Top 10 Fall Foliage Golf Courses
Fall has arrived and with it the best time of year to play. The best courses require a variety of deciduous trees to display autumn’s riotous blaze of color, as well as higher elevations to offer panoramic views of nature’s fleeting splendor. Bear Trace at Cumberland Mountain Crossville, Tenn. Located 70 miles west of Knoxville, this […]
A New Generation of Golf Communities
That old expression about every cloud having a silver lining has special resonance in golf real estate these days. The communities and clubs that made it through the economic earthquake of a few years ago have come through the other side having learned some very valuable lessons.
Blind Holes: A Test of Golfing Character
Some golfers can’t see the thrill, the pleasure, and the all-around goodness of a blind hole. Maybe this will open their eyes.
Letter from St. Andrews: Lost Treasure
The author makes a plea for the return of a special book that was misplaced 20 years ago at another milestone celebration
Dogged Victim | My Course You’ll Likely Never Play
But next time you’re near Siberia, please do stop by
Dorado Beach Re-Opening
I am blissfully reclined, 30 feet up a banyan tree. A warm breeze, infused with the smoky sweetness of incense, wafts across my brow. From a hidden speaker come the soothing strains of a harp-and-flute duet, while in the distance waves break gently onto a sandy beach.
Tom Doak’s Most Underrated Courses
Tom Doak—famous for knocking down golf courses that get too much praise—names 14 that deserve more
Top 10 Best Courses for the Money
This Labor Day, working men (and women) can take comfort in the fact that great golf need not cost a great deal, and that fantastic values with green fees below $65 are available from West Virginia to Oregon. Annbriar Golf Course Waterloo, Ill. Situated in southern Illinois on the outskirts of St. Louis, this Michael […]
A Golf Vacation in Cape Cod
When the Army Corps of Engineers gouged 20 million cubic yards of rock and earth from the Massachusetts towns of Bourne and Sandwich in the early 1930s, the great canal they cut became an accepted boundary between Cape Cod and the rest of the world. But lately I have stood on tee boxes at new […]
Is Melbourne the World’s Best Major City for Golf?
Five years before beginning construction on Augusta National Golf Club, Alister MacKenzie traveled to Australia and left a lasting imprint on the top courses of Melbourne, one of the best golf cities in the world
