Even when Streamsong Resort is filled to capacity, this famed golf and outdoors destination near the Central Florida town of Bowling Green has little problem with social distancing. It’s a 16,000-acre property deep inside ancient phosphate pits and featuring a 216-room Lodge (made of wood, stone and glass) three golf courses and more than 20 […]
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Golf Equipment Review: Tour Edge EXS 220 Pro Fairway Woods play as well as they look
By Brian Sommer Tour Edge Founder/Club Designer David Glod has long been known for creating low spinning Exotics drivers and fairway woods clubs that produce piercing shots off the tee and from the fairway. In short, Exotics are some of the best drivers and metals on the market, particularly for their lower price points. I […]
Honma Golf growing its Mobile Experience club fitting program
Honma Golf continues to enlarge its footprint in North America. The iconic Japanese golf equipment brand has named a new team of master club fitters to its staff as the Honma Mobile Experience club fitting program rolls out in key markets in the U.S. and Canada. The Honma Mobile Experience, outfitted with sleek, purpose-built Mercedes-Benz […]
Get The Total Package at Villa del Palmar Beach Resort & Spa
For those looking to escape some time this year, the great Villa del Palmar Beach Resort & Spa, located on the east coast of the Baja Peninsula, is offering an Unlimited Golf and Spa Package. It’s an excellent way to relax and get to know the resort that sits on a sprawling stretch of white-sand […]
Pine Needles/Mid Pines Lodge acquires historic Southern Pines Golf Club
Southern Pines (N.C.) Golf Club, a vintage Donald Ross-designed course dating to the early 1900s, is now under management of the company that owns and operates the famed Pine Needles and Mid Pines resorts nearby and will eventually be acquired by that same company. Pine Needles/Mid Pines Lodge has purchased Southern Pines, originally a municipal […]
JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa names Doug Ridge as GM
The JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa has named Doug Ridge new general manager for the 1,002-room resort. Ridge joined the resort team in this past March 2020 after previously serving as the general manager for Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. Ridge has more than 35 years […]
Linksoul President John Ashworth walking for charity on June 29
John Ashworth, one of the golf industry’s more successful entrepreneurs of the past 30 years, has pledged to walk and complete 108 holes on June 29 at the Goat Hill Park Golf Course in Oceanside, Calif., to raise money for the non-profit organization, Feeding San Diego, a leading hunger relief and food rescue establishment in […]
Founders Group To Allow Walking Throughout The Year at its Myrtle Beach golf courses
There is no “silver lining’’ to the Covid-19 pandemic, but for those looking for even a hint of one, they might be able to find it on golf courses. Seems walking has become more popular among golfers in a post-pandemic world – in terms of social distancing and exercise. So with that in mind, golfers […]
Return to the Baja at Villa del Palmar Beach Resort & Spa
Villa del Palmar Beach Resort & Spa, located on the east coast of the Baja Peninsula has re-opened. The resort’s setting, known for its abundant outdoor activities and open spaces, has taken all the precautions to make travelers feel safe and secure upon their return. The resort, which features the outstanding Rees Jones-designed TPC Danzante […]
Puma Golf debuts RS-G shoe series with added technologies
Puma Golf today launched the RS-G shoe, which the company says was inspired by its RS series of shoes introduced in the 1980’s and recently rebooted with multiple drops in 2019 and 2020. Puma Golf says the RS-G (Running System – Golf) delivers “unconventional, lifestyle-inspired vibes’’ with all the performance technologies needed to wear on […]