Desert Forest Golf Club
Just because a golf course is in the desert doesn’t mean it has to be a giant sandbox. Desert Forest, about 30 miles north of downtown Phoenix, looks nothing like the “target golf” courses that visitors equate with the Southwest. Although only 67 of its 165 total acres are turf, Desert Forest is grass from […]
Caledonia Golf & Fish Club, Revisited
By Tom Cunneff Entering Caledonia Golf & Fish Club, mossy oaks line the avenue and set the tone for the day, strategically as well as aesthetically. The Southern stateliness that frames the drive to the clubhouse frames many of the upcoming drives off the tee, and some of the approaches into the greens, as well. […]
Emerald Dunes Golf Club
A recent renovation has made the course, a true south Florida landmark, better than ever. What hasn’t changed are the club’s unique membership benefits and its ability to offer refuge from the outside world.
Radrick Farms
Back when a college job meant flipping burgers, I stumbled onto an offer I couldn’t rightly refuse: manning the pro shop at Radrick Farms, the University of Michigan’s faculty/staff golf course. A close audit might reveal the disappearance of a number of beers and a few ham sandwiches during my tenure, yet miraculously the operation […]
LACC North vs. Riviera
FIRST, LET’S STATE THE OBVIOUS: Comparing two great courses such as Los Angeles Country Club North and Riviera is like comparing two Monet paintings—preference is in the eye of the beholder.
Improve Your Golf Game at These Top Learning Centers
With its perfectly manicured greens and bright white bunkers, the 30-acre Learning Center at Berkeley Hall in Bluffton, S.C., near Hilton Head, resembles Augusta National in its perfection. Members can choose from one of the seven practice greens, three of which are for putting, two for chipping and bunker play, and two more for […]
The Country Club of Charleston
In the city where American golf began, this Seth Raynor gem is a leading example of golden age greatness
The Old Collier Golf Club
A well-kept secret in the heart of southwest florida
First Peek at Pete Dye’s Full Cry, Keswick Hall
Pete Dye’s creation at Keswick Hall is worthy of Thomas Jefferson
TPC Scottsdale Renovation
Tom Weiskopf won’t be hounding PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem any more. Now that his renovation of the TPC Scottsdale has been completed the original co-designer’s long campaign to update the Arizona layout is over. “I have written many letters to him over the past dozen years talking about what this course needed to do […]
