The Future of Municipal Golf Courses
The future of municipal courses in America is a subject of great concern with course closures on pace to exceed openings for yet another year. Many of the approximately 2,500 municipal golf facilities in the U.S. face an uncertain future despite making positive impacts with an often-conflicting responsibility—providing an affordable community recreation option while still […]
PeperCare: Affordable Course Act
When I’m appointed Czar of Golf, my first order of business will be to address the game’s three big weaknesses—its glacial pace, extortionate expense, and damnable difficulty—and I will do so with my signature decree: the Affordable Course Act. The ACA will at last bring high-quality golf to the millions of U.S. citizens who currently […]
Tiger To Redesign Chicago Public Courses?
If you believe the rumors, Woods is going to be very busy in the not-too-distant future
Great Public Courses Near Major Venues in the Northeast
The return of the PGA Championship to New Jersey’s Baltusrol Golf Club marks the 32nd time a major men’s championship has been played within 100 miles of New York City. The only other metropolitan areas that can make such a claim are Edinburgh, Scotland, and of course Augusta, Georgia. Indeed, the greater New York area […]
The Top 10 Real Muni Courses in America
With green fees for residents costing close to $200, U.S. Open-host Chambers Bay is a muni in name only. Here are the best municipal golf courses in the U.S. that locals can play for $55 or less.
A Great Course and a Great Meal at Chambers Bay
The golfer humbled by this upcoming, and unusual, U.S. Open venue is strongly recommended to try an unusual restaurant just minutes away
Top 10 Links-Like Courses You Can Play in the U.S.
With the U.S. Open about to unfold at the “linksiest” venue ever to host our national championship it seems a good time to consider the whole notion of links golf in America. Several years ago, along with my UK friend and colleague Malcolm Campbell, I did a book called True Links, the object of which […]
The Top 10 Summer Golf Resorts
Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer, is upon us. With the temperate zone of North America basking in the year’s best weather over the next three months, now is the time to plan a trip to an eclectic, exceptional resort where everyone, from serious golfers and casual enthusiasts to kids who just want to […]
First Peek at Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point
Even the most diehard New Yorkers haven’t heard of Ferry Point, a little bit of the Bronx that sticks into the East River under the Whitestone Bridge. That anonymity is about to change.
The Top 10 Most Underrated Courses in Florida
The Breakers (Rees Jones Course) Palm Beach Located 10 miles west of the famed Gilded Age seaside resort and light years beyond the antique 18-holer that encircles the hotel, this solid, straightforward layout, superimposed by Rees Jones onto a pre-existing 1968 venue, is beautifully framed by palms, oaks, and pines, with five acres of water […]
