2016 Golf Course Renovations Round-Up
Michigan’s adding two courses, notable renovations are afoot in Europe, and Rees has reworked Trent in the DR
Top 10 Golf Courses in Mexico
1. Diamante (Dunes), Cabo San Lucas, Arguably the best golf course designed by Davis Love, it plays through massive oceanside dunes, the tauter more upland front side setting the table for a big back nine beside the sea. 2. Cabo Del Sol, Cabo San Lucas, The first of the marquee layouts in Cabo, this Jack Nicklaus […]
Trilogy at Verde River, Scottsdale
A new residential community is taking shape in northeast Scottsdale and golf, although the centerpiece, will be just one of many activities
St. Andrews: In the Footsteps of Old Tom Morris
Want to win the USGA’s Herbert Warren Wind Book Award? Write a book about Old Tom Morris.
Tom Doak on How To Rate Your Home Course
How do you rate your own golf course? Tom Doak explains his method and the reasoning behind The Doak Scale
George Peper: Mini Mania
Regulation courses might not be flourishing, but natural grass putt-putt layouts are all the rage
The Benefits of Walking the Golf Course
Expecting golf in St. Andrews to be special, the author discovered it was completely pedestrian
Lowcountry Golf Cruise with Perry Golf
Now you can cruise the courses of the Carolina Lowcountry in style, aboard a vintage wooden-hulled yacht
How do Golfers Judge a Great Golf Course?
If we look closely at the characteristics of the highly rated courses, it’s easy to start drawing conclusions about what is and is not perceived as good by golfers, or at least the subset that gets to participate in the ranking process. Two characteristics that many of the top courses share are sandy soil and […]
David McLay Kidd on Making Golf Fun
I designed Bandon Dunes in the late 1990s as a 20-something Scotsman, unsullied by the American fixation with course rankings, real estate values, and critics’ opinions. Raised in Scotland, the son of a greenkeeper, I knew what made golf fun: It was simplicity with a twist, a strategy laid out in front of the golfer […]
