ALL-ACCESS PASS
All-Access Pass With Shane Sharp
Shane Sharp is a Contributing Writer for TravelGolf.com, whose specialties include golf course and food reviews, travel features, and personality profiles. Prior to taking on his editorial responsibilities, Sharp was a staff and senior writer with TravelGolf.com for nearly five years, focusing on the Myrtle Beach, Arizona, and North Carolina golf scenes.
The 31-year-old Sharp makes Charlotte his home, but you are just as likely to find him on the fairways of Myrtle Beach and Charleston. Contact him at the TravelGolf.com Charlotte Bureau: (704) 543-7486. "All-Access Pass" appears every Tuesday at TravelGolf.com. Comments on any of our stories are always welcome on our reader feedback page.
Armchair Architect
- Of rankings and ratings
- Owning up to excellence
- Rethinking Strategy
- The "S" Word: Can strategy be defined?
- Bunker mentality and the return of the ornery hazard
- Bunker mentality and part two of the ornery hazard
- Bringing it back – Losing the race to build long courses
- Hailing the regional architect
- Armchair Architect sounds off on all of those mounds
Recent Columns
- Thanks for strategic par-4s, Miller; No thanks for Woods, Casey
- Forget all you know; just grip it and rip it
- Augusta National: Why mess with perfection?
- Finding a few pearls in the Old Pueblo
- Why Sin City is the ultimate guy getaway
- It's time to embrace change and accept women into golf's inner circle
- Musings over the year that was... and wasn't
- December 2, 2003: Silly Season provides plenty of story lines, but 'best' is yet to come
- November 4, 2003: Unsung resort courses of the Carolinas deserve recognition
- October 21, 2003: Ricky Barnes finds comic relief at celebrity pro-am
- October 7, 2003: How to enter (and almost win) your first pro-am
- September 30, 2003: Todd Jester is jest the man for the job
- Sept. 23, 2003: Where, er, not to golf
- Par-3 17th holes have sexy appeal
- On A Nation Shocked From Slumber
- August 12, 2003: Reflections on golf course architecture: Picking the top five Fazio courses
- August 5, 2003: Ocean Course in familiar territory
- July 22, 2003: Discount tee times divide industry
- Family run courses drive Ohio's love of the game
- July 8, 2003: SortaGolf hopes to take root
- July 1, 2003: Celebrate the Fourth with these All-American golf destinations
- June 24, 2003: Bold courses, modest maker: Quietly, Tim Cate has designed some great layouts in the Grand Strand
- June 17, 2003: How the West gets watered
- June 10, 2003: Shopping analysis: New kicks, a good book and ordering online
- June 3, 2003: Palm Springs trying to shake summer stigma
- May 27, 2003: Couples/Bates Design forges ahead with an 'understanding'
- May 20, 2003: Women friendly? Golf course design can be anything but
- May 13, 2003: The golfing good life, because no man is promised tomorrow
- May 6, 2003: Some courses that just don't belong
- April 28, 2003: Natural Golf a natural move for struggling golfers
- April 21, 2003: New-look No. 7 solidifies Rees Jones' status
- April 7, 2003: Solutions to the problems concerning slow pace of play
- March 31, 2003: Traveling light: Should you still lug your clubs?
- March 22, 2003: Honest answers, good guys and other random thoughts
- March 12, 2003: Golf industry looks ahead with possible war on horizon
- March 4, 2003: 'Hootie' breathes new life into the Grand Strand
- Feb. 24, 2003: The Golf Channel's Jennifer Mills unplugged
- Feb. 17, 2003: Good beer in a can from Oskar Blues Brewery
- Feb. 11, 2003: War may loom, but spring trips must go on
- Jan. 28, 2003: Sorenstam needs to take sideshow somewhere else
- Jan. 21, 2003: Backyard greens take on life of their own
- Jan. 14, 2003: PGA Tour needs to hype its season opener
- Jan. 6, 2003: American Golf bails on Colorado course
- Dec. 17, 2002: Long ball champ is all about power
- Dec. 8, 2002: The future of golf course architecture
- Dec. 1, 2002: TravelGolf.com's holiday wish list
- Nov. 20, 2002: At Augusta, Tiger shouldn't do everything
- Nov. 4, 2002: Catching up with Sergio Garcia
- Oct. 27, 2002: Las Vegas has Scottsdale in its Sights
- Sept. 30, 2002: Backloading is for real
- Sept. 23, 2002: Cheating is a Delicate Art & Science
- Sept. 16, 2002: Random Thoughts
- Aug. 12, 2002: Golf Course Architecture: The Golden Age is Now
- July 29, 2002: Origins Golf Design Looks for the Magic Touch
- July 22, 2002: It's a Shame, but America's to Blame
- July 15, 2002: The Next Great Golf Destinations
- July 9, 2002: Robert von Hagge Finds Home South-of-the-Border
- June 10, 2002: Some 19th Holes are Better than Others
- June 3, 2002: Are New Golf Courses on Steroids?
