11 of Golf’s Top College Courses
Gil Hanse and his design team have faithfully restored some of the most renowned golf courses around the country, names like Merion, Fishers Island, Sleepy Hollow, Los Angeles Country Club (North), and 2022 PGA Championship site Southern Hills. So, it’s telling Hanse calls the Yale Golf Course the “most significant restoration opportunity” he’s been entrusted […]
5 of the Longest Courses in the U.S.
It was expected that the 2020 U.S. Open played on the West course at Winged Foot Golf Club would reveal the flaws in the current obsession for more power shared by the many Tour players seeking faster swing speeds and bigger, longer drives—that nothing would parry those fixations on chart-topping ball speeds more effectively than […]
American Dream Courses: Midwest (East)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The eastern half of the Midwest is our sixth region having navigated about two-thirds of the country in our “American Dream Courses” series. We’ve identified dozens of interesting, affordable, welcoming golf courses, but may have hit peak “Dream Golf” here in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan…especially Michigan. Because there are so many excellent courses […]
The Donald Ross Course at French Lick Resort
It’s safe to say that living to a hundred is far easier on a golf course than it is on a golfer. The Donald Ross Course at French Lick just hit that hallowed number—but doesn’t look a day over 18. Restored by Lee Schmidt in 2005 to its fabled designer’s 1917 specs, the DRC balances […]
New Golf Mecca: Pete Dye Golf Trail
Forget the doom and gloom. This gotta-play region hasn’t thrown in the golf towel, choosing instead to invest in the game, add new courses and places to stay, and reach out to traveling golfers. It’s where to go now.
French Lick & West Baden Resort
French Lick, Indiana, has seen good times and bad. Thanks to a golf and resort revival, the future is bright.
Pete’s Path: Indiana’s Pete Dye Golf Trail
The Hoosier State pays homage to its favorite designing son
French Lick’s Third Century
New owners of the French Lick Springs Resort & Spa recently announced plans to renovate the Donald Ross-designed Hill Course there. It was hard to hear the news and not feel anxiety. Followed by trepidation. Angst, even. The Hill is an 85-year-old heirloom, one of the last virtually untouched Ross designs anywhere. To play […]
