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 […]
Top 10 Reasons Pro Golf is Easier than Our Golf
The pros might be playing our game this week, but they don’t play the same game
George Peper’s Golf Bucket List
After half a century in the game, our intrepid Editor at Large has catalogued 100 heroic, rewarding and even embarrassing feats every longtime golfer should experience in his or her lifetime
The Top 10 Scariest Shots in Golf
Pleasurable excitement, the cornerstone of every good golf hole, is one thing. White-knuckled terror is another. Here’s our pick of the top 10 scariest shots in golf… Bethpage State Park (Black) Farmingdale, N.Y. No. 17, Par three, 207 yards On a public course with U.S. Open credentials venerated for its extreme difficulty, one hole stands out […]
The 5 Most Pivotal Holes at the Ryder Cup
Designed by Jack Nicklaus and originally known as the Monarch’s Course when it debuted in 1993, the PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles, host venue of the 40th edition of the Ryder Cup, has been extensively revised in preparation for the biennial matches. Formerly a sculptured, parkland-style course, the 7,296-yard layout now blends better with the […]
