The Augusta National Women’s Amateur and Champion’s Retreat
By Adam Schupak When former Augusta National Golf Club chairman Billy Payne was asked his thoughts on the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur to be played ahead of the Masters in April, he made the boldest of predictions. “I think it will be the most-watched women’s golf event in history,” he said. With apologies to Babe […]
Links Living: The Landings Club
For a city-sized island community with super-sized amenities (six golf courses, 31 tennis courts, six restaurants, four clubhouses, five swimming pools), The Landings Club manages to retain a small-town feel. That intimate charm is the result of thoughtful planning. Set on 6,300-acre Skidaway Island, 12 miles south of Savannah, Ga., all of the amenities are […]
Top 10 Golf Courses: Georgia
Home to more than just Augusta National, where patrons flock every April for the Masters, the state of Georgia lays claim to a somewhat surprisingly wide variety of places to play golf. From hilly and historic courses dotting Atlanta to the beautiful “Golden Isles” on the state’s east coast, there is no shortage of world-class […]
Renovations at The Landings Club, Savannah
Everything about The Landings Club seems larger than life. Located just 12 miles south of historic Savannah on a 6,500-acre barrier island, this private residential club offers its members six golf courses, two deep-water marinas, 33 tennis courts, five restaurants with exceptional cuisine, five swimming pools, an innovative fitness and wellness center, 30 miles of […]
Osprey Cove Golf Club
Following the first rule of real estate—location, location, location—will bring the savvy real-estate consumer to Osprey Cove, the 1,100-acre community in south Georgia that is both close enough and far enough way. “We have the tideland, marshes, and the unique feel of the Lowcountry,” explains Mike Nolen, general manager of the golf club, “while […]
Masters via Helicopter, Staying at Champions Retreat
Have your Masters Tournaments badges, but still need a place to stay in Augusta? How about a helicopter from a nearby city? And for accommodation, a 5-star golf club. Champions Retreat, a club in Augusta, Ga. has partnered with EvoLux, a helicopter ride-share company, to bring in groups via air from Atlanta, Charlotte, and Greenville, […]
Links Living: Champions Retreat
The “Big Three” united for a unique collaboration just down the road from Augusta National It was at the 1999 Masters that Gary Player recruited Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer to collaborate on Champions Retreat, a private club just outside of Augusta, Ga. The story goes that while sitting in the Champions Locker Room at […]
LINKS Living: Champions Retreat, Georgia
The “Big Three” united for a unique collaboration just down the road from Augusta National
Pete Dye’s Renovation of The Ford Field & River Club
Thirty years after The Ford Plantation course opened, Pete Dye returns to the community near Savannah to perform a major overhaul
The Course That Almost Wasn’t: The Story Behind The Story Behind Augusta National
J. Perry “Commodore” Stoltz had a dream. The Miami-based hotel magnate, whose faced graced the October 1, 1925 front cover of the Augusta Chronicle, envisioned an ever-expanding empire of elegant hotels—luxurious resort hotels that would draw wealthy winter visitors from the north and treat them to warm, southern temperatures and hospitality to match. Properties in […]
