Travel – Portland, OR

Great golf history might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of this scenic sector of the Pacific Northwest, but that’s exactly what you will find when you visit – especially in the nearby Tualatin Valley, which covers much of the area. Portland has trees (plenty of trees), lots of […]

Cover Story – 2024 Charles Schwab Champ Davis Riley

Former Alabama golf star and  Dallas resident Davis Riley felt right at home at the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial last year. Facing a newly renovated Colonial golf course and a field that included World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, Riley came out on top on a sunny Sunday afternoon at the storied tournament. Now preparing […]

Cover Story – Nelson Defending Champ Taylor Pendrith

AG: When you’re not playing or practicing golf, I know you’re spending lots of time watching the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team.  How would you rate a Maple Leafs Stanley Cup win, winning a Masters title and a Byron Nelson win? TP: Yeah, I think we have a pretty good chance this year. I’d say […]

Travel – Florida

Planning the perfect family vacation is often an exercise in compromise or the art of the deal, as one former president once wrote. But it’s hard to go wrong in the North Florida haven of Hammock Beach, the history of St. Augustine and, of course, a nearby side trip to Orlando and Mickey Mouse. Enough […]

Travel – Bahamas Bliss

When you use the term “royal blue” with the ever-scenic Caribbean, it can mean a lot of different things. It can certainly refer to the sky and the weather, which are blue and full of sunshine for a vast majority of the year. It can also refer to the Atlantic Ocean waters that lap up […]

Travel – Vidanta Nuevo Vallarta

The idea of first-class golf facilities, lodging and scenery all rolled into an amazing beach resort is hardly a new travel concept. But the new and ever-growing PGA TOUR site, Vidanta Nuevo Vallarta, takes it to a whole new level. Opened in 1997, Vidanta Nuevo Vallarta is a 2,500-acre property on a mile of beach […]

Travel – Northern California

When it came time to pick a college home, Tiger Woods, who hasn’t always made the best life choices (that’s a whole other story) did just fine by picking the lush, golf-rich environment of Northern California and nearby Stanford University. Perhaps outside of Long Island, New York, or maybe Philadelphia, there is no better concentration […]

Feature – Fred Perpall

Longtime Dallasite Fred Perpall achieved a couple of impressive firsts when he recently was elected to a three-year term as President of the United States Golf Association, which oversees amateur and some professional golf in the United States. He became the first Black ever elected at president of the USGA, as well as the first […]

Travel – Quivira

When you have one of the most popular and successful golf courses in this target-rich links environment on the Pacific tip of Mexico, designed by one of the most popular architects, what’s the only thing you can do to improve? Build a second one, like the first, by Jack Nicklaus. That’s exactly the plan for […]

Travel – Houston

While the PGA Frisco project looms large on the North Texas golf horizon, the Houston area also has been busy by adding three new public golf options, with Tour 18 Incorporated’s Highland Pines, the par-3 East River 9, and a modern putting course, PopStroke, designed by Tiger Woods and his design team. All three projects […]