Sand Valley: Bandon in the Heartland
By James A. Frank Nearly 20 years ago, I was one of the first golf writers to find his way to the southern coast of Oregon and a new golf resort called Bandon Dunes. Back then, there was just one course—designed by a little-known Scotsman named David McLay Kidd—and a wonderfully bare-bones lodge just […]
Playing Trump Turnberry After its Major Renovation
By Graylyn Loomis When Turnberry opened in 1901 it was heralded as one of Scotland’s best new links courses. Sadly, a few decades later the course was closed and flattened during the first and second World Wars to create a large airfield for Royal Air Force training. In 1950 the course was reopened after a […]
North Coast 500: Scotland’s Ultimate Golf Road Trip
Scotland’s North Coast 500 is the anti-tour-bus golf trip. The 500-mile route takes you through some of Scotland’s most rural stretches of coastline and past some of its most beautiful golf courses. The drive begins and ends in Inverness, Scotland which is considered the base of the Scottish Highlands. The circular route can be driven […]
Wisconsin – America’s Next Great Golf Destination
The national spotlight doesn’t fall on Wisconsin very often, and when it does the subject invariably seems limited to cheese, beer, or the Green Bay Packers. This week though, the Badger State is front and center—in golfers’ households anyway, as the U.S. Open unfolds at Erin Hills, a dramatic 650-acre, glacier-formed course 35 miles northwest […]
North Coast 500 Day 6: Gairloch to Inverness
This is a series of articles about the North Coast 500, a 500-mile road trip through the Scottish Highlands. Associate Editor Graylyn Loomis is making the journey and will be posting here every day of the trip. Follow along on the website and on LINKS social media as he drives ever-further into rural Scotland! […]
North Coast 500 Day 5: Durness to Gairloch
This is a series of articles about the North Coast 500, a 500-mile road trip through the Scottish Highlands. Associate Editor Graylyn Loomis is making the journey and will be posting here every day of the trip. Follow along on the website and on LINKS social media as he drives ever-further into rural Scotland! Click […]
North Coast 500 Day 4: Wick to Durness
This is a series of articles about the North Coast 500, a 500-mile road trip through the Scottish Highlands. Associate Editor Graylyn Loomis is making the journey and will be posting here every day of the trip. Follow along on the website and on LINKS social media as he drives ever-further into rural Scotland! Click […]
North Coast 500 Day 3: Brora to Wick
This is a series of articles about the North Coast 500, a 500-mile road trip through the Scottish Highlands. Associate Editor Graylyn Loomis is making the journey and will be posting here every day of the trip. Follow along on the website and on LINKS social media as he drives ever-further into rural Scotland! Click […]
North Coast 500 Day 2: Dornoch to Brora
This is a series of articles about the North Coast 500, a 500-mile road trip through the Scottish Highlands. Associate Editor Graylyn Loomis is making the journey and will be posting here every day of the trip. Follow along on the website and on LINKS social media as he drives ever-further into rural Scotland! […]
North Coast 500 Day 1: Edinburgh to Dornoch
This is a series of articles about the North Coast 500, a 500-mile road trip through the Scottish Highlands. Associate Editor Graylyn Loomis is making the journey and will be posting here every day of the trip. Follow along here and on LINKS social media as he drives ever-further into rural Scotland! __________ I’ve […]
