. Open May Return to Chambers Bay
By Tony Dear A recent visit to the 2015 U.S. Open Venue more or less convinced our writer the championship will return one day. Given what happened in 2015, it’s likely that if and when the USGA ever announces the U.S. Open is returning to Chambers Bay, the backlash will be strong. You’ll remember most […]
How to Pack for a Golf Trip
There’s travel—and then there’s golf travel. Besides bringing clubs, shoes, balls, and other gear, we have to figure out the clothes. A weekend trip to the desert is easy—shirts, shorts, sunscreen. But if you’re off for more than three or four days, or to a part of the globe where the weather can be fickle […]
Sand Valley: Bandon in the Heartland
By James A. Frank Nearly 20 years ago, I was one of the first golf writers to find his way to the southern coast of Oregon and a new golf resort called Bandon Dunes. Back then, there was just one course—designed by a little-known Scotsman named David McLay Kidd—and a wonderfully bare-bones lodge just […]