The Golfer’s World

Regular readers will not be surprised to hear that the Blue Monster at Miami?s Doral is my favorite golf course in South Florida. In fact, it is one of the only golf courses I can stand in South Florida, mainly...

Best U.S. public courses, No. 6: Kiawah Island Ocean Course

The year-long countdown of the best two dozen public courses I have played in America continues towards a stunning climax in December. Now three quarters of the way through the year, I am closing in on the top spot! For...

S.C. package offers world class instruction, warm weather and plenty of golf, all on a budget

Where is this possible?: why in Myrtle Beach of course. Myrtle Beach has long been synonymous with bargain priced golf, and for good reasons. It is simply one of the best golf value destinations in the world, at any time...

Hurry for bargain prices at one of the world?s top resorts!

I love Kohler, Wisconsin, and so does just about every golfer who visits. The Straits course at Whistling Straits, the links-style PGA Championship venue on bluffs overlooking Lake Michigan, is just fantastic, but then so are all four layouts. ...

30/09/2008 12:46

Arnold Palmer Invitational offers one of golf's best bargains

They say the Masters is the toughest ticket in all of sports, and there is nothing in golf quite like seeing the U.S. Open or British Open close up and personal. But among the ?regular? PGA Tour events, few can...

Female golfers: This Hawaii tourney's for you

Lots of tournament opportunities cross my desk, and all across the world at any time are plenty of events players of different abilities can participate in (like the one I recently played and wrote about in Michigan, the Ben Wright...

23/09/2008 13:04

Best U.S. public courses, No. 7: Shadow Creek

The year-long countdown of the best two dozen public courses I have played in America continues towards a stunning climax in December. Now two thirds of the way through the year, I have finally cracked the top ten. top For...

Visit Vijay, play the Players

It seems like every fall, the TPC Sawgrass, home of the famous island green seventeenth, Vijay Singh and the Players Championship, offer some kind of cool package. This year it is the ?Dye Duo,? featuring a round on one of...

Rave review: Redlands Mesa in western Colorado

Ever since I played designer Jim Engh?s breakout course, the private Sanctuary, outside of Denver, I felt he could be the next big thing. Turns out I was right. Unfortunately for the traveling golfer, most of Engh?s great designs are...

16/09/2008 12:41

It?s never too early to start planning for the British Open

Regular readers will know that my favorite course on earth is the Ailsa at Turnberry in Scotland, and for 2009, the Open Championship, or as we Yanks call it, the British Open, is coming back. This is where Jack Nicklaus...

Must-play courses in Michigan: Bay Harbor and Arcadia Bluffs

On my recent trip to Michigan?s Upper Peninsula, I managed to play two courses that have long eluded me and ranked high on my personal ?must-play? list, Bay Harbor and Arcadia Bluffs. Bay Harbor is the seminal work of architect...

10/09/2008 12:03

Best U.S. public courses, No. 8: Kauai Lagoons

Ben Wright serves up a tournament for regular guys and gals

I just got back form one of the most fun golf outings of my life. I played in the fourth annual Ben Wright Invitational at Crystal Mountain golf and ski resort in Northwestern Michigan. You may remember Wright as the...

Get it while it is hot: Golf Magazine?s biennial course ranking is out now

Golf Magazine publishes what is generally considered the most important course ranking list in the industry, mainly because the most people read it. They alternate years between the public version, ?The Top 100 You Can Play,? and the private/public ...

02/09/2008 00:05

To play the Old Course, stay at the keyboard on September 3

News Flash!!! When you get back from Labor Day weekend festivities, don?t forget that one of the most important dates in golf is coming up. On Wednesday, September 3rd, at 10:00 a.m. British Summer Time (5 hours ahead of Eastern...

28/08/2008 12:43

Another fall deal in the mountains, Canadian buddy style

Fall is the end of golf season in the high peaks of the Rockies and other mountain ranges, and some excellent courses and hotels (like Sun Valley, Idaho, which I just wrote about) are giving away the keys to the...

Best U.S. public courses, No. 9: Lake Las Vegas

Why I love Idaho golf, part II: Sun Valley

Before this year I had never been to Idaho, Now I am just back from my second trip this summer and I can?t get enough. Why? The weather is near perfect all summer long, sunny and warm every day, with...

'Journey' to another great casino course

Several years ago I visited the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula in southern California, and I was pretty impressed with everything except the golf. The problem was, at the time I visited, there was no golf. The course was...

18/08/2008 12:26

America?s most underrated designer tackles Utah?s canyon country

John Fought has never quite broken into the pantheon of top name architects, but deserves a place next to the likes of Jim Engh, Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw and company. He has done a lot of great work on a...