The Course That Almost Wasn’t: The Story Behind The Story Behind Augusta National

Masters Song

J. Perry “Commodore” Stoltz had a dream. The Miami-based hotel magnate, whose faced graced the October 1, 1925 front cover of the Augusta Chronicle, envisioned an ever-expanding empire of elegant hotels—luxurious resort hotels that would draw wealthy winter visitors from the north and treat them to warm, southern temperatures and hospitality to match. Properties in […]

5 Things We Love About the Texas Hill Country

With the Valero Texas Open returning to TPC San Antonio this week, our limited attention spans turn to the Texas Hill Country, the 25,000-square-mile, 23-county region that cuts a mighty swath through the state’s southern tier and turns the popular perception of Texas as a big flat prairie on its ear. The Hill Country is […]

Poppy Hills, Pebble Beach

Robert Trent Jones Jr. has put the pop back in Poppy after an extensive renovation that has made the course firm, fast, and fun