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Buckle up, golfers: Hawaiian island of Lanai is a drivers' delight
For the past two decades, golf has been a driving force in an effort to re-brand Lanai, which was once known as 'Pineapple Island,' as a private paradise for sun-seeking tourists. The smallest and least-populated of Hawaii's half dozen tourist-friendly islands, Lanai boasts 36 holes of championship golf -- the Challenge at Manele and the Experience at Koele -- and only 30 miles of paved road.
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At your next corporate golf event in Scottsdale, Arizona, shoot birdies, bogeys and guns
Corporate business plays a big part in Scottsdale's tourism industry. The Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau reports that 60 percent of all resort and full-service hotel business results from meetings-related travel. It's not hard to understand why: There's great golf, trendy resorts, major sports venues and cool surprises that live and thrive under the Arizona sun. Here's a handful of reasons why you should consider Scottsdale for your next convention or corporate retreat.
... full article »Spring fling: Cactus League baseball and awesome golf in sunny Arizona
If it's March in Arizona, getting into the swing of things has two meanings: Baseball and golf. It's the perfect double-header for a sports fan. Play a round of golf at any of the Valley's great courses in the morning, and then hit a Cactus League game in the afternoon. The best part: There are so many terrific golf clubs in the Valley of the Sun that golfers can play just about anywhere and have no more than a 30-minute drive to the nearest Cactus League ballpark.
... full article »Hawaii's Big Island is big on golf, dining and coffee
Golfers love to eat, and there are few places that combine the two experiences better than the Big Island of Hawaii. Throw in some Kona coffee, something you don't want to miss on any trip to the Big Island, and you have struck it rich -- literally. Mike Bailey offers up some of the best places to eat and get a good cup of coffee on the Big Island.
... full article »Golf on California's Monterey Peninsula: Play well without breaking the bank
Many associate golf on the popular Monterey Peninsula with luxury. But courses such as Pacific Grove, Rancho Canada and Laguna Seca Golf Ranch can be played at affordable prices. Here's a way to enjoy the benefits of the region without having to spend a great deal of money in the three communities -- Monterey, Carmel and Pacific Grove -- and come away with a top-flight golf vacation.
... full article »Hawaii lands eight golf courses on Golfweek's best resort list
When it comes to great resort golf courses, Hawaii certainly doesn't have a shortage of them. The Aloha State landed eight courses -- half designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr. -- on Golfweek Magazine's 2012 list of best resort courses, second only to California. Which Hawaii courses made the list? Mike Bailey has the answer.
... full article »Go low in Hawaii: Score great values on Kauai golf courses
The island of Kauai has a handful of the best resort golf courses in Hawaii, but for the more frugal traveler, that doesn't mean you're priced out of a round while on the Garden Isle. Kauai may have one of the highest concentrations of top-ranked courses in Hawaii, but it also offers some great bargains on top plays.
... full article »A study of Tucson's La Paloma and Dove Mountain show how Jack Nicklaus' design approach evolved over the years
Twenty-five years passed from the time Jack Nicklaus constructed La Paloma Country Club (1984) to the opening of Dove Mountain (2009), two of the top courses in the Tucson, Ariz. area. His maturation as a course designer is evident in the evolution of his designs and further evidence of how the Tucson golf scene has grown up as well, Scott Bordow writes.
... full article »From Reno to Lake Tahoe, golf the High Sierras on three budgets
Some of the world's best summer mountain golf can be played around Lake Tahoe and Truckee. Then, just 30 minutes to the east and over the mountains in Nevada, golf -- generally more affordable -- can be enjoyed in Reno-Sparks and the Carson Valley all year long. Depending on your checkbook, this guide can help you plan your golf vacation around Lake Tahoe and nearby Reno-Sparks.
... full article »Las Vegas challenge: Five great golf courses for scratch players
Scratch golfers are always looking for that next great challenge, and Las Vegas has plenty of golf courses that fit the bill. Bill Bowman offers up five golf courses in Las Vegas that will let scratch golfers know how their game stacks up against the very best.
