The Obamas are in Copenhagen lobbying for Chicago to host the 2016 Olympics, but will golf be voted in?
The final push for the 2016 Olympic Summer Games is on. The Olympic committee will vote on the host city October 2nd in Copenhagen, and also vote to determine if golf should make its re-entry into the games.
President Obama and the First Lady are bot...
Verizon will discontinue sponsorship of PGA Tour’s Heritage Classic on Hilton Head Island
PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem foreshadowed a little gloom last week regarding the future of some PGA Tour title sponsors, and we’ve already got our first casualty: The Verizon Heritage Classic on Hilton Head Island, staged on Harbour Town Gol...
Best public golf course in the U.S.? According to Golf World Readers Choice Awards, it’s Forest Dunes in Michigan
Golf World magazine released their new golf course Readers Choice Awards this week, and while I’m always pretty skeptical of course rankings, I’m really liking the Golf World user-feedback ranking system. It produces a more honest list for ...
Best public golf course in America? According to Golf World Readers Choice Awards, it’s Forest Dunes in Michigan
Golf World magazine released their new golf course Readers Choice Awards this week, and while I’m always pretty skeptical of course rankings, I’m really liking the Golf World user-feedback ranking system. It produces a more honest list for ...
It’s not too late to stop talking northern Michigan for the 2009 golf season
Summer may be over in Michigan, but there’s still golf amongst the changing of the fall colors to be played in October. So we’re not adverse to rolling out more articles in the next couple weeks from my recent northern Michigan golf trip, ...
Loyalty pays off for foursome celebrating their 40th Myrtle Beach golf vacation
Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday has a special going at the moment:
Buy 40 golf trips, get one free.
Okay, I jest. But for a foursome from Pennsylvania, they celebrated their 40th Myrtle Beach golf trip in a row in with a complimentary golf vacation court...
Here’s an excuse to visit Spain’s Costa Del Sol next spring: the Costa Del Golf Challenge tournament
If you’ve been considering a Costa Del Sol golf vacation to Spain, here’s as good of an excuse as any to take the plunge:
The Costa Del Sol Golf Challenge, held March 9th-14th on four area golf courses around Marbella: Los Flamingos, Gran...
Poipu Bay on Kauai the latest Hawaiian golf course to convert to paspalum grass; River’s Edge near Myrtle Beach reopens
The paspalum turf domino effect is continuing along the world’s island and warm weather golf courses.
Following next door Kiahuna Golf Club and the Princeville Makai’s lead, Poipu Bay Golf Course on the Hawaiian island of Kauai will close...
Other sports should follow golf’s lead and ban cell phones from events
Is there anything more anti-climactic than when you’re watching a football game on TV and there’s a huge, 80-yard run to win the game, the crowd goes wild, and the camera cuts to a cluster of fans and 90% of them are, you guessed it, TEXTIN...
Myrtle Beach is finally getting a proper, beachside boardwalk
This week, Myrtle Beach will celebrate the ground breaking of a new $6 million beachfront boardwalk that will extend from 14th Ave North to 2nd Ave North.
Click here for info and artists renditions of the project. Apparently this boardwalk has been ...
Time to start making San Francisco travel plans for the Presidents Cup at Harding Park Golf Course
Fresh up on TravelGolf.com is a feature on San Francisco Bay Area leading up to the Presidents Cup next month.
I visited the Bay Area for the first time in August for four days, checking out municipal Harding Park and Olympic Club’s par-3 Cliff...
New Golf Magazine Top 100 rankings slight American southwest desert courses in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada
I travel a lot to play golf, but I’ve never teed it up in Arizona, New Mexico or California’s desert. According to Golf Magazine’s latest Top 100 Golf Courses in America rankings, I’m not missing much.
I’ve been perusing...
