Cover Story – 2026 Luxury Essentials
Everyone dreams of a life bathed in luxury. Some achieve great wealth, most don’t. But that doesn’t mean we can’t dream about it. It’s always fun to see how the top 1% live, and in the August issue of AVIDGOLFER, we check in on some of the fun items those who amass great riches can […]
Travel – Alabama Shores
Southern author William Faulkner, who may or may not have been much of a golfer, once wrote regarding the South, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” That’s another way of saying classics endure. For a late-summer golfing road trip that is easily accessible to all, there is nothing more classic than a […]
Cover Story – Wade Bowen
Wade Bowen has been playing music and performing all over Texas, the country and the world for as long as I can remember. I’ve sung his music into long hours of the night with friends and have more memories than I can count. But, what I didn’t know about Wade was how much of an […]
Travel – South Carolina
No, it’s not Myrtle Beach or Hilton Head or Kiawah or Charleston. And it doesn’t need to be. Better known for the surnames of Spurrier and Staley than Srixon, South Carolina’s capital city of Columbia sports a Southern authenticity that simply can’t be found when visiting the state’s golf-mad resort havens. But there’s no need […]
Cover Story – Ed Werder
Ed Werder has covered the NFL for 30 years. If you have ever watched football coverage, you have no doubt seen his face on the tube, offering sideline reports and live shots from practice facilities across the league and providing Super Bowl coverage. If you’re from Dallas, then you spent years reading his beat columns […]
Travel – Brunswick Islands, NC
Most avid golfers know North Carolina for destinations like Pinehurst, Mid Pines, Pine Needles and Tobacco Road. These locations almost exclusively draw guys’ buddies’ trips like a moth to a flame. Sure, all the aforementioned resorts are world class, but if you want to take the missus or lady friend along, unless they play golf, […]
Cover Story – Nelson & Colonial Previews
CJ CUP Byron Nelson Preview The CJ Cup Byron Nelson makes its return to McKinney’s TPC Craig Ranch for the sixth straight year later this month. Twenty-two years after opening, the Tom Weiskopf design is once again set to welcome the world’s best. This time around, however, players will be met with all-new bunkering and […]
Cover Story – A Chat With the Champs: Scottie Scheffler and Ben Griffin
CJ CUP Byron Nelson Defending Champion Scottie Scheffler When Dallas’ Scottie Scheffler won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, there were tears of pride on the medal stand during the U.S. national anthem. When he became the first Dallas native since Scott Verplank in 2007 to win his hometown event, the […]
Cover Story – Bluejack Ranch
By Eli Jordan If you grew up around any cowboys, you’ve probably heard the old wrangler’s saying: “All hat and no cattle,” used to describe someone who talks a big game but doesn’t put in the work to back it up. That certainly doesn’t apply to J.J. Henry or Andy Mitchell. Henry’s passion for Panther […]
Cover Story – Best of Private Golf 2026
Private golf in Dallas-Fort Worth has been evolving for decades, riding the wave of change, with course renovations, clubhouse projects, creative landscaping and a kaleidoscope of amenities that are constantly being added across every club. In recent years, the number of clubs pouring millions into their properties has been staggering. In the last decade alone, […]