- May 19, 2002: Geoff Sarazen's Shot Heard Round the World
2004 Columns
- Augusta fillabusta: Masters set to return to old form
- The U.S. Open is the best major,and it's not even close
- Stankowski and Herron need to win; give Garcia a break
- The great golf marketing conspiracy theory
- Masters Journal: TV Golf's Quintessential Voyeuristic Experience
- Black and white fading to gray in grand old game
More 2000-02 Columns
- American Golf Corporation Not So American, According to Many Americans
- Beware of the marketing chiches: As the number of U.S. courses mounts, so does the rhetoric
- Tradition and History are Alive and Well in Myrtle Beach
- Rees Jones Sounds Off
- Road Hole remains unchanged at Royal Links
- Snowmass Golf Club: Six Reasons To Start From Scratch, The Story Of A Complete Makeover
- Play the U.S. Open here? Not on your life
- Getting on track with the golf trails of the Southeast
- Along the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail: Roger Rulewich Speaks Out
- Gary Cowan's Comeback
- Show Bin Laden Who's Boss
- Why Spurrier Has Carolina on His Mind
- We're Just Getting Started
- Sharp Leaves His Heart in Wilmington
- Why Pinehurst Just Feels Like Home
- Introducing Ron Garl, Renaissance Man
- Ron Garl's Florida Win Streak Continues
- Contraction? Relocation?
- Pinehurst No. 2 Conspiracy Theory Put to Rest
- Memo to Mickelson: Your Time is Now
- The Curse of the Six-Hour Round
- On Mickelson and Pro Golf in the Carolinas
- Reporter's Notebook: Grande Dunes
- Are Courses Getting Carried Away?
- Playing Ahead with TravelGolf.com
- On Golf Bags, Bermuda Greens & Good Hot Dogs
- Leave the Snow Behind and Head West
- Sharp's Christmas List Not Ready for Santa
- Sharp is Making a List and Taking Names
- TravelGolf.com Reporter's Notebook
- Reporter's Notebook: Barefoot Resort
- The Hidden Golf Bag Beverage Cooler
- Along the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
- Why Pinehurst Just Feels Like Home
- Breaking Down Golf's Instructional Aids
- Visiting with a True Las Vegas Caddy
- Take That Winter Golf Trip
- Links Group To Expand, Grand Strand To Suffer
- Looking For Sympathy, and Finding None
- The Ryder Cup Should Have Been Played
- TravelGolf.com: We're Just Gettng Started
More editorials by TravelGolf.com writers
- Insanity of Vegas' pro sports pursuit eerily mirrors golf course craze
- The curses and charms of the golf destination business fad
- Yes, Myrtle Beach is backwards. Embrace it!
- East Coast courses need to get over their self-important selves
- Media tees off on beleaguered U.S. Ryder Cup team
- 09/01/04: Kids, parents not always welcome at golf courses
- 08/23/04: Ryder Cup or Olympics, fear of losing not the best motivator
- 07/02/04: Synthetic grass is coming soon to a golf course near you
- 06/29/04: Asian invasion may not kowtow to sponsors, but they sure can play the game
- 06/28/04: USGA President should resign from clubs that bar women
- 06/23/04: Single-rider golf carts could be the answer to slow play
- 06/16/04: Shinnecock Easy? Maybe For Ernie
- 06/10/04: Rivalry heats up between Philly Mick and Eldrick on eve of PGA championship
- 06/09/04: Nicklaus: Still fascinating to watch, but not to speculate on retirement
- 06/08/04: Long putters, belly putters, whatever - ban them for good
- 10/03/02: Kyle Dalton on the PGA Village Debacle in Texas
- 10/11/02: Derek Duncan on America's Green Complex
- 09/06/02: Augusta National Stance is Hurting the Game (Doug Carey)
- 08/24/02: In Defense of the "Short" Course (Derek Duncan)
- 07/19/02: Architects vs. Technology (Derek Duncan)
