Characters: Alan Grant
Alan Grant makes sure Scotland’s Skibo Castle—as well as its guests—don’t take themselves too seriously The exclusive Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle in the Scottish Highlands has an uncommon set of standards. Alan Grant, the club’s unofficial ambassador, describes them this way: “It’s not like standards where you tick a box and say everything’s nice, […]
5 Reasons to Love The Retreat at Silvies Valley Ranch
Novel accommodations and a fun new golf “course” make now the time to explore Oregon’s eastern frontier Set within a 140,000-acre cattle ranch, The Retreat at Silvies Valley Ranch is 220 miles west of Boise Airport and 167 miles east of Bend Municipal Airport. In other words, the property set on Oregon’s eastern frontier is […]
The 9 Greatest Royals Not on the Open Rota
There are a slew of superb Royals across the UK that do not host the Open Championship—here are the nine best not on the Open rota.
6 Lesser-Known Links on England’s Lancashire Coast
Come for the three Open Championship venues on England’s Lancashire coast, but stay for six lesser-known links There are nine courses currently on the R&A’s Open rota, and three of them—including Royal Liverpool, the venue for this year’s 151st championship—are within an hour-and-a-half’s drive of one another amidst a glorious stretch of linksland between Liverpool […]
Royal Liverpool (Hoylake): Flat Out Great
Despite, or perhaps because of, its lackluster landscape, Royal Liverpool—better known as Hoylake—can still be counted on to provide a bumpy and exciting Open Championship By the time the opening tee shot is struck at the 151st Open Championship, avid golfers who have consumed every preview they can find will have grown weary of reading […]
6 Great Public Golf Courses Around Cleveland
A beguiling blend of value-oriented classic tracks and modern marvels makes for a surprisingly strong golf destination For decades, Cleveland took its knocks from comedians and talk show hosts. These days, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an NBA Championship, and a vibrant downtown have helped shed some of the insults. With its Midwestern […]
Scotland’s 10 Best Modern Courses
Scotland has a long and proud history of golf, but in the last 30 years, new modern courses have debuted to rival their historic predecessors.
Classic Courses: Winged Foot Golf Club (West)
Even after 100 years, a timeless design only gets better with age Since the first ball was struck there a century ago, Winged Foot Golf Club has seen plenty of magic (like Davis Love III’s 1997 PGA Championship triumph under a rainbow), anguish (the 1974 U.S. Open “Massacre” with only eight rounds below par), and […]
Wisconsin: An American Golf Mecca
The secret to Wisconsin’s future as a golf destination isn’t dairy cows or cheese. It’s sand. When Mike Keiser looks at Sand Valley, the 78-year-old developer doesn’t see a successful venture so much as he sees potential—not just for the resort, but for all of central Wisconsin to develop into a robust and diverse golf destination. […]
10 Great Risk/Reward Holes
The label “risk/reward” is applied liberally to golf holes these days. Probably too liberally. Look at any course’s hole descriptions and you’re likely to see it appear at least a handful of times. In reality, there’s risk involved in every swing, and reward to be earned anytime a shot is successfully executed. Strategy comes into […]
