is A lot of destinations – golf and otherwise – claim that guests can walk with the greats who preceded them. Some of that is hyperbole, some is true. At Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando, that sentiment of walking in footsteps of great people – in this case Arnold and Winnie […]
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Golf legend Nancy Lopez to attend Mentor Cup in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
The Mentor Cup, an event that raises money for the Gene’s Dream Foundation, has secured a commitment from Wolf Golf Hall of Famer Nancy Lopez for its second annual tournament, which will be held Oct. 26, 2019 at Tidewater Golf Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Lopez, a 48-time winner on the LPGA Tour, remains one […]
Kiawah Island Golf Resort continues to grow as a luxury destination
Kiawah Island (S.C.) Golf Resort continues to grow as one of the country’s top golf and family resorts. Resort owners are still considering the design of the new hotel, which is being planned for the front entrance of the famed property south of Charleston, S.C. In addition, groundbreaking is expected soon on The Ocean Course […]
Royal New Kent: Irish links golf in Virginia
This week’s Open Championship returns to Northern Ireland, specifically Royal Portrush Golf Club, for the first time in 68 years. For those fortunate enough to travel to Ireland, Royal Portrush certainly should be on their “must play’’ list. This week’s stage – Dunluce Links – is the more well known of Royal Portrush’s two courses […]
Villa del Palmar Beach Resort & Spa at The Islands of Loreto continue to rack up awards
Villa del Palmar Beach Resort & Spa at The Islands of Loreto, the great destination resort located on the shores of Danzante Bay in Eastern Baja, Mexico, continues to collect honors. The latest of the prestigious accolades comes from the World Travel Awards, which named the property a 2019 Leading Resort in Mexico and Central […]
Missing Links: The Short Course at Forest Dunes Golf Club
What do you when you are off of golf’s beaten paths? Try a little harder. That’s what’s happening at Forest Dunes Golf Club in Roscommon, MI., with the construction of a 10-hole short course to go with the Tom Weiskopf-designed Forest Dunes course and the reversible Tom Doak layout, The Loop. https://www.forestdunesgolf.com/ “Being a peninsula […]
TPC Myrtle Beach receives Course of the Year honors
TPC Myrtle Beach, one of the Grand Strand’s top layouts, has been named Myrtle Beach Area Golf Course Owners Association Course of the Year. The MBAGCOA evaluates Golf Course of the Year nominees on four criteria: exceptional quality of the golf course, exceptional quality of the ownership and management, outstanding contribution to the community, and […]
2019 Florida Open begins July 12 at Hammock Dunes Club
Just enough rain and some outstanding maintenance work will have the two courses at Hammock Dunes Club in Palm Coast, Fla., playing to near perfection for this weekend’s Florida Open. The 54-hole tournament, which dates back to 1942, begins July 12 on Hammock Dunes’ Links and Creek courses. The event, whose past champions include Bob […]
Boca West CC named one of world’s top golf and country clubs
The awards keep piling up for Boca West Country Club in Boca Raton, Fla. The latest comes from the National Club Association, which named Boca West one of South Florida’s top private clubs. That’s a fact many people in South Florida already knew, but nevertheless, the Club joins an elite group of golf destinations around […]
Start Your Engines: Sebring shows off authentic Florida
Before there were Interstate Highways 95, 75 and 4, and Florida’s Turnpike, there was State Highway 27. For more than 90 years, the highway has been the primary route through the middle of the Sunshine State – stretching from the Panhandle near Tallahassee and traversing south through the citrus groves of Central Florida and rich […]