Polo Ralph Lauren always has been a trendsetter. So, it’s no surprise that the legendary apparel company has a strategy on citizenship and sustainability – Design the Change – that it showed off at this week’s PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando. ralphlauren.com The company said it is expanding the use of recycled polyester in three […]
Category: Golf
Rickie Speak: Fowler on testing the new Cobra King SpeedZone driver
PGA Tour star Rickie Fowler is playing the new Cobra King SpeedZone Xtreme driver this year. Like Fowler, the driver is bright and colorful. Certainly those aesthetics help when appealing particularly to average players, but Fowler, a winner of five Tour events and one of the game’s more popular players, looks for more than, well, […]
Farmer’s Table: Centerpiece of North Palm Beach CC dining scene
Mitchell Robbins will tell that he always has believed that dining at Farmer’s Table restaurant, which he co-owns with Joey Giannuzzi in Boca Raton, is a country club experience – just without all the country club amenities. “More like a community,’’ is how Robbins describes the popular health-centric eatery at the Wyndham Hotel Boca Raton. […]
Streamsong Resort launching re-grassing project with new Mach 1 bermudagrass
Streamsong Resort in Bowling Green, Fla., is launching a special enhancement project in 2020 to re-grass each of the greens on its Streamsong Blue golf course with a revolutionary new ultradwarf bermudagrass called Mach 1. With this project, Streamsong will become the first golf destination in the world to showcase Mach 1 on an 18-hole […]
Château Élan Winery & Resort completes $25 million renovation
Château Élan Winery & Resort in Braselton, Ga., has completed its $25 million dollar renovation – its first major renovation since its inception in the mid 1980s. The redesign has a fresh, modern look that blends estate’s 16th century-style charm. The transformation includes a complete overhaul of 251 guestrooms and 24 suites, four new food […]
Sea Island puts finishes on $30 million enhancement project
Sea Island, the legendary resort on the coast of southern Georgia, has unveiled the remaining three components of a $30 million enhancement initiative, including the 4,200 square-foot King Cottage, the re-designed Plantation Course, and Sea Strike & Pub, a new six-lane bowling alley and restaurant. www.seaisland.com The King Cottage at The Lodge, just steps from […]
Larger Than Life: Kapalua’s Plantation Course Shows Off Enhancements
As with many golf courses created by the team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, the Plantation Course at Kapalua on Maui is larger than life. Its wide fairways and severe elevation changes – as much as 500 feet – combined with the blue waters of the Pacific Ocean and the islands of Lanai and […]
Innisbrook, a Salamander Resort, celebrating 50 years with a fresh new look
Innisbrook, a Salamander Resort, will begin 2020 – its 50th year – with a comprehensive remodeling of its guest accommodations. The resort, located near Tampa in Palm Harbor, Fla., is completing extensive upgrades to the interior of its executive-, one- and two-bedroom condo-style suites to feature an appealing and modern look. Each unit will be […]
Gainbridge LPGA hosting Women’s Leadership Summit on Jan. 21
The inaugural Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio, Jan. 20-26, will feature the Women’s Leadership Summit presented by Versant Health on Jan. 21. The half-day summit will highlight female leaders from a variety of industries, creating a space to empower women, strengthen skills, build networks and inspire lasting change. https://www.gainbridgelpga.com/wls/ The summit, hosted at Boca Rio […]
Chef Mike Ford’s Lowcountry cuisine goes from Streamsong Resort to Spain
Chef Mike Ford recently brought his Lowcountry cooking heritage to an international Cooking with Truffles Competition, in Soria, Spain. And although Ford – executive chef at Streamsong Resort in Bowling Green, Fla. – didn’t win as the U.S. representative in the competition, he raised some culinary eyebrows with his dish of Lowcountry scallops and black […]