HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, Florida – Mission Inn Resort & Club, on the outskirts of Orlando, has two golf courses. In most such multi-course facilities the feeling is `new newer, the better.’ That’s not the case here. Mission Inn’s older course is El Campeon, built in 1917. Its new one, Las Colinas, isn’t all that new. Former PGA…
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Good island vibes set Hilton Head apart as a golf destination
Hilton Head bills itself as “The Golf Island,’’ and – given all the great golf that can be played there — it’s hard to argue with that. There are some areas for concern, however. Barry Fleming, executive director of the South Carolina Lowcountry Golf Course Owners Association, believes Hilton Head still has one troublesome issue….
Playoff loss to Lopez doesn’t cool Inbee Park’s enthusiasm for the Olympics
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL. — Already the youngest player to earn her place in the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame, Korea’s Inbee Park – now 31 — hasn’t been anxious to get her seasons started. That changed this year, and for a good reason. “I always started a little bit late, probably the end of…
A most memorable year of golf travel — from A to Ziehm
Golf travel has been our way of life for the last 10 years, a slow transition for me from being a newspaper beat writer for over 40 years to becoming a golfer in retirement. Turns out that – for better or worse — I’m a lousy retiree. Consider our life from last June 8 until…
Alfredsson’s win was just part of an interesting wrap-up to Senior LPGA
FRENCH LICK, Indiana – The third playing of the Senior LPGA Championship was a weird one, and that was even before eventual champion Helen Alfredsson teed off in Wednesday’s final round. Alfreddson eventually won the senior Grand Slam, which amounts to winning just two tournaments – the U.S. Senior Women’s Open and Senior LPGA Championship….
Last major of 2019 tees off today on French Lick’s Pete Dye Course.
FRENCH LICK, Indiana – This may surprise you. One of America’s professional tours still has one of its major championships remaining in 2019. The climax to The Legends Tour season is the third annual Senior LPGA Championship, to be played on the Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort from Oct. 14-16. It tends to…
Raven’s Claw
(Published in wheretogolfnext.com) Location: Pottstown, Pa. Architect: Ed Shearon. Opened: 2005. Par: 71 Yards/Rating/Slope: Black tees 6,73961,9/131; Blue 6,386/69.6/128; White 5,995/67.7/124; Yellow 5,357/63.7/116; Red 4,824/67.0/111. Saturday morning green fee: $69 Caddie Service: No. Walker friendly: Yes. Fairways: Bent Greens: Bent THE REVIEW For starters: It’s the home course for the Symetra Tour’s Valley Forge Invitational…
Georgia’s Jekyll Island is a golf destination that’s had two lives
JEKYLL ISLAND, Georgia – Jekyll Island has been a golf destination for over a century, but things have changed a lot since golf was first played there in 1898. It thrived when the rich and famous hung out there. That ended in 1942. Now it’s a state park. Georgia is a state rich in golf…
The Links at Greystone
(Published in wheretogolfnext.com) Location: Walworth, N.Y. Architect: Craig Schreiner. Opened: 1995 Par: 72. Yards/Rating/Slope: Championship tees 7,215/74.3/130; Blue 6,594/71.6/127; White 6,033/69.8/125; Gold 5,277/65.7/109. Women: White 6,110/74.8/134; Gold 5,277/70.8/116. Saturday morning green fee: $67 (includes cart. Carts are required before noon). Caddie Service: No. Walker friendly: Yes. Fairways: Bent Greens: Bent THE REVIEW For starters: The…
Fort Myers Country Club
Location: Fort Myers, Florida. Architect: Donald Ross, with renovation by Steve Smyers in 2014. Opened: 1917 Par: 70 for men, 71 for women. Yards/Rating/Slope: Black tees, 6,675 yards, 72.9, 131; Blue, 6,245, 70.5, 126; White 5,815, 68.9, 124; Golf, 5,460, 67.0, 117; Red, 4,905, 69.0, 114; Green, 4,360, 62.9, 101. Saturday morning green fee: $50…