The Top 10 Female Golf Course Architects
Ida Dixon Very likely the first woman architect in the U.S. (if not the world), Dixon is responsible for Springhaven Club, a private club in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, that opened in 1904. Dixon also was president of the Women’s Golf Association of Philadelphia from 1911-16, which has held a tournament in her honor since 1917. Among […]
LACC North vs. Riviera
FIRST, LET’S STATE THE OBVIOUS: Comparing two great courses such as Los Angeles Country Club North and Riviera is like comparing two Monet paintings—preference is in the eye of the beholder.
Improve Your Golf Game at These Top Learning Centers
With its perfectly manicured greens and bright white bunkers, the 30-acre Learning Center at Berkeley Hall in Bluffton, S.C., near Hilton Head, resembles Augusta National in its perfection. Members can choose from one of the seven practice greens, three of which are for putting, two for chipping and bunker play, and two more for […]
The Country Club of Charleston
In the city where American golf began, this Seth Raynor gem is a leading example of golden age greatness
The Old Collier Golf Club
A well-kept secret in the heart of southwest florida
First Peek at Pete Dye’s Full Cry, Keswick Hall
Pete Dye’s creation at Keswick Hall is worthy of Thomas Jefferson
The Top 10 Seth Raynor Courses
After apprenticing with America’s first great architect, Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor went on to design a number of great courses himself that are famous for their template holes and strategic nuance. Here are our Top 10 Seth Raynor Courses. 10. Creek Club Locust Valley, N.Y. While Long Island’s best courses are in the Hamptons, […]
The Eden Course at St. Andrews
Overshadowed by the other courses in town, this St. Andrews sleeper provides one of Scotland’s most enjoyable rounds
Top 10 Reasons Pro Golf is Easier than Our Golf
The pros might be playing our game this week, but they don’t play the same game
TPC Scottsdale Renovation
Tom Weiskopf won’t be hounding PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem any more. Now that his renovation of the TPC Scottsdale has been completed the original co-designer’s long campaign to update the Arizona layout is over. “I have written many letters to him over the past dozen years talking about what this course needed to do […]
