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Improve your game (and get free golf) at the Academy of Golf at the Villas of Grand Cypress in Orlando

Heading south for an Orlando golf vacation? If your game's a little rusty, you might want to check out the Academy of Golf at the Villas of Grand Cypress.From now through September, students who take three golf lessons at full price get a fourth l...

PLAYERS fever? Golf package offers three rounds of golf and a free night at TPC Sawgrass

If four rounds of PLAYERS action has you salivating to take on Pete Dye's TPC Sawgrass Stadium course, you're not alone. When the PGA Tour ships out on Monday, hackers will be back on the course, unloading buckets of balls into the pond that ...

What’s the best Pete Dye course worth traveling for?

I'll admit that I'm not the biggest fan of Pete Dye. I will say that almost every time I talk to a golf course architect about their greatest influences, Pete Dye is always at the top. And writers and raters all seem to adore him. For me, it&...

Sunday evening in St. Andrews: They’re still thinking of Seve – and other sights and sounds

ST. ANDREWS -- You can do just about anything on the Old Course in St. Andrews on Sunday except hit a golf shot. So unlike my colleage Mike Bailey who had the chance to play the course for the first time earlier this week, I spent my one evening here ...

Details galore at thrilling Castle Stuart Golf Links in the Highlands of Scotland

INVERNESS, SCOTLAND -- If details make or break a property, Castle Stuart should thrive. That's the impression I got today after 18 holes and a coffee with one of the owners, Grant Sword. Sword is an accomplished hotelier in the Scottish Highlands...

Details galore at thrilling Castle Stuart Golf Links in the Highlands of Scotland

INVERNESS, SCOTLAND -- If details make or break a property, Castle Stuart should thrive. That's the impression I got today after 18 holes and a coffee with one of the owners, Grant Sword. Sword is an accomplished hotelier in the Scottish Highlands. I&a...

How do you cope with jet lag in Scotland? You could have Royal Dornoch all to yourself at sunrise

DORNOCH, SCOTLAND -- I'm spectacularly horrible at adjusting to time trans-Atlantic zone changes, especially when I'm sitting back with the riff-raff in coach on the way across the Atlantic. So, no surprise to me, I couldn't get more than about two h&a...

Returning to the links of Scotland for a third time: Golf from Highlands to Fife

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY -- After teeing up on the sun soaked fairways beside emerald water in the Dominican Republic, I'm off to Scotland, where the sea is dark and my bermuda shorts need not make the trip. I'd be lying if I said I didn't favor the latter&a...

Returning to the links of Scotland for a third time: Golf from Highlands to Fife

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY -- After teeing up on the sun soaked fairways beside emerald water in the Dominican Republic, I'm off to Scotland, where the sea is dark and my bermuda shorts need not make the trip. I'd be lying if I said I didn't favor the latter&a...

Golf and travel guru Larry Olmsted launches new blog at Forbes

Regular contributor to our golf network, Larry Olmsted has joined up with the people at Forbes to launch a new travel blog. Most recently, he's been filing regular dispatches for our Golf Course Realty site. Larry tells it like it is, and I'm especia&a...

Golf and travel guru Larry Olmsted launches new blog at Forbes

Regular contributor to our golf network, Larry Olmsted has joined up with the people at Forbes to launch a new travel blog. Most recently, he's been filing regular dispatches for our Golf Course Realty site. Larry tells it like it is, and I'm especia&a...

‘Golf the Island’ package a fitting introduction to Canada’s Prince Edward Island

Summertime is right around the corner, which means its time to point your golf bag north towards some of the world's great summer golf destinations. Prince Edward Island is one of the many fine golf hotspots in Canada. With May upon us, it's official&a...