... full article »Get to know golf on Prince Edward Island: A front nine of travel facts
Canada is a nation that adores its golf, coast to coast. But no destination does the game quite like Prince Edward Island. Canada's smallest province, not only is it stocked with seafood, lighthouses and beaches, there is a golf course around every corner. Here is a front nine of reasons that separates the "Gentle Island" on the east coast from Canada's many summer golf hotspots.
... full article »- Historic Seaview golf resort emerges from a multi-million-dollar renovation
- Room with a view: Awe-inspiring golf shots in the Reno-Tahoe area
- Win cash and play golf with NFL greats in Las Vegas at Pro Legends $1 Million Shootout
- Planning a Scotland golf vacation? Five travel tips you should know
- Fun for all: Play golf in Myrtle Beach on three budgets
- Golf for traditionalists: Take a good walk on a San Diego-area classic
- Myrtle Beach events and festivals keep the Grand Strand lively off the golf course too
- Mesquite, Nevada resorts offer a laid-back desert golf vacation alternative
- NCAA basketball and Las Vegas golf: It doesn't get any better than March Madness in Sin City
- Basic Course Design 101: Become an Educated Golfer
- 2001 Roundtable: Weiskopf, Palmer, Nicklaus
- What it's Really Like to Own Your Own Track
- Day Two: On the Road to Augusta
- Don't think "Don't miss!" (Another of Golf's Mind Games)
- How Las Vegas matches up against Myrtle Beach
Architecture
- Inspections of Katrina's damage mostly encouraging
- Building a new golf course? Consider these factors first
- Here's what it takes to make a successful golf course
- Nothing taboo when carving out great Canadian course from ancient granite and unyielding forest
- Slow-Play: The Hidden Culprits
- Courses should adapt, but forget the pros when it comes to design
From The Rough
- This Thanksgiving, our man gives thanks for Lorena Ochoa, Paul Azinger and Nick Faldo
- Pinehurst or Kiawah Island for your next golf vacation?
- Cowgrass and canings: Golf in Malaysia is worth the trip
- Great Smoky Mountains boast excellent golf courses that'll go easy on your wallet
- Is the U.S. media to blame for Michelle Wie's sad decline?
- Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson on Sunday in the U.S. Open at Oakmont? Here's how it would go down
- Golf's 'fifth major': What decides The Players' status?
- The Masters: Is Zach Johnson just another major "freak?"
- A perfect golf course blends Dye, Nicklaus, Fazio and me
- Down around Biloxi: Is the golf better than ever? Come see it all for yourself
- A post-Thanksgiving tally: Tiger, Phil, Trump, Wie, more
- Ghosts, golf and Elvis in modern-day Vietnam
- The reason for our Ryder Cup failure? George W. Bush
- Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head golf courses for old farts
- Bivens worst thing to happen to LPGA since, well, ever
- PGA Tour's Big Five has turned into a big bore
- A beefy guy in a kilt should kick Trump out of Scotland
- Roads not taken lead to hidden Irish, Scottish golf gems
- Rush Limbaugh to join TravelGolf.com as writer
- Custom club-fitting: Past the pink tees and beyond
- Jacksonville, Fla., an underachiever when it comes to promoting golf
- A belated thanksgiving for El Tigre, course marshals, more
- Van de Velde rolls up skirt, wades right in - to misogyny
- Playing 18: How did golf get to be so damn expensive?
- "The Great White Choker" in good company on the geezer tour
- Italians: Good golf, beautiful women, great food and wine – maybe a little touch-up on organization skills
- Lesbians, the LPGA, talk-show hosts and the Biloxi Blogging Blues
- Tired of the same old golf tours? Try South Africa for a real golf safari
- New Year's resolutions: stop going for the risk every time, quit bashing Casey
- U.S. team woes in Ryder Cup may be unsolvable problem
Inside Media
- Embarrassing awards, John Daly's balls, Angry Golfers, Natalie Gulbis' lame golf blog, more
- PGA Tour should introduce match play into FedEx Cup for TV ratings
- Women's British Open at St. Andrews: Historic golf moment went unseen, unheard on television
- Why are our television golf analysts so darn British?
