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 […]
Where to Play Golf in Bermuda
When you see pictures of the charming, pastel-hued island of Bermuda, it’s easy to think of it as a Caribbean destination—a place to escape winter’s blast for a few well-earned days of sun and fun. But Bermuda’s actually located in the western North Atlantic, about 650 miles east of Cape Hatteras, N.C. So it’s not […]
Golf’s Most Prolific Architects
Specifying exactly how many courses certain architects designed is pretty tricky. A number of layouts credited to them might have been redesigns or renovations of existing courses. Or, they might simply have “worked on” the course, whatever that means. For the purposes of this article, an original course earned the designer a full point, but […]
10 of Scotland’s More Underappreciated Golf Courses
Scotland is notably famous for its Open Rota venues—celebrated courses where you can experience links golf at its finest and walk in the shadow of history. These acclaimed courses each merit high ranking on any traveling golfer’s bucket list. But there’s so much more to Scottish golf than the courses you see on television. There […]
Classic Courses: Cherry Hills Country Club
In time for its centennial—and the upcoming U.S. Amateur—this Denver nugget unveils an aesthetic and strategic renovation Cherry Hills Country Club, on the outskirts of Denver, has firmly established itself over the past century as one of the true classic courses in American golf. The William Flynn design was the first course west of Minneapolis […]
Jay Blasi Puts Me Right on Chambers Bay
Oh, Chambers Bay, how I love thee, let me count the ways… For starters, after several decades of use as a rock quarry, lumber yard, railroad depot, bus barn, paper mill, wastewater treatment plant, and sand/gravel mine, the site was eventually developed for what would become a top 100 golf course (golfers can get behind […]
5 Exceptional Public Golf Courses Around Nashville
More than 12 million tourists visit Nashville every year, many of them drawn to the city’s vibrant music and entertainment scene. After all, Tennessee’s capital is home to more than 180 recording studios, not to mention several famous live music venues along Broadway, a thoroughfare running through the city that’s also known as Honky Tonk […]
Best Drivable Par Fours
It’s not often on the PGA Tour that you witness crowds roar merely because a caddie has handed his player a wood instead of an iron. Drivable par fours provide that experience. Par fours that are designed to be driven under the right circumstances, based on yardage, weather, or course conditions are among the most […]
8 Hidden Gems in Hawaii
Every year, Kapalua Resort and Waialae Country Club take turns sharing the spotlight as the PGA Tour makes a brief swing through Hawaii. Between those two prolific golf properties, along with resort courses such as Princeville Makai, Mauna Kea, and Manele (not to mention Four Seasons properties in Lanai, Hualalai, and Wailea), there’s no shortage […]