A Golf Vacation in Scottsdale

In the winter of 1888, army chaplain and Civil War hero Winfield Scott paid $1,600 for a 640-acre tract east of Phoenix in the Salt River Valley. The same year, nearly a continent away in Yonkers, just north of New York City, Scotsman John Reid established Saint Andrew’s Golf Club, generally acknowledged as the birthplace […]

Fishers Island Club

From Manhattan Island to Cape Cod, the distance as the crow flies is exactly 200 miles. At the precise midpoint of that route lies the most captivating golf course on the East Coast—and arguably in the world—Fishers Island. It’s not an easy course to get onto, not an easy club to get into, and (unless […]

5 Myths About The Rules

1. IN MATCH PLAY, WHEN IN DOUBT, PLAY A SECOND BALL Playing a second ball is only allowed in stroke play (Rule 3-3). If you and your opponent have a dispute about a situation or Rule, do what you think is allowed under the Rules and if your opponent disagrees, he can make a timely […]