Which is Better? Whistling Straits vs. River Course
Of these two Pete Dye designs, I find that this lakeside links fits my eye better and is a lot
more fun to play
The American Club Resort
Okay, so this wasn’t EXACTLY the Navy SEALs taking down Osama bin Laden, but it was a covert ops assignment nonetheless. My mission: visit a major golf resort anonymously so we could find out what the experience was like without all the perks that come with representing a major golf magazine. The target: The American […]
Balcomie Links, Crail Golfing Society
A short drive from St. Andrews is the World’s seventh oldest golf club, with two courses, one by Old Tom Morris, the other—a century younger—by Gil Hanse
The Illustrious Career of A.W. Tillinghast

The talented terror from Philly was recently inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame
Stay & Play at The Broadmoor
The Colorado stalwart combines courses blending very different styles with accommodations and amenities that are singularly outstanding
Letter from St. Andrews: Once Before You Die
Twenty-one ways to get a tee time on the Old Course
My Top 10 | Larry the Cable Guy
By Garrett Johnston Daniel Lawrence Whitney—better known as Larry the Cable Guy—has become famous for performing on stage, screen, television, and record, and for his slogan, “Git-R- Done.” Despite his stage name, he never worked for a cable company. Given his adopted persona, it should be no surprise that he’s a big fan of PGA […]
Butterfield Country Club
There are a lot of great clubs in the Chicago area that Bears legend and golf fanatic Mike Ditka could belong to. So where does he play most of his golf these days? Butterfield Country Club, 20 miles west of the Loop. When I visited the club recently, Ditka was there, too, making a nearly […]
10 Golf Courses for Independence Day
The Fourth of July is all about fireworks, parades, and cookouts, but for civic-minded golfers, it’s a great time to honor our nation’s birth at a star-spangled course with ties to the Revolutionary War Baker Hill Newbury, N.H. The “Live Free or Die” state’s top track is Baker Hill, a private club with a rugged […]
10 Golf Courses for Independence Day
The Fourth of July is all about fireworks, parades, and cookouts, but for civic-minded golfers, it’s a great time to honor our nation’s birth at a star-spangled course with ties to the Revolutionary War Baker Hill Newbury, N.H. The “Live Free or Die” state’s top track is Baker Hill, a private club with a rugged […]