Champions Q&A — Kevin Kisner
Kevin Kisner didn’t grow up in Fort Worth, hasn’t played hundreds of rounds at the historic North Texas destination, but when it comes to playing the tradition-rich PGA Tour site, Kisner feels like he can play every hole by memory. That’s because the Aiken, South Carolina native grew up on a course much the same as the traditional Fort Worth …
Champions Q&A — Billy Horschel
Billy Horschel arrived at the 2017 AT&T Byron Nelson Championship as a FedEx Cup Champion and a multi-PGA tour winner, but mainly as a golfer enduring four straight missed cuts and having gone more than a year since his last Tour victory. But what Horschel did have when he arrived in Irving for the last tournament held at the TPC …
Phoenix-Scottsdale — Under the Arizona Sun
The PGA Tour’s liveliest – and most well-attended – green grass party is held annually here each February at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, aka the “Greatest Show on Grass.” It’s where 500,000 of your closest or newest golf party friends gather to celebrate the world’s best golfers showcasing their skills in this warm weather winter golf paradise. That is …
Old Classics, New Adventures
Oklahoma architect Tripp Davis has had plenty of successful and positive experiences in his two-decade career as a stellar amateur player who then transitioned to a top architect with plenty of well-respected courses all over the U.S. But this May, he will record another significant first when his Old American Golf Course, which he designed with Dallas native and PGA …
Reynolds Lake Oconee — A Luxury Resort in Rural Georgia
Reynolds Plantation, um, er, Reynolds Lake Oconee can change its longtime name, but nothing can change this always top-notch Southern golf (and now outdoors) outpost, complete with luxury lodging and natural hardwood scenery. More than 30 years ago, businessman Mercer Reynolds III and his family began to develop the thousands of acres of family land along Georgia’s scenic Lake Oconee …
The Bahamas – The Abaco Club
The Bahamas Islands chain, which sits just southeast of Florida, contains 700 different islands spread out over several thousand miles, but only 30 of them are actually inhabited. But it’s highly unlikely that any of them are as pleasant of a hidden resort find as the secluded and welcoming luxury golf and fishing enclave of The Abaco Club on Winding …
Travel – Silvies Valley Ranch
Dr. Scott Campbell has played plenty of business roles in his long and distinguished work career. The Eastern Oregon native, who lives less than 50 miles from where he grew up in the small town of Burns, Oregon, has been a farmer, a rancher and veterinarian, successful and wealthy entrepreneur, business advocate, not to mention husband, father and avid college …
Bangkok, Thailand — The Gem of the Far East
Enter any golf course in the kingdom of Thailand and you will quickly be hit by a traditional greeting of “Sah wah dee khaa,” which, roughly translated, means an all-purpose “hello, how are you, glad you are here and nice to meet you,” followed by two hands pressed together and a short bow in the Thailand, “wai,” greeting. You will …
The Texas Stay-Cation
While there will always be extensive and expensive vacations to tourism hotspots nationally and internationally, one concept taking hold for the summer of 2017 is the North Texas family staycation. The idea of fun, food, family golf, sights and resort pools all within a tank of North Texas gas is a Texas-sized, economically friendly idea making financial sense to many. No …
Branson, Mo. — A Backwoods Boomtown
Missouri businessman Johnny Morris built a national hunting and fishing empire under the title of Bass Pro Shops with his father and other local visionaries from his dad’s humble ice and liquor store into the largest privately held outdoor shop in the country. But the golf mecca he is currently constructing near Branson, Mo. – 40 miles from his hometown …