Bernard Darwin: History’s Best Golf Writer
The scion of a great English family wrote about golf better than he played it, which is saying a lot The life story of Bernard Darwin—arguably history’s first golf writer, inarguably its best—reads like a season of Masterpiece Theater. He was born in 1876 into a family of Victorian-era royalty: His grandfather was the naturalist […]
Golf Cruises Are Growing in Popularity
The day Ernie Els captured the Claret Jug in the gloaming at the 2002 Open at Muirfield, he’d barely tipped his cap before my wife, Sue, and I were making our way back down the 18th fairway to the beach. “Hurry,” I said. “Our hotel’s leaving in 30 minutes.” At the shoreline, we stepped into […]
A Golf Trip to Vietnam
No nation has heightened its golf appeal more dramatically than this exotic, bustling land Over the past 20 years, Vietnam has become one of the world’s fastest-growing golf destinations. About twice the size of Florida, with landscapes ranging from mountains to jungle to beaches, Vietnam offers a variety of golf experiences that are unique to […]
The Next A-List Golf Architects
On an undeniably tall, slippery ladder, three acclaimed designers are primed to climb to the top rung. Every generation has its own collection of A-List architects. Naming them isn’t hard. A stiffer challenge is identifying who will comprise the next crop. Being an A-List architect means your name is on the short list every time […]
Geoff Shackelford: Why We Don’t Need Professional Golfers
The more pro golfers squabble over obscene amounts of money, the less the public will care. And that’s just fine. The verdict is in. A sport played in some form by 70 or so million around the globe does not hinge on the popularity of the few hundred or so professionals who believe they are […]
The Ace and the Hurricane: Katharine Hepburn’s Whirlwind Day at Fenwick
Katharine Hepburn’s very good, very bad day at Fenwick At the close of the 20th century, the American Film Institute named Katharine Hepburn “the greatest American screen legend” among females. For sheer drama, however, no scene she ever filmed could compare with her real-life role on September 21, 1938. Earlier that year, Hepburn was mired […]
5 Reasons to Love The Arizona Biltmore
With a new golf course and a swanky clubhouse about to open, it’s once again the “Jewel of the Desert” For more than four decades after its grand opening in 1929, the Arizona Biltmore was a luxuriously appointed oasis accessible by invitation only. Originally outfitted with 235 rooms, the resort has since tripled in size […]
First Peek: The Cardinal at Saint John’s Resort
High-end golf is opening in the Motor City for the first time in more than 20 years Golfers researching a vacation to Michigan should take the state’s most populous city into consideration before automatically looking west toward Lake Michigan or north to the Upper Peninsula. Saint John’s Resort in the Metro-Detroit suburb of Plymouth, Mich., […]
George Peper: The PGA Tour’s Big Bet is No Sure Thing
Gambling on the pros may now be legal, but the biggest bet in golf is on the future of the PGA Tour We recently published a feature article on the explosive growth of gambling on professional golf, a practice that’s now legal in all but about 10 states. The author of the piece is Jason […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Betting on Golf
Now that betting on pro golf is legal, are you going to hit it big or go bust? Golf and gambling have gone hand-in-hand since the game’s inception, the challenge of wielding a club and attempting to hit a little round object into a hole in the ground made more daunting with a few shekels […]
