Click here to hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to Damon Hack of Sports Illustrated about why Lucas Glover’s U.S. Open victory at Bethpage Black really wasn’t that surprising. “He’s a great young player,” Hack says. “It all came together on a long, wet week at Bethpage Black. We should know that this isn’t a fluke. This is a player who has a lot of respect from guys on the PGA Tour.” PGA Hall of Fame member Gary Wiren - director of instruction for Donald Trump Golf Properties and founder of Golf Around ... full post »

Click here to hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to golf course architect Ron Garl about his new, award-winning design in China, The Admirals Club at Nine Dragons Golf Resort. “It’s a very unusual piece of land because we’ve got some really nice beaches; and then we’ve got some cliffs; and then we’ve got mountains,” Garl says. “So we’ve got a great combination of what you’d like to have when you start the design work.” Kiel Christianson talks about the Evans Scholarship program. “The idea was to help kids who had worked as ... full post »

Click here to hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to Chuck Evans of Medicus Golf - one of Golf Magazine’s 100 best golf teachers of 2009 - about Tiger Woods’ exceptional accuracy at the recent Memorial Tournament. “Tiger did two things,” Evans says. “First of all, he cut the length of his driver down. He also added more loft.” GOLF Magazine’s David Dusek previews the upcoming U.S. Open at the Black Course at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, N.Y. “The golf course is hard,” Dusek says. “That’s something we learned in 2002, when Tiger ... full post »

Click here to hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to TravelGolf.com’s Brandon Tucker about Scotland’s new high-end, Tom Doak-designed golf course, the Renaissance Club in North Berwick. “It’s probably the best Doak course I’ve played,” Tucker says. “It’s just got a great look to it.” TravelGolf.com’s Mike Bailey says Virginia is a wonderful destination for a golf vacation. “It’s a great place to visit,” Bailey says. “There’s a lot to do besides playing golf.” You may not have heard of it, but you should check out Hireko Golf’s equipment, especially in these tough economic times, ... full post »

Click here to hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to author John Feinstein about his new book, “Are You Kidding Me?: The Story of Rocco Mediate’s Extraordinary Battle with Tiger Woods at the US Open.” “This is Rocco’s book, it’s Rocco’s story,” Feinstein says. “It was great for him – and I think great for the game – that somebody was able to go head to head with Tiger like that, and not back down.” PGA Hall of Fame member Gary Wiren - director of instruction for Donald Trump Golf Properties and ... full post »

Click here to hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to TravelGolf.com’s Mike Bailey about golf in Louisiana. “I’m at Carter Plantation today, which is a David Toms signature design,” Bailey says. “It’s very pretty, just a very scenic golf course.” PGA Hall of Fame member Gary Wiren - director of instruction for Donald Trump Golf Properties and founder of Golf Around the World - says strength and conditioning are key to a better golf game. “It makes a difference,” Wiren says. “So I want to encourage people to work more with their bodies to ... full post »

Click here to hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks about Chicago’s recently refurbished Dubsdread at Cog Hill, and chats with Dr. Gary Wiren about getting more distance, while Brandon Tucker discusses ways American golfers can speed up their rounds as they do in Scotland. TravelGolf.com’s Kiel Christianson tells Berner how the public Dubsdread has re-emerged as a top PGA Tour stop after a renovation by famed designer Rees Jones. “Now the course can be stretched to 7,400 yards, the greens have grown in beautifully and they’re just glass smooth,” said Christianson, who got ... full post »

Click here to hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to TravelGolf.com’s Brandon Tucker from the cradle of golf, St. Andrews, Scotland. “I’m about to sit down to dinner at the Old Course Hotel,” he says. “They have a pretty fancy dining area and bar; there’s a whisky tasting.” Chuck Evans of the Medicus Golf Institute talks about a new golf instruction technology the institute is using: Track Man. “It will tell you to within one foot how far you fly every club in the air,” Evans says. PGA Master Professional Jim McLean, owner of Jim ... full post »

Click here to hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to Brandon Tucker, who is on an epic Scotland golf trip. “I’m in East Lothian. This is actually kind of the cradle of golf, as old as St. Andrews is,” Tucker says. “There are just golf courses everywhere. I think every spot where you could put a links course, there’s one here.” Mike Bailey reports from the new Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain, which hosted this year’s WGC Accenture Match Play Championship. “I really enjoyed it,” Bailey says. “It was a nice layout, a ... full post »

Click here to hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to PGA Hall of Fame member Gary Wiren - director of instruction for Donald Trump Golf Properties and founder of Golf Around the World - about why it’s so hard to bring your range game to the golf course. “One of the problems in going from the practice tee to the first tee is” tension, Wiren says. WorldGolf.com’s Mike Bailey says the company Simple Golf could really help you improve your golf swing. “What they did is that they figured out how to eliminate some ... full post »

Click here to hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to Brett Bortons, executive director of the Lowcountry Golf Course Owners Association, about superb golf in Hilton Head, S.C. “There’s a lot of great golf. Harbour Town is the golf course that gets most of the attention because of the exposure” from the PGA Tour’s Verizon Heritage annual event, Bortons says. “But we have a lot of terrific private courses that have been rated in the top 100 on many publications’ lists.” Patrick Meagher of Golf Vancouver Island talks about the golf on Vancouver ... full post »

Click here to hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to John DeMarco, managing partner of LasVegasGolf.com, about the Playboy Golf Scramble, a nation-wide event that comes together for its semi-finals and finals in Las Vegas and California. “It really makes for a pretty unique event,” DeMarco says. WorldGolf.com’s Mike Bailey praises the new TaylorMade-adidas Golf Burner 09 irons. “I really like them. I usually don’t like ‘game-improvement clubs’ because I typically find they do just the opposite for me. But these are a little different,” Bailey says. (By the way, you can click here ... full post »

Click here to hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to PGA Hall of Fame member Gary Wiren - director of instruction for Donald Trump Golf Properties and founder of Golf Around the World - about traveling to The Masters with the Smithsonian Institute. “The Smithsonian does a lot of different types of tours around the world,” Wiren says. “They’ve only done this for a couple of years. This offers people a chance to attend the final day of The Masters.” WorldGolf.com’s Mike Bailey raves about the first golf resort in Guatemala. “I found the ... full post »

Click here to hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to Equipment Editor Kiel Christianson about a few full swing aids available this spring, including the SKLZ Gyro Swing. “They each target a different aspect of the swing, although they all seek to do the same sort of thing,” he says. Velia Pola of Golf Fore the Good talks about how her organization blends charity with golf. “What we’re focusing on now is that I’m going to do a sort of auction/commercial Web site,” Pola says. “The products [people] want me to review - as ... full post »

Click here to hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to WorldGolf.com’s Mike Bailey about how the economy will affect golf. “That’s the million-dollar question in the industry: ‘How will it affect golf?’” Bailey says. “That remains to be seen what will happen. I don’t think that we’re seeing the bargains yet that we thought we’d see with this economy.” Berner features part two of his conversation with TravelGolf.com’s Brandon Tucker about golf in Spain. Joe Borgenicht, CEO and founder of ruletwentyone, talks about his company’s new golf towel. “ruletwentyone is a new, innovative golf towel,” ... full post »