Top 10 Reasons to Get Excited About Spring Golf
Spring officially starts today and with it the hope of golfers everywhere, especially for those of us who’ve suffered through a near-endless winter of scraping windshields and shoveling driveways. But now, finally, the ground begins to warm and waken. Crocus and daffodils appear. The birds chirp. Golf is back. 1. Watching the Masters The most […]
The Top 10 Unluckiest Holes in Golf
Golfers are by nature superstitious, and with reason. Their fortunes are tied to lucky (or unlucky) outcomes. Rub of the green rules the game. But there are some holes that seem to consistently bring players to grief. Augusta National, Augusta, Ga. | No. 15, par five, 530 yards You’ve finagled an invitation to Augusta National, […]
The Top 10 Female Golf Course Architects
Ida Dixon Very likely the first woman architect in the U.S. (if not the world), Dixon is responsible for Springhaven Club, a private club in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, that opened in 1904. Dixon also was president of the Women’s Golf Association of Philadelphia from 1911-16, which has held a tournament in her honor since 1917. Among […]
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 Places to Fall in Love (Again) With Golf
By Brian McCallen Australia If Melbourne’s sublime collection of Sand Belt courses were located in the northern hemisphere, the competition would wither. What makes them great? Sand-based terrain, minimalist design, classic bunkering, and lightning-fast greens. Don’t miss Royal Melbourne (East and West courses), Kingston Heath, Metropolitan, Victoria, and Yarra Yarra. Consider a sidetrip to Tasmania, […]
George Peper’s Top 10 Most Memorable Rounds
If you’ve played golf for more than half a century—and been in the golf business for almost as long—you can’t help but have a few unforgettable moments. These are mine in chronological order.
Top 10 Things Every Serious Golfer Should Do
By “serious,” you know what we mean. Golfers who think about the game just a bit too much, who have an extra set of clubs—or three—around the house, and who keep running lists of just how many top courses they’ve played at home and around the world. In short, our kind of people. Here’s another list, more proof of your devotion to the game.
The Top 10 Seth Raynor Courses
After apprenticing with America’s first great architect, Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor went on to design a number of great courses himself that are famous for their template holes and strategic nuance. Here are our Top 10 Seth Raynor Courses. 10. Creek Club Locust Valley, N.Y. While Long Island’s best courses are in the Hamptons, […]
The Top 10 Resort Courses in Hawaii
The Hyundai Tournament of Champions at the Kapalua Resort on Maui is the tournament that typically gives snowbound golfers on the mainland more tropical splendor than they can reasonably bear. Here’s a New Year’s Resolution for the frostbite crowd: Book a trip to the Aloha State for a sampling of the nation’s most beautiful courses. […]
The Top 10 Winter Golf Escapes
With the first polar blast of the season bearing down upon much of the country, surely many of you are already dreaming about a warm-weather golf vacation, like at the resort in Mexico that the PGA Tour is visiting this week. We’re not talking Florida or Arizona, where the temps can be downright brisk in […]