Tales from the Back Nine – West Texas

Golf clubs, check. Camping gear, check. Two tires, new battery, full tank of gas in the pickup, check, check, check. What could possibly go wrong? If you have traveled with me then you know that calamity lurks around every corner. My travel journals read like what-not-to-do manuals of white-knuckle road trips. Long hours driving alone, […]

Travel – On Wisconsin! Sand Valley Golf Resort

By Art Stricklin For a state roughly the size of noted golf hotbeds England and Scotland, Wisconsin has done a remarkably good job of producing special public golf resorts for its brief, but spectacular golf season, running from late April to October, possibly early November. First came the Whistling Straits Resort, the Herb Kohler owned, […]

Travel – Cabo’s Chileno Bay Resort

In a simpler, sleepier much more sedate travel lifetime, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and its nearby geographical cousin San Jose del Cabo, was basically known for only two things, deep sea fishing and Tequila plus other alcoholic liquid creations. In fact, back then, one of the most popular souvenirs from your trip here was a […]

Travel – Edgewood Tahoe

By: James McAfee For the last 50 years, Texas golfers have discovered that making a trip to Lake Tahoe to play the venerable Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course is a great way to beat the heat back home in the summer. The addition of the ultra-deluxe 154-room Edgewood Lodge in June of 2017 along with a […]

Travel: Montage Palmetto Bluff – South Carolina Beauty

Hilton Head, the scenic, golf-heavy island which juts into the Atlantic Ocean and the Calibogue Sound, has been known as the low country for centuries for its ebbing tides and the proximally to the water with very little elevation change. It’s the combination of sun, sandy beaches, fresh seafood, not to mention dozens of high […]

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 […]