Editor’s Notebook
Two More Reasons to Visit St. Andrews
As well as all the usual delights, a first-ever stop by the Asian Tour and an exhibition of Golden Age golf posters will draw visitors to St. Andrews this season. … [Read More...]
Spotlight Destination
Sam Torrance’s Hidden Scottish Gems
Scotland’s former Ryder Cup captain picks four outstanding but unjustly overlooked courses for you to discover during your next visit to the birthplace of golf.
Feature Stories
Chase the Midnight Sun to Yellowknife
Founded in 1948 by golf-mad miners, bush pilots and other hardy Northerners, Yellowknife Golf Club is home to the Midnight Classic Golf Tournament, played every June for more than six decades under the never-setting subarctic sun. … [Read More...]
Tee Off Where Arizona Golf Came of Age
Marketed as the Valley of the Sun, the twin cities of Phoenix and Scottsdale are home to more than 200 of Arizona’s 300 golf courses, including the groundbreaking TPC Stadium Course, host of the famously raucous Waste Management Phoenix Open. … [Read More...]
How the Canadian Open Gave Birth to a King
Newly married and almost flat broke, Arnold Palmer arrived in Toronto for the 1955 Canadian Open desperate for success. How victory at Weston Golf and Country Club launched the rise of the golfer who would be "King." … [Read More...]
Why Golf In Mauritius Is Worth the Jet Lag
With headline courses by Ernie Els and Bernhard Langer—and the upcoming launch of a DP World Tour venue co-designed by Louis Oosthuizen—the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius is becoming a favourite of well-travelled golfers. … [Read More...]
Pursuing Par and La Dolce Vita in Tuscany
A stay at five-star Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco includes exclusive access to the Club at Castiglion del Bosco, a private course designed by Tom Weiskopf that twists through Tuscan hills, valleys and vineyards. … [Read More...]
David McLay Kidd Redux at Gamble Sands
Scottish architect David McLay Kidd has returned to Gamble Sands resort in central Washington State to build a sister 18-hole layout to his acclaimed Sands Course. … [Read More...]
Castle Stuart Newest Link in Cabot Chain
Castle Stuart Golf Links in Scotland is the latest addition to the Canadian-owned Cabot chain of master-planned golf communities. And to think it all started in a hardscrabble former mining town in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. … [Read More...]
Historic Bay Course Reopens in Atlantic City
Longtime host of the LPGA Tour’s ShopRite Classic, the venerable Bay Course at Seaview Hotel and Golf Club in New Jersey has reopened following a US$700,000 renovation. … [Read More...]
Talamore Resort Tees Up New Attractions
Long one of the most popular stops in the Pinehurst region of North Carolina, Talamore Golf Resort is back in the news with the unveiling of a Toptracer range and other upgrades. … [Read More...]
Verdura Resort In Sicily Unveils Redesign
Acclaimed architect Kyle Phillips returned to southern Sicily to redesign the East Course at Verdura Resort, one of Europe’s most luxurious golf properties. … [Read More...]
Top Golf Teachers Star at Half Moon Jamaica
David Leadbetter leads a cast of acclaimed golf instructors recruited for a series of week-long clinics at Half Moon Jamaica, one of the Caribbean’s most luxurious resorts. … [Read More...]
Greg Norman New Rep for Sandals Resorts
Greg Norman has signed on as the new Global Golf Ambassador for Sandals Resorts' four golf properties in the Bahamas and the Caribbean—including two courses designed by the “Great White Shark” himself. … [Read More...]
Book a Hotel With a Fairway View in Scotland
Rapidly expanding luxury hotel group Marine & Lawn offers sweeping fairway views from four of Scotland’s most iconic hotels: Rusacks St Andrews, Marine North Berwick, Marine Troon, and Dornoch Station Hotel. … [Read More...]
Apes Hill Receives a Canadian Makeover
Montreal-based fashion wear entrepreneur Glenn Chamandy has teamed with veteran golf architect Ron Kirby in a US$33-million remodelling of Apes Hill Barbados. … [Read More...]
Doak’s St. Patrick’s Links Shines in Ireland
Just in time to help golf tourism in Ireland bounce back from the pandemic, Tom Doak’s eagerly anticipated St. Patrick’s Links launched to rave reviews in County Donegal. … [Read More...]
Donald Ross Holes Top Pinehurst Region Poll
Two iconic Donald Ross courses, Pinehurst No. 2 and Mid Pines, dominate a new ranking of the 18 best golf holes in the Pinehurst region of North Carolina. … [Read More...]
