6 Things to Know: The Lido at Sand Valley
The Lido at Sand Valley Golf Resort is a faithful recreation of a long-gone layout once celebrated as the best in the world. The original version was built on New York’s Long Island in the early 1900s by renowned architects C.B. Macdonald and Seth Raynor but demolished by the U.S. Navy during World War II […]
Modern Classics: Lofoten Links
Inside the Arctic Circle. 24-hour-a-day summer golf. Awe-inspiring scenery. Norway. Need we say more? According to Rudyard Kipling, “only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun.” A latter-day version of Kipling’s observation might be, “Only Norwegian golf course superintendents and bucket-list-chasing golfers venture out beneath the midnight sun.” Lofoten Links is fast […]
10 Great 18-hole Courses on Fewer Than 100 Acres
In January 1930, just 14 weeks after the Wall Street crash and the catastrophic collapse of the U.S. stock market, course architect Alister MacKenzie set sail from Hoboken, N.J., bound for Buenos Aires. During a roughly eight-week stay in South America, the Scotsman designed, or suggested improvements to, at least six courses in Argentina (including […]
5 Great Public Courses Near Detroit
Motoring around “Motor City” reveals a trunk-load of challenging designs from some world-famous architects As one would expect from a state with the most public golf facilities in the U.S, a host of verdant courses can be seen from the window seat of a plane flying into Detroit Metropolitan Airport. 5 COURSES — 98 MILES […]
The Most Resonating Courses in Golf
Some golf courses have a unique and unmistakable sense of place. The ancient Romans had an expression: genius loci, or sense of place. Their belief was that every city and town had its own spiritual identity, the way it was experienced, imagined, yearned for, and held in the heart and soul. Now, 3,000 years later, […]
Finest Golf on Monterey Peninsula
With sweet jazz in the autumn air—and arguably the country’s finest golf all year long—a visit to Monterey Peninsula is always music to one’s ears It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing. —DUKE ELLINGTON, 1931 Those of a certain age may be familiar with the above song and its illustrious composer, […]
10 of Golf’s Most Dramatic Cliffside Courses
When you think of the elements that create drama on a golf course routing, two of the first that jump to mind are probably “on the water” and “significant elevation change.” So, it’s small surprise that cliffside golf holes elicit such interest and fascination. Some courses fully embrace their cliffside location, putting the perched prominence […]
The 7 Best Alister MacKenzie Courses You Can Play
Whether it’s early April when the Masters rolls around at Augusta National or any time of year when somebody posts a jealousy-inducing tweet about their round at Cypress Point, the topic of Alister MacKenzie’s genius is front and center. Having said that, only the fortunate few can swing a tee time at Augusta or Cypress. […]
Top 10 Courses: New Jersey
Here’s our list of the top 10 courses in New Jersey, also known as the Garden State
Cabot Revelstoke: Canada’s Next Great Mountain Course Takes Shape
Nestled on a ridgeline between the Selkirk and Monashee Mountains and overlooking the Columbia River Valley in Revelstoke, British Columbia, a golf course is being built in the heli-skiing capital of the world. It only makes sense that the next Canadian golf property from Cabot—one of the hottest golf development firms on the planet—would come […]
