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Golf After Dark
The latest version of “The Match” was played a few weeks ago and featured four of the game’s biggest stars: Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy versus Jordan Speith and Justin Thomas. Perhaps the most intriguing part of the event was not the stars but the lights. This was one of the first times in recent…
Read MoreGolf Course Accessibility Across the Globe
Golf is often thought of as an elitist sport. The perception that it is expensive and exclusive fuels this and to a certain extent, these perceptions are true. High-end courses can be very expensive. Compared to other major sports around the world, which are commonly organized by schools or municipalities and played in public places…
Read MoreArchitect Profile: Seth Raynor
Biography Seth Jagger Raynor was born in 1874 in New York and attended Princeton University. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Raynor did not have a background in golf and rarely played the game during any point in his life. He pursued a career in engineering upon graduation, helping design and build roads and waterworks, before…
Read MoreArchitect Profile: Donald Ross
Biography Donald Ross was born in Dornoch, Scotland in 1872. He got his first job at Royal Dornoch, where he would eventually become the club pro, and apprenticed under Old Tom Morris in St. Andrews, where he learned greenskeeping and club making. In 1899, Ross headed across the pond to the U.S. where he worked…
Read More2023’s Most Anticipated New Course Openings
We know it’s cliche, but it’s true to say that we are living in a second golden age of golf course design. While golf course renovations are still more popular than new course builds, there are quite a few new courses opening in 2023 across the world. We recently asked our followers on Instagram which…
Read MoreArchitect Profile: Pete Dye
Biography Pete Dye, a successful amateur golfer who won the 1958 Indiana State Amateur and Indianapolis District Championship, was born in 1925 in Urbana, Ohio. His passion for golf course design began after his father built a nine-hole course on the family farm where Pete worked and played for years. Pete and Alice Dye met…
Read MoreStreamsong: Not Your Typical Florida Golf
Background Streamsong Resort is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, but their story starts over 50 years ago when the Mosaic Company started mining phosphate across the 16,000-acre site in Central Florida. To mine phosphate, the land must first be cleared. Next, large draglines are used to scoop up large amounts of soil. Over time,…
Read MoreHigh Altitude Courses in the U.S.
Background High-altitude courses, defined as anything above 4,900 feet or 1,500 meters, allow you to play through beautiful and distinctive settings, such as mountains or high desert. Air density is lower at higher altitudes, which reduces drag and lift on the golf ball, resulting in longer, flatter drives. It’s likely that you’ll hit your longest…
Read MoreUnited States or Great Britain & Ireland: Which is Better for Golf Trips?
Background We’re very excited for the addition of international courses to our golf travel website! In this first release, we’ve added over 600 courses in Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. There are so many great courses in these countries, and we’re excited to help inform and inspire you to travel to these places.…
Read MoreTop Metro Courses in the U.S.
Background Over the past 25 years, numerous world class courses have been built in remote locations across the United States. Examples include Sand Hills in Nebraska, Bandon Dunes in Oregon, Streamsong in Florida, Ohoopee Match Club in Georgia, and Gamble Sands in Washington. These courses have received their fair share of attention from the golfing…
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