Myrtle Beach golf courses have re-opened following a brush with Hurricane Dorian earlier this month. The storm, which stayed far enough offshore to spare the Grand Strand the worst of its wrath, grazed the area with tropical storm force winds and rain but no structural damage. www.PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com. “Our thoughts and prayers are certainly with the […]
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Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort combines history and golf
Like some history with your golf? The Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club offers a great combination, along with the sun and sand of Florida’s Gulf coast. The 375-room hotel as been a St. Pete landmark since it opened (at a cost of $3.5 million) in 1925. Listed on the register of Historic […]
Review: Titleist TS4 driver a modern day classic
By Brian Sommer, PH.D The golf industry is not short on marketing jargon as in the past decade the industry manufactures have released golf clubs with different driver head shapes, sizes, color schemes intended to help with alignment, shallower and deeper faces, face milling, internal weights, external adjustable weights, tracks and adjustability options for different […]
Daytona Beach golf courses re-open after brush with Hurricane Dorian
Daytona Beach was spared the worst of the Hurricane Dorian’s wrath and area golf courses have re-opened. Dorian menaced the Florida coast, but the eye of the storm stayed far enough offshore to allow Daytona Beach to escape with low tropical storm force winds and rain but no substantial damage. Golf courses closed for a […]
Coral Hospitality’s “Swing for the Kids” at Brasstown Valley Resort gives back to Christ’s Starfish Foundation
Coral Hospitality-GA, recently celebrated a successful fifth annual “Swing for the Kids” celebrity golf tournament at Brasstown Valley Resort & Spa – raising more than $23,000 to benefit Christ’s Starfish Foundation, which serves patient families in the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta network. With 14 teams totaling more than 70 golfers, and more than 100 participants […]
Villa del Palmar Beach Resort & Spa hosting “Taste and Sip” wine event in June 2020
“Taste & Sip,” a food and wine immersion featuring three sponsoring vineyards, returns to Villa del Palmar Beach Resort & Spa at The Islands of Loreto, Baja California Norte, Mexico, June 25-28, 2020. Participating wineries will include Chateau Ste. Michelle, Lachini, and Clos Benoit. Chateau Ste. Michelle has received 22 “Winery of the Year” honors […]
Concession Golf Club in Sarasota to debut the “Gimme” Par 3 Course in November
A new Par-3, nine-hole short course and one-acre putting course, created by the Nicklaus Design team, is scheduled to open Nov. 1 at The Concession Golf Club in Sarasota, Fla. “We have created a Par-3 course equal in its quality and visual impact to The Concession’s championship course and complements its challenging nature with a […]
New Yorker Welch wins Myrtle Beach Amateur Handicap Championship
William Welch, West Islip, N.Y., shot a net 69 (gross 85) this past weekend to win the Flight Winners’ Playoff at the 36th Annual PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship Friday at Barefoot Resort’s Dye Course. Welch beat James Juden (Lancaster, Calif.) by a shot to emerge from a field of 3,215 golfers and claim the […]
American Dunes sets opening day as Memorial Day 2020
Memorial Day 2020 (fittingly) is the target date for the opening of American Dunes – formerly Grand Haven Golf Club – in Grand Haven, Mich., just west of Grand Rapids. Once owned by Dr. John Rooney, the course is owned today by his son, Major Dan Rooney, founder of Folds Of Honor, a nonprofit organization […]
Fall into golf on Hilton Head Island
The Summer of 2019 is winding down, but there’s still plenty of time for golf, particularly on Hilton Head Island, S.C. One of the Southeast’s top golf (and family) destinations, there are several excellent group packages ideal for fall getaways. HiltonHeadGolfIsland.com. Here’s a look: SEA PINES RESORT The Sea Pines Resort, which in many ways […]