Golf’s Most Perilous Courses
Cabo’s Quivira is golf’s ultimate hair-raising adventure Sometimes all we want from a golf experience is a tranquil walk in the park. Occasionally, however, we crave a pulse-quickening thrill ride. For the same reason some choose to go skydiving, watch a horror movie, or drive in Manhattan, the lure of a potentially perilous round of […]
First Peek: Te Arai Links (North)
The second half of this New Zealand resort should finally get you to fly across the Pacific Tom Doak’s track record in New Zealand already includes two layouts, Cape Kidnappers (opened in 2004) and Tara Iti (2015), that have become fixtures on World Top 100 lists—the latter soaring as high as the second-best course outside […]
My Favorite Public Golf Holes in America (Front Nine)
Being asked to name your favorite 18 holes in America is something of a dream assignment for any golfer. Until, that is, you begin to second-guess yourself, at which point you soon realize this is going to take way longer and induce a lot more anxiety than you’d originally anticipated. A lot of golfers could […]
Living La Dolce Vita: The Best of Golf in Italy
Just in time for the Ryder Cup—the best of golf in Italy Italy has an aura about it. An unmistakable charm that emanates from the language, the art, and the food. The country is familiar, but as a golf destination it remains something of a mystery. All that should change now that the redesigned stadium […]
New Golf Projects are Booming in These Two States
Whether it’s new courses or major renovations, golf development has ramped up in recent years. Almost one-third of the new U.S. golf course projects can be found in two states, according to the National Golf Foundation: Florida and Texas. As Tom Doak noted during a recent visit to one of his current builds, there are […]
Test Your Knowledge of St. Andrews—Take Our Quiz
American fascination with St. Andrews as a golfing destination has been evident for more than 150 years and is most memorably attributable to Bobby Jones, who fell in love with both the Old Course and the town when he said, “I could take out of my life everything except my experiences at St. Andrews and […]
8 Solheim Cup Courses You Should Play
Karsten Solheim was a visionary man. When other club manufacturers were talking about putting more mass behind their irons’ hitting area, the founder of PING came up with the idea of perimeter weighting—something you see now not just in PING irons, woods, and putters but in pretty much every club from every manufacturer. Today, many […]
6 Great Public Golf Courses in Greater Dallas
The PGA Tour swings through the Lone Star state a handful of times every year, and when it does one of several standout Texas courses enjoys its annual 15 minutes of fame. Yet, there are plenty of other great tracks all across the state. Here, we take a closer look at the greater Dallas area, […]
First Peek: Red Feather Golf and Social Club
A cotton field in northwest Texas was the blank canvas for King-Collins’s first private course On a flat, 135-acre plot just south of downtown Lubbock, Texas, Rob Collins and Tad King have developed what they call the “modern day Shadow Creek,” turning a nondescript piece of land into an awe-inspiring golf landscape for Red Feather—a […]
8 Golf Courses with Unique Pin Flags
Landmand Golf Club is oversized in a great many ways, with the King-Collins design sprawling across 588 acres of Nebraska farmland—almost four times the size of an average 18-hole golf course. The bunkers are fearsomely large, the greens massive. And to fit the scale of the putting surfaces, the pin flags are oversized as well. […]