Category: General
Feb
18
Having just returned from Florida, it is evident hotels and resorts are not full while championship courses have open tee times. Good news for golfers, not so good for the golf and travel industry. Ever since the downturn in the economy, typically named… more »
Jan
07
On a recent California golf trip, noting the baggage fees to bring my clubs would be $75 for three legs and I would only be playing a couple of rounds, I opted for rental clubs at the golf courses. Ever since the airlines went nuts and decided charging… more »
Dec
15
If you could make a bucket list for your ultimate golf travel fantasies, what would it include? With input from Mike Pinckney, here is our take on the subject from XX and YX.
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Augusta National
XX: Martha Burk tried in 200… more »
Nov
22
John Denver got it right when he sung, “Almost Heaven, West Virginia….” As an avid golfer he might have added, “Take me home, Country Roads, take me home, to the courses, I belong…”
If anything sets the tone for a golf trip in southeastern and centra… more »
Nov
11
When Claude Pardue, owner of Mystical Golf in Myrtle Beach, S.C., invited golf writers and a partner to play in a three-day best ball tournament, I asked my son, Mike Pinckney, who lives just three hours away in Charlotte, N.C. I hadn't played with him… more »
Nov
03
Sevierville, Tennessee, emerges as strong golf destination with opening of Highlands and River Courses
Send feedback »Sevierville (severe-ville), Tennessee -- the hometown of Dolly Parton, moonshine and zipping upside down or right side up through the tree tops at Foxfire Mountain -- is not only a hot family destination, it's recently emerged as a sound golf destinati… more »
Oct
17
The hardest thing about using Izzo's new Swami 3000 GPS range finder is figuring out how to open the plastic blister packaging. I wish they would give you a clue on the outside as to how best to break into the package and extricate these things without… more »
Sep
24
“We’re trying to represent our country well,” said Paul Creamer finishing up on the 18th for a tie at all square. It was the last match in this morning’s (Saturday) foursomes, the second day of competition.
Cristie Kerr had come off the 17th draining… more »
Sep
02
Review: Vesper Hills Golf club in Tully, N.Y. a rare find at just $25 for golf, cart and lunch.
Send feedback »I had been hearing about Vesper Hills GC for years. “Coxie”, my friend from kindergarten and a guy with a talent for insulting everyone while making them laugh at the same time, had been talking about it forever.
Coxie, who played each week with his… more »
Aug
21
How many times have you hear a course described as "links-like," links-style" or -- here's a beauty -- "evoking the mystique of the Old Course of Scotland.'
Unless you have actually been to Scotland, much less played the elusive Old Course itself, how co… more »
Jun
20
If you google "golf books" in about 15 seconds give or take, you will pull up the astounding number of more than 395,000,000 results. Pretty impressive.
I was impressed with Pat Ruddy's collection of more than 5,000 books along with a size 13 pair of… more »
Jun
13
Summer vacation for kids is almost here -- for some it's already started. Most of us know golf could use a good shot in the arm to get more people playing. These same people know the juniors can be a great place to start.
However not all parents know… more »
May
22
Kingsmill Resort, Williamsburg, Virginia, has excellent golf plus a boatload of other things to do
Send feedback »With three excellent golf courses and one neat little nine-hole layout, you would think Kingsmill Resort & Spa in Williamsburg, Virginia, would be a top golf destination. It is. But it has so much more going for it.Kingsmill, just minutes from th… more »
May
09
This year's Solheim Cup heads to Ireland taking place at the new Jack Nicklaus-designed Castle Killeen course in Dunsany , Co. Meath just northwest of Dublin. Set for September 23-25, the tournament is similar in format to the Ryder Cup, teaming top U.S… more »
Apr
26
If you don't like heaps of fried food, jambalaya, gumbo, fresh-caught fish or crawfish; if you don't like eating all the Kentucky Fried Chicken you can for $4.95; if you don't like gaming or fishing or floating down a lazy river pool that goes on forever… more »
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