The Ultimate Golf Trip to New Zealand
I leaned my clubs against a rail and entered a modest clubhouse, noticing to my right a selection of golf shirts, shoes and caps randomly arrayed. Because this was a New Zealand golf facility (Kaitaia Golf Club) tucked in an obscure New Zealand town (Ahipara), I wondered if things might be other than as they seem.
A Golf Vacation in Asheville
From this vow rose the plaintive title of Wolfe’s final novel, You Can’t Go Home Again, published two years after the author’s death in 1940. Reflections on Wolfe and on my own Carolina boyhood in Greensboro came sweeping back last autumn as I made an impulsive overnight drive toward Asheville—where I had not set foot in nearly 40 years—to try and wring some solace from the last days of the golf season up in the Ridge.
The Heritage of Golf Museum, Scotland
Not just clubs but balls, books, art, and more fill this greenside collection of one man’s passion
The Top 5 Things We Love About Fall Golf
From the Northeast to the Southeast to selected regions of the Midwest and Northwest, autumn, which robes deciduous trees and shrubs in a riotous explosion of color, is the exclamation point to the golf season. On a crisp fall day with nature’s splendor on full display, golfers can experience one of those “happy-to-be-alive” moments. Foliage. […]
Aberdovey Golf Club by Train
Riding the railways across Wales to Bernard Darwin’s favorite, one finds that less has changed than might be expected since the great man’s day
The Largest Golf Club in the World: Mission Hills, China
Through six holes of the Olazabal Course at Mission Hills Shenzhen, my caddie and I pretty much had the run of the place, which is saying quite a lot. Aggressively branded by its owners as the largest golf club in the world, Mission Hills Shenzhen is also among the busiest. And with 12 separate courses, it’s probably the most diverse. In any case, it’s not the sort of place one necessarily expects to find solace.
Golf and Wine Tasting in Napa
Welcome to the Napa Valley, 60 miles north of San Francisco, where golf and wine have found the perfect area of coexistence. Some 600 of California’s 3,754 bonded wineries are in the valley, while tucked among the Cabernets and Zinfandels—and in some instances requiring shots over or through them—are six 18-hole courses: Silverado North and South, Eagle Vines, Chardonnay, the private Napa Valley Country Club, and a muni strong enough to have been used as a qualifying site for PGA Tour events, Napa Golf Course at Kennedy Park.
Five Golf Zones to Travel in Canada
How do you define a nice neighbor? One who breaks out the 12-year-old single malt when you drop by instead of the cheap blended stuff? Or doesn’t complain when your split-level ranch becomes home to the world’s loudest garage band? No. A nice neighbor is someone who offers you your choice of tee times on more than 2,000 golf courses. Like Canada.
Two Scottish Treasures: Golf and Whisky
Scotland gave the world two sublimely intoxicating gifts—and with some care and planning, they can be enjoyed simultaneously
Quivira Golf Club, Mexico
Judging from his handiwork at Quivira, Jack is not afraid at age 74 to let his creative juices flow
