An Update on Cabot from Ben Cowan-Dewar
The year 2019 marked 15 years since Ben Cowan-Dewar first stepped foot on the land that would turn into both Cabot Links and Cabot Cliffs. Since then (Links opened in 2011 while Cliffs opened in 2015) the double-dip on Canada’s east coast has become one of the most celebrated golf facilities in the country, while […]
The Evolution of The Broadmoor and Sea Island
In 2011, billionaire Phillip Anschutz achieved a lifetime dream when he purchased The Broadmoor, the sportsman’s paradise on the southwestern edge of Colorado Springs and the longest-running consecutive recipient of AAA Five-Diamond and Forbes Five-Star honors. “I started coming here when I was five,” Anschutz told Forbes in 2016. “And when I was 10, I was sitting in […]
Smooth Sailing: Golf Cruises
A few years ago, my non-golfing wife and I took a golf cruise that started in Lisbon and ended in Barcelona, along the way sailing in the Mediterranean and playing a handful of great courses. While I went around Valderrama, she went on a guided tour of Gibraltar; as the golfers enjoyed El Saler, the […]
Iceland Golf is HOT
Tourism to America’s nearest European neighbor, Iceland, has more than doubled in the last decade and one of the best reasons to go there is the golf Had you been a fly on the wall of the restaurant I visited a few months back, you would have overheard one of the more bizarre exchanges a […]
Quebec: European Golf Right Next Door
After hopping into a golf cart just outside the main entrance of the Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu, the winding, uphill drive to the golf course clubhouse takes several minutes and traverses well over a mile before you get close to the first tee. Scenic views abound along the way, but once reaching the clubhouse’s hilltop […]
A Long Golf Weekend in London
At least once a year, I visit my in-laws in southern England. Along with seeing family and catching up with friends, I try to squeeze in at least a few rounds of golf. I like to think I’ve nearly perfected the “long UK golf weekend” and a few things about the greater London area make […]
Can’t Miss Places to Play, as Told by Golf Tour Operators
Portugal “Historically, the Costa del Sol region of Spain garners much of the attention as a golf destination. However, its neighbor on the Iberian Peninsula provides an excellent golf and lifestyle experience in its own right. Lisbon is one of the very few southern European capitals with world-class golf nearby, allowing a terrific combination of […]
The 5 Most Underrated Golf Countries
Golf is truly a global game, with courses spread across 209 of the world’s 249 countries—from American Samoa to Zimbabwe. There’s even a nine-hole golf course on remote Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, a volunteer-run tropical layout that usually has more red land crabs on its fairway than golfers. Still, the sport is fairly […]
Ireland In-Depth
By Adam Schupak During an interview with Padraig Harrington, I asked the three-time major winner to name his five favorite courses in his native Ireland. He took a pregnant pause, thought about it, and said, “Can I give you six?” He actually ticked off seven, but who’s counting. The Emerald Isle may be only the […]
Exploring Golf in Northern Michigan
Growing up in the Cadillacs-and-concrete jungle called Detroit, northern Michigan may as well have been a mythological realm—all fjords, forests, and fog. Never got up there as a kid (I didn’t ski, nor swim) and hell, we thought the slate-gray waters of Lake Erie an hour into Canada were plenty beautiful. But thank the mighty […]
