Top 10 Golf Courses in Mexico
1. Diamante (Dunes), Cabo San Lucas, Arguably the best golf course designed by Davis Love, it plays through massive oceanside dunes, the tauter more upland front side setting the table for a big back nine beside the sea. 2. Cabo Del Sol, Cabo San Lucas, The first of the marquee layouts in Cabo, this Jack Nicklaus […]
How do Golfers Judge a Great Golf Course?
If we look closely at the characteristics of the highly rated courses, it’s easy to start drawing conclusions about what is and is not perceived as good by golfers, or at least the subset that gets to participate in the ranking process. Two characteristics that many of the top courses share are sandy soil and […]
Top 10 Golf Courses in Asia
In our newest department, we introduce you to the best courses in various countries and regions around the world
48 Hours in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Located an hour’s drive north of Palm Beach, Fla., Port St. Lucie is one of the more appealing enclaves along Florida’s Treasure Coast
The Top 10 Scariest Holes in Golf
In golf, fear is the great paralyzer, the ultimate impediment to planning and completing a proper shot. If you’re scared, you’re done. Golf designers, often in concert with Mother Nature, prey on fearful players, toying with their frailties. No golfer needs extra demons this Halloween, but in the spirit of trick-or-treat, here’s our selection of […]
Top 10 Fall Foliage Golf Courses
Fall has arrived and with it the best time of year to play. The best courses require a variety of deciduous trees to display autumn’s riotous blaze of color, as well as higher elevations to offer panoramic views of nature’s fleeting splendor. Bear Trace at Cumberland Mountain Crossville, Tenn. Located 70 miles west of Knoxville, this […]
Top 10 Best Courses for the Money
This Labor Day, working men (and women) can take comfort in the fact that great golf need not cost a great deal, and that fantastic values with green fees below $65 are available from West Virginia to Oregon. Annbriar Golf Course Waterloo, Ill. Situated in southern Illinois on the outskirts of St. Louis, this Michael […]
5 Myths About Course Maintenance
The Superintendent Likes To Overwater If the course is too wet, don’t blame the super and his crew, who know better than anyone that too much water is bad for turf, slows play, and will cause further damage under the feet—and cleats—of golfers. If the culprit isn’t a broken irrigation system, the course topography, or […]
48 Hours in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Perhaps no place on the East Coast is as synonymous with golf as Myrtle Beach with its 102 courses
The Top 10 Best Match Play Courses You Can Play
Back in the day, it was all about the match, score be damned. The nation’s Golden Era courses were specifically designed for match play, and now a new generation of designers, lead by Coore & Crenshaw, Tom Doak, and Gil Hanse, have built or restyled courses with risk-reward options that incite head-scratching, suspense, and sudden […]