- NBC - mainly Johnny Miller - survives carnage at Oakmont
- 'Playing Lessons from the Pros' gets you inside the heads of golf's greats
- Golf for Women: Shill for advertisers or savior for women golfers?
- PGA Tour and NASCAR: An insidious media coupling?
- New-media golf deal brings together TV pretty boys, ink-stained wretches
- Is Nick Faldo the CBS media star a changed man?
- Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head golf courses for old farts
- Despite Stallion lawsuit and other scandals, Las Vegas course owner Billy Walters gets free pass from Golfweek
- Michelle Wie's saga: Blame the media - but only partially
- For my money, the major golf mags are missing the point
- A "new media" quandary: Bloggers and press credentials?
- The Ryder Cup: Thousands of Irish shut out of live television broadcast
- Golf Channel's PGA Tour deal could be the start of something big for golf nuts
- Can a magazine "partner" with, and cover the PGA Tour?
- Don't blame Wie for cashing in on American capitalism
- Tips for Finchem to make his TV talks "sexier"
- Wie's decisions spark flames among media and her fans
- ING writing awards spotlight what's wrong with media, travel writing
- Bikini waxes, body bags and 'perfect' golf shots: golf announcers are a funny, and not so funny breed
- Calling on the SATW to clean up the sorry state of travel writing
- Golf blogs: Everything from space-time continuums to bland architects and willing sperm donors
- Cart girl mania, Masters foul-ups, Ballesteros implosions and the most overrated golf instructor of all time
- Magazine golf tips often go far out of bounds
- This month's golf media: best clubs, richest golfers, petty Seve and wild dogs
- With Shark gone and Tiger slumping, 'self-absorbed' golfers turning off viewers
- Choosing from the world of golf magazines is like choosing which club to hit
On the Spot
- LPGA players are so much tougher than the PGA's best
- Don't fear the Mormons: You can find beer & cheap scenic golf in Salt Lake City
- Canada: Where ice wine's crack, politics are open season & golf's characters rule
- Feel sorry for Sergio Garcia after his British Open meltdown? Impossible
- Glitzy gambling & golf: Palm Springs to become a mini Las Vegas?
- Forget all the Tiger Woods daddy talk - LPGA golfers face the really tough parenthood choice
- Regular golfers and PGA Tour fans know Commissioner Tim Finchem is too late to the drug-testing party
- Ever-growing, golf-rich Atlanta turns its attention to tourism
- Torrey Pines "spat" a tale of rich, whiny San Diego golfers
- Tucson's star rises in Arizona golf scene
- Drop the attitude about kids golfing on your course
- Inside golf's most guarded gates: Frenchman's Creek shows how mega rich live
- We could learn plenty from Canada's golf myth-making
- What's wrong with turning 9/11 into a golf escape?
- Celebrity golf lessons from Ray Romano, Donald Trump and Ben Roethlisberger
- Avoid becoming a McDonald's-slurping golf tourist
- Try golfland: Reno-Lake Tahoe Sierra region defies stereotypes with fun golf courses, and more
- Ever-flashing right blinkers unite! Palm Springs golf rules
- Defending the undefendable: Men-only golf clubs
- Why do golf writers ignore what golfers care about most?
- When The Donald calls to let you know he doesn't love your opinion
- Real golfers put 'adventure traveler' trendies to shame
- Want great, cheap golf? Look past the corporate powers
- Should elite golf clubs be rewarded with majors?
- From dogs on private jets to "signature holes, has the celebrity golf architect phenomenon gone mad?
