Best of the NFL: Where to Play Golf Near the Cities of Super Bowl Champions
For golf-playing football fans, each season on the gridiron is filled with dilemma—a choice between attending big games or squeezing in Sunday rounds. Fear not—you can easily have the best of both worlds, especially in markets littered with quality golf courses in close proximity to NFL cities. Tee it up in the morning and then […]
The Old Course, Stonewall: Tom Doak’s First Private Design
Surrounded by some of America’s seminal courses, this Tom Doak design near Philadelphia more than holds its own For a young golf course designer looking to accelerate his career, Philadelphia is a tough town. Within 20 miles of Center City you’ve got Pine Valley, Merion, Aronimink, and others. When Tom Doak got the chance to […]
Philadelphia Cricket Club, Wissahickon Course
For golf courses, Philadelphia is best known for Merion and Pine Valley (the latter being much more Philly than Jersey, despite its address), plus Aronimink, Gulph Mills, Huntingdon Valley, and a bunch of others. The city also produced its own “school” of architects, five locals—native or adopted—who had a huge impact on golf in early […]
48 Hours in Philadelphia
The host city for this week’s U.S. Open provides a lot of brotherly love as a golf destination
Philadelphia: The City of Golferly Love
Philadelphia just may be America’s ultimate golf town