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 […]
The Top 10 Municipal Golf Courses in America
With Labor Day this weekend and its inherent celebration of the common man, it’s time to recognize the nation’s finest municipal golf courses, which include facilities developed and owned by a city, county, or state. For some, a “muni” conjures something déclassé, a goat track with a chain link fence around it. Not so. Three […]
The Top 10 Best Value Courses
With so many great values available from Maine to Washington, why break the bank on a round of golf this summer?
Sagamore Resort Golf Club
The brainchild of an inspired Donald Ross, this anything-but-a-resort-course unfolds in storybook fashion from timbered terrain high above Lake George
Pasatiempo Golf Club: Restoring the Golden Age
After a lengthy restoration process, this Alister MacKenzie marvel located between San Francisco and the Monterey Peninsula once again shines as it did during golf’s Golden Age
A Family Legacy at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club
After a recent renovation of the Dubsdread course, owner Frank Jemsek is one step closer to fulfilling his father’s dream of bringing the U.S. Open to Cog Hill
Paa-Ko Ridge Golf Club
With superb shot values and dazzling high-desert scenery, this unpretentious public-access course is equal parts style and substance
The Restoration of a MacKenzie Treasure, Pasatiempo Golf Club
Marion Hollins was the preeminent female athlete of the 1920s, earning accolades in tennis, golf, polo and steeplechase. Hollins was also involved in real estate, and managed the development of the Cypress Point Club. She was also the visionary behind Pasatiempo Golf Club, one of the finest public courses in the country. Hollins teamed up with another giant […]