- Cancun golf full of promise and pitfalls
- Kootenays of all places shows how a new golf destination can bring the adventure
- A fake concierge sham: Las Vegas golf desks serve Walters Golf, not the customer
- Industry hypocrites bring down Vegas golf by staying silent on Shadow Mountain scam
- Supposedly staid Scottsdale actually more sinfully fun than Las Vegas
A Girl's-Eye View
- Dottie Pepper shoots straight on golf, the LPGA, TV
- Save your husband, hit a Titleist
- Mother's Day golf gifts for the rest of us
- March already? Time to get motivated for the new season
- Your grandma was right: What we learned about golf in 06
- Go girls golf! Why your area needs an LPGA-USGA club
- Family for Christmas? Golf to the rescue!
- Gift ideas: All we girls want for Christmas is - golf stuff
- Golf tip: Shaking off the first-tee shakes
- Golf with joy: Unlocking the magic of 'personal par'
- Golfers, know thy distance: In praise of SkyCaddie
- Michael Bamberger redux: Revisiting Michelle Wie's disqualification in the 05 Samsung World Championship
- When you golf with your kids, it's a good parenting day
- Golf and marriage: Match play can bring couples together
- Nothing to wear on the golf course? These women say, 'No problem'
- Golf's gender divide: All golfers are not created equal
- Duke University coach sounds off
- For Michelle Wie, it's all in the family
- John Feinstein: A good read, unspoiled
Column
- To succeed in Scotland The Donald can't trump tradition
- Course design: If you build it (correctly), they will come
- Nicklaus picks British Open at St. Andrews to go the way of Snead, Hogan and Jones
- Build it and they will come: Replica courses can be a big draw if they're designed correctly
- Ladies: What has the golf industry done for us lately?
- It's all right: Lefties strangely absent world of golf
- OK, I admit it - not all golf instructors are scam artists
- The boom you hear in the distance? That could that be 78 million new golfers
Commentary
- Butch Harmon to the contrary, why won't Stallion Mountain Country Club offer a guarantee?
- What the World Golf Rankings could learn from the BCS
- Woods' problems come down to too much love and too much muscle
- Comparing Woods to Singh: A subtle attempt to take luster off remarkable year?
- It's time Americans got nasty in Ryder Cup against Euro-weenies
- Golf world rankings are confusing, but where would we be without them?
- Travel writers often turn a blind eye to reality
- Olympic golf is for amateurs, unless in Moscow
- Golf isn't just a 'sport,' it's the hardest of them
- Golf born in France, not Scotland? If so, that changes everything
- European press should lay off Open Champion Hamilton
- USGA was wrong for banning saucy calendar of LPGA's Gulbis
- Mallon gives LPGA wisdom, Sharapova gives tennis sex appeal
- Ain't that America: GPS, koozie cups, range finders and more
- Is Augusta ready for 14-year-old Asian, a girl no less?
News
- Only in Scottsdale: Now named the Champion, TPC's former Desert track gets $12 million renovation revamp
- New St. Regis Resort in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. puts Nicklaus course on hold
- Dennis Silvers, Las Vegas Golf Guru, first casualty of 'Walters-Gate'
- Kids and golf: Recent column draws sympathy and outrage
- Woods thrills fans with demonstration before Ryder Cup
- Company claims new high-tech tee adds distance, accuracy
- Southwest Florida golf courses slowly recovering from Charley's wrath
- Isabel tears through Virginia Beach, Ocean City 'back to normal'
- Grand Strand Resorts Going Deadbeat on Payments to Local Golf Courses
- Delta Airlines Puts Hold on New Travel Golf Bag Policy
- ECCO Golf Footwear unveils 2003 product line
From the forward tees
On Tour
Q & A
- Michelle Wie's first coach: Twenty minutes with Casey Nakama
- Questioning the best: Chuck Dunbar and Steve Murphy
The Ryder Cup
Others
- Is golf trying too hard to attract the new while shorting the rest of us?
- Golf 's problems start with money and time, end with difficulty
- The state of golf: Who can you believe?
- Three New Books Aim For Controversy: Do They Hit or Miss?
