Top 10 Golf Courses: Canada
Home to a wide variety of courses that range from classics designed by native son Stanley Thompson to modern stunners from Coore & Crenshaw, there’s no shortage of phenomenal golf in the Great White North. Whether you prefer the rugged cliffs of Nova Scotia, the dramatically jagged backdrop of the Canadian Rockies, or a simply […]
Country Club of Orlando – A Renovation Lesson for Classic Clubs
By Graylyn Loomis I grew up in the mountains of North Carolina, where hilly terrain and serious elevation change are standard on most golf courses. With that upbringing, I’ve often been skeptical of courses on flat land, finding them uninteresting. But, over the last few years, my bias has eroded as I’ve seen what […]
Links Living: Desert Mountain
A new luxury-home enclave and a seventh golf course designed with a big dose of fun are reenergizing this exclusive community high in the Sonoran Desert When you are the only private community in the world with six Jack Nicklaus Signature golf courses and set on 8,200 acres of picturesque Sonoran Desert, offering a new […]
Links Living: Sailfish Point
At this unpretentious, private, sea-island community in one of Florida’s most coveted locations, the emphasis is on quality, not quantity All too often, it’s the latest and greatest that grabs our attention. But when you have a good thing going, not making wholesale changes to your community can be the wisest course of action. Take […]
Restoring a Classic: Sleepy Hollow Country Club
By Ian Critser With a resume that includes restorations at Winged Foot, Merion, Fishers Island, and dozens of others, Gil Hanse is no stranger to giving new life to classic courses. While Sleepy Hollow Country Club north of New York City may not be as well known, the work that he and his team have […]
Kauai’s Prince Course is Reborn
By Erik Matuszewski For years, the Prince Course on Kauai has been shrouded in mystery. The challenging layout, a visual stunner which plays over and through valleys, ravines and rivers on Kauai’s lush north shore, hasn’t been open to play since the end of 2014 yet somehow remained on various top 100 course ranking […]
Links Living: The Cliffs
With an 18,500-acre lake as a playground, the water is proving to be as much a draw to this collection of golf communities as its seven golf courses If you haven’t looked closely at their offerings, you might reasonably assume The Cliffs was a collection of mountain communities. You would be only partly correct. In […]
Links Living West: 3 Creek Ranch
Towering Teton views, blue-ribbon trout fishing, and ranch-sized homesites set this private golf club community a world apart Outdoor enthusiasts need no introduction to Jackson Hole, Wyo. A trout fisherman’s paradise, the migration corridor for wildlife, and set on the doorstep of both Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, this place is steeped in natural […]
Classic Course: Quaker Ridge
With its gently rolling terrain, stately trees, and intimate playing environment, Quaker Ridge epitomizes Westchester County parkland golf. The course’s routing is Muirfield-esque—the holes of the front nine run counter-clockwise around the club’s perimeter, embracing the clockwise homeward nine—allowing for a highly satisfying exploration of the property. Jimmy Demaret once said that Quaker Ridge could […]
Fifth Time’s the Charm at Shinnecock Hills
By Jeff Silverman When the latest edition of the U.S. Open rolls across the fields of Shinnecock Hills in June, canny assessors of architectural handicraft should notice a variety of amendments since the USGA last brought its carnival to town in 2004. You remember 2004: That was the year the fairways were about as […]
