The 12 Best Metal-Winning Courses
When Xander Schauffele won gold at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo, you could say he was a both a medal winner and a metal winner. Chemical elements such as gold, silver, copper, and iron are among the most well-known metals; they’re also extremely popular commodities in the world of golf course names. Of the golf […]
First Peek: Point Hardy Golf Club
Prepare to be stunned by Coore & Crenshaw’s first course in the Caribbean I don’t want to sound too dramatic. But in ranking the courses with the most spectacular settings for golf in the world—with appropriate acknowledgment to places like Old Head, Lofoten Links, and Cypress Point—Point Hardy Golf Club, opening in December as part […]
10 Courses that Resemble Augusta National
Dreaming of dogwoods and azaleas, but find that a tee time at Augusta National is out of reach? There’s a fistful of courses in the U.S. that embody many, though certainly not all, of the virtues of Augusta National. Some layouts approach the ambience, others the conditioning and design, and still others the floral displays. […]
The 10 Most Significant Augusta National Course Changes
The home of the Masters has undergone annual changes of all kinds. This unscientific ranking takes into account the impact on the course and on tournaments. 10. Rae’s Creek tributary fronting the 13th green is allowed to fill with more running water in the late 1980s, only to be undone following criticism from the likes […]
Cypress Shoals: 6 Things to Know About the New Golf Property Near Augusta National
While Augusta National Golf Club will always be front and center in the Augusta, Ga., area, a new golf facility in development less than five miles away is garnering a bit of attention as details about the property emerge. Here are six things to know about the forthcoming master-planned community of Cypress Shoals. It’s Not […]
Links Living: Tesoro Club
The rebirth of this proud Treasure Coast community’s once-abandoned golf courses has been nothing short of remarkable. What a difference new ownership makes. “When I first came through the gates of Tesoro Club, my initial impression was the sheer beauty of it,” says Roderick O’Connor, part of Tesoro’s ownership trio that also includes Timothy Jones […]
What We Know About the New 13th Tee at Augusta National
Here’s what we know about Augusta National’s ambitious 13th tee: pretty much everything—minus one elusive detail Not long ago, players would turn up Masters week and get asked about course changes. Some reported phantom revisions, insisting the club had tweaked and tugged away at the design when no such thing occurred. The Lords of Augusta […]
What Is The Most Golf You Have Played In One Week?
Most Memorable Golf Bars in the British Isles
You can go anywhere for a cold beer or a cocktail after a round of golf, but that doesn’t mean that just any bar can be a 19th hole. The best golf bars bring a sense of the course inside, they embrace the lifestyle and the passion that golf enthusiasts have for the game, and—yes—they […]
The 10 Toughest Greens at Augusta National
A better title for this article might be “The 18 Toughest Greens at Augusta National,” because the reality is that every putting surface on this storied course can give players fits. It all depends on where the hole is located and where a player is putting from. Long putts, short putts—it doesn’t matter. Twenty-footers can […]