- Golf industry needs a better lie
- Having a beer with Arnold Palmer
- Looking under the tree for golf goodies and beer
- Roll out the barrel at the 19th hole
- On the road in Texas: Boom subsides in Dallas -- clip a coupon for best rates
- Isabel weakens as Carolina courses brace for high winds and storm surge
- Architects vs. Technology: Action or Reaction?
- The Golden Buckle of the Sunbelt
- Tucson's Golf Offerings
- North Florida Hub's Cup Runeth Over
Personality Profiles
- Broncos Coach Shanahan brings sidelines intensity to his golf "getaways"
- Mario Lemieux: Golf harder than winning NHL's Stanley Cup
- Ming Tsai, celebrity chef: From the kitchen to the golf course
- Scott Hamilton on phenoms like Michelle Wie in skating or golf
- Dan Quayle: Forget "potatoe," golf hurt my political career
- Texas radio host Jim Apfelbaum finds a passion, career in golf
- NBA smooth shooter Ray Allen's got combat golf game
- Vern Burns paving his own road to the tour with Earl Woods' help
- Young Korean golf star, 7, set to take world by storm
- Ashton: 'I usually break a club, swear and hit my opponent'
- Younger Fazio, learning from more famous relatives, likes to ‘hand-build’ his golf courses
- Three hours with Pete Rose in a Las Vegas booth: Baseball's Hit King brings his act to The Strip
- Long Drive showman Brian Pavlet refuses to sell himself short
- Rock, roll and golf with Alice Cooper
- O'Donnell's latest role easy for this golf nut to handle
- There's no Rymer reason when it comes to this analyst
- LeAnna Wicks might just be the next lightning rod for LPGA
- Annika returns to LPGA riding high from Colonial
- Chi Chi on children, challenging golf courses, and the struggles of change
- Gary Player - Great Golfer, Better Human Being
- PGA is set to honor busy designer Pete Dye
- Women's Guide author feels she can teach well every day
Architect Profiles
- Bobby Weed
- David Toms
- Todd Jester
- Arthur Hills
- Kris Spence
- Tim Cate
- Gene Bates
- Ken Kavanaugh
- Mark Mungeam
- Tom Fazio
- John Harbottle III
- Jeff Brauer
- Roy Bechtol and Randy Russell
- Tripp Davis
- Tom Doak
- Todd Eckenrode
- Jim Engh
- Ken Ezell
- Ron Garl
- Gil Hanse
- Michael Hurdzan
- John LaFoy
- Terry LaGree
- Dan Maples
- Jerry Matthews
- Scott Miller
- Jay Morrish
- Bill Newcomb
- Gary Panks
- Rick Robbins
- Ed Seay
- Brian Silva
- Steve Smyers
- Mike Strantz
- Tom Weiskopf
First-and-goal with TravelGolf.com
- Gulf Coast offers a perfect setting for golf and football
- Super Bowl Host City San Diego Home to Super Golf Scene
- Golf in the NFC West
- AFC East: Miami Provides the Golf In Football’s Best Division
- AFC North: 1 Good Football Team, A lot of Great Golf Courses
- NFC East: Dallas Golf Scene Thriving
- TPC's Lead the List of Great Golf Destinations in AFC South
- NFC South: A Golfer’s Paradise and A Football Fan’s Conundrum
- NFC North: The Cradle of Midwestern Golf
Armchair Architect
- Postage Stamp at Royal Troon: 'As much by skill as by strength'
- A holiday wish list as we head into 2005
- Who are designers appeasing when they lengthen golf courses?
- The "S" Word, Part II - Elements of Strategy
- Change at Augusta comes with the seasons
Junior Golf
- Tips on how to get your child started playing the game of golf
- Here are the junior events, tournaments that will get you noticed
- Don't be intimidated by the basics of golf
- Here are some things to consider when choosing a golf camp
News
- U.S. President's Cup team interview transcripts
- High gas prices causing changes in golf travel plans
- Canyon Ridge golf course set to open on Lookout Mountain in Ga.
- Hurricane Katrina does a number on Florida, Gulf Coast courses
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