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 […]
The Top 10 Real Muni Courses in America
With green fees for residents costing close to $200, U.S. Open-host Chambers Bay is a muni in name only. Here are the best municipal golf courses in the U.S. that locals can play for $55 or less.
The Unsung Heroes of Golf Course Architecture
Who actually did the work on the World’s great courses?
A Great Course and a Great Meal at Chambers Bay
The golfer humbled by this upcoming, and unusual, U.S. Open venue is strongly recommended to try an unusual restaurant just minutes away
Top 10 Links-Like Courses You Can Play in the U.S.
With the U.S. Open about to unfold at the “linksiest” venue ever to host our national championship it seems a good time to consider the whole notion of links golf in America. Several years ago, along with my UK friend and colleague Malcolm Campbell, I did a book called True Links, the object of which […]
Philadelphia Cricket Club, Wissahickon Course
For golf courses, Philadelphia is best known for Merion and Pine Valley (the latter being much more Philly than Jersey, despite its address), plus Aronimink, Gulph Mills, Huntingdon Valley, and a bunch of others. The city also produced its own “school” of architects, five locals—native or adopted—who had a huge impact on golf in early […]
Desert Forest Golf Club
Just because a golf course is in the desert doesn’t mean it has to be a giant sandbox. Desert Forest, about 30 miles north of downtown Phoenix, looks nothing like the “target golf” courses that visitors equate with the Southwest. Although only 67 of its 165 total acres are turf, Desert Forest is grass from […]
Caledonia Golf & Fish Club, Revisited
By Tom Cunneff Entering Caledonia Golf & Fish Club, mossy oaks line the avenue and set the tone for the day, strategically as well as aesthetically. The Southern stateliness that frames the drive to the clubhouse frames many of the upcoming drives off the tee, and some of the approaches into the greens, as well. […]