Top Public Golf in San Francisco
The City by the Bay is a great city in which to play Jefferson Airplane guitarist Paul Kantner once called San Francisco “49 square miles surrounded by reality.” The area of this city pressed between ocean and bay may be limited, but the number of golf facilities available to the public is not, and for […]
George Peper: A Call for Kinder Golf Courses
Having suffered through a generation that produced some regrettably brutish golf courses, we may now be in remission Thirty-five years ago, when George Bush famously called for a “kinder, gentler nation,” at the 1988 Republican Convention he was referring to the overall state of American society, but he could just as well have been talking […]
The Best Lesser-Known Courses at Pinehurst
Pinehurst Resort is one of the biggest golf properties in the world with 11 courses, including one of the game’s most iconic layouts in course No. 2. For many golfers, that storied course defines Pinehurst itself, the site of multiple U.S. Opens as well as the 1936 PGA Championship and 1951 Ryder Cup. Payne Stewart’s […]
The 10 Fiercest Golf Course Names in the U.S.
The very best golf course names accurately depict their settings and entice you to play. Think Pebble Beach, or the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort. Some course names entice you with prospects of comfort, such as California’s Friendly Hills or Nebraska’s Happy Hollow. Other course names are more forbidding. Either they repel by […]
5 Things to Know: Tiger Woods’s New Utah Course Design
Tiger Woods and his design firm recently announced plans for a new private golf course that’s tied into the Marcella Club in Park City, Utah. Given the location, it’s not a surprise that modern luxury living is the vision of the club, which is leaning on Tiger’s name in selling expensive real estate lots, including […]
Top 10 Courses: Virginia
Here’s our list of the top 10 courses in Virginia, also known as the Old Dominion 1. THE OLDE FARM, Bristol Unfurled on a stretch of rolling farmland in the Appalachian foothills, this links-style design by Bobby Weed, always in superb condition, is a full test of both shotmaking and course management. 2. THE […]
Golf’s Boldest Bunkers
Bunkers should be visible, numerous, and intimidating. These four courses display the boldest bunkers of all.
Geoff Shackelford: Golf Architecture is Getting its Due
Golf architecture is having a moment. Finally! From the public-course world up to the elitest of the elite, golfers are bonding over a shared affinity for course design. To the small legion of geeks out there—guilty as charged—we’ve long wondered why the masses failed to share our passion even as architecture has long been golf’s […]
The 12 Best California Oceanside Courses You Can Play
Nothing stirs the golfer’s soul quite like playing alongside the ocean. Each year, we watch as the PGA Tour journeys along the California coastline; first dueling with Torrey Pines, then taking on another one of golf’s greatest seaside championship tests, Pebble Beach. There’s no red-blooded golfer alive that wouldn’t relish a round at Pebble, but […]
Best Arnold Palmer Courses You Can Play
Not many people leave an Arnold Palmer course transported by their experience. Likewise, very few people, if any, fail to enjoy themselves. In all, the seven-time major champion put his name on somewhere between 340 and 350 projects around the world, working first with Francis Duane then Ed Seay, Erik Larsen, and Harrison Minchew before […]
