8 Solheim Cup Courses You Should Play

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Karsten Solheim was a visionary man. When other club manufacturers were talking about putting more mass behind their irons’ hitting area, the founder of PING came up with the idea of perimeter weighting—something you see now not just in PING irons, woods, and putters but in pretty much every club from every manufacturer. Today, many […]

Top Public Golf in San Francisco

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The City by the Bay is a great city in which to play  Jefferson Airplane guitarist Paul Kantner once called San Francisco “49 square miles surrounded by reality.” The area of this city pressed between ocean and bay may be limited, but the number of golf facilities available to the public is not, and for […]

10 of Scotland’s More Underappreciated Golf Courses

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Scotland is notably famous for its Open Rota venues—celebrated courses where you can experience links golf at its finest and walk in the shadow of history. These acclaimed courses each merit high ranking on any traveling golfer’s bucket list. But there’s so much more to Scottish golf than the courses you see on television. There […]

8 Ryder Cup Courses You Can Play

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The Ryder Cup has produced memorable moments and legendary matches; yet, aside from delivering a trio of thrilling days of intense match-play golf, the team competition is unique among the sport’s most significant events for the accessibility of its venues. Only six U.S. Open courses (out of more than 50) welcome public golfers. Similarly, fewer […]

Three Golf Resorts with Exceptional Whiskey Collections

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A round of golf played at a premier, bucket-list course warrants a commemorative round of drinks at its conclusion. While there are dozens of golf resorts that meet that bucket-list criteria, some are better equipped to provide an equally thrilling post-golf round of cocktails—especially when rarefied whiskies are the libation of choice. So, if your […]

James Braid: A Monumental Career

His achievements as a player—including five open championship titles—are exceeded only by his legacy as a golf course designer

The 5 Most Pivotal Holes at the Ryder Cup

Designed by Jack Nicklaus and originally known as the Monarch’s Course when it debuted in 1993, the PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles, host venue of the 40th edition of the Ryder Cup, has been extensively revised in preparation for the biennial matches. Formerly a sculptured, parkland-style course, the 7,296-yard layout now blends better with the […]