LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida – The date was October 1, 1971. The world of travel changed a lot that day. It’s when Disney World opened its gates. The popular tourist destination has welcomed visitors from all ages, backgrounds and countries for 50 years now – and that huge contingent also includes golfers. Opening Day…
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Who knows what the PGA’s Florida Swing will produce in the next two weeks?
ORLANDO, FL. – The PGA Tour’s annual Florida Swing reached the midway point on Sunday with the circuit rarely seeing tounaments unfold the way they did last two weeks. Daniel Berger appeared a wire-to-wire winner at last week’s Honda Classic until a surprise storm hampered play in the last three holes. Berger blew a…
It figures to be Zach Johnson vs. Luke Donald in the next Ryder Cup
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL. – Neither Zach Johnson nor Luke Donald looked threatening during Thursday’s first round of the PGA Tour’s traditional Florida Swing. The veterans teed off within 20 minutes of each other, Donald starting his round off No. 1 and Johnson off No. 10 at the Honda Classic – the first of four…
Zero Friction’s new golf cart is a big hit at the PGA Show
ORLANDO, FL. – The biggest show in golf wrapped up on Friday at the Orange County Convention Center, and the 69th PGA Merchandise Show was a bit different than the previous 68 stagings. The pandemic forced cancelation of the show in 2021 and the two-year hiatus took its toll Normally the show has about 1,000…
PGA Show, LPGA tourneys give Florida the real start to golf season
Dismiss the fact that the PGA Tour has played tournaments in Hawaii the last two weeks. The 2022 golf season really starts this week. That’s when the golf spotlight shifts to Florida and will stay there for a while. The PGA Merchandise Show returns after taking a year off because of pandemic concerns and the…
This author made the ultimate American golf trip
If you’re a golfer you’ve got to envy Tom Coyne. Lots of author types – me included to some extent – have been more than willing to write about their golf travels in some form or another. Coyne has done it much better than most. He’s a globe-trotting golfer with lots of stories to…
Aviv’s oxygen therapy could become a big boost for golfers
THE VILLAGES, Florida – Golf is huge in The Villages, a fast-growing vibrant over-55 adult community in Central Florida. That’s obvious. Golf carts are everywhere, and not just at the courses. Golf carts of all sizes and colors fill the area’s parking lots as well as those at the 12 championship and 40 executive courses…
Bubba Watson’s `Up & Down’ is well worth reading
It was part of my tournament coverage routine at a PGA Tour events to walk at least nine holes in the first two rounds with a player just to get a handle on the course. At that stage of a tournament it wasn’t necessary to be caught up in what players were in contention. That…
Chicago experienced an extraordinary golf building boom in 2021
The 2021 Chicago golf season should be remembered for much more than pandemic-related issues. Some extraordinary building was going on at clubs across the Chicago area, and it wasn’t all done on golf courses. Golf course renovations are commonplace annually, but this year the most noteworthy upgrading related to clubhouses. Two facilities – The Preserve…
Palm Aire’s Champions Course re-opens on Dec. 1
SARASOTA, FL. – The Champions Course at Palm Aire Country Club was one of the more difficult courses in Florida, and it may still be. It will, however, have a much different look when it re-opens following an extensive $2 million renovation on December 1. The original…