Top 10 College Courses
With classes beginning at many universities across the country next week, it’s time for our annual ranking of the best college courses in the country. Did your alma mater make the cut? 10. Warren Golf Course University of Notre Dame PAR: 71 YARDAGE: 7,020 ARCHITECTS: Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw YEAR OPENED: 2000 NOTABLE ALUMNI: Joe […]
5 Myths About Bunkers
Architect Jim Urbina says we no longer understand their true purpose 1) Bunkers are there to penalize golfers Nothing could be further from the truth. The great old-time architects said a hazard isn’t just for punishment but to make the game more interesting. Golfers take bunkers personally: Those of us in the design business see […]
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 […]