I must admit that I was surprised to see the Cheraw State Park Golf Course included on the itinerary when trip planner Martin Armes lined our first golf/travel writing journey of 2020. Though we have been making such driving trips several times a year over the last 10 years we had never heard of the…
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This South Carolina town may be small, but its golf is big time
SANTEE, S.C. – Less than 1,000 people live in Santee – a little town between Charleston and Columbia – but the South Carolina community has three quality golf courses within a few miles of each other, plenty of lodging and an ample supply of restaurants highlighted by the iconic Clark’s Restaurant and Inn, a fixture…
Palmetto Traverse isn’t your usual putting green
Putting courses aren’t exactly new. Many golf facilities – even storied St. Andrews in Scotland – are adding them as a extra amenity at their facilities. The one that we played Monday in Santee, S.C., is one of the better ones. It’s called Palmetto Traverse. Santee is a town of barely 1,000 residents but its…
Jensen Beach Golf Club: How Sweet-ish will this course get?
JENSEN BEACH, FL. – Eagle Marsh Golf Club, a Tommy Fazio design, was well-received on Florida’s Treasure Coast when it opened in 1997. Now Eagle Marsh is no more – but its future is by no means a sad one. JENSEN BEACH, Florida — Two entrepreneurs from Sweden, Johan Tumba and Joakim Sabel, purchased the…
WHERE ARE YOU PLAYING?/ All around Florida
ONE IN A SERIES Once again Rory Spears and Len Ziehm are combining efforts on our experiences from various golf destinations. This one is on Florida courses. Living in the Sunshine State now, I’ve always felt that Florida golf is most enjoyable in those months after the snowbirds leave for the season. In normal times…
TRAVEL NOTEBOOK: PGA events make Florida the place to be for golfers
If you want to see the PGA Tour live there’s only one place to go – at least for a while. That’s Florida. After spending the first two months of the year bouncing around between Hawaii, California, Arizona and Mexico the circuit will be in Florida for four consecutive weeks. The season heats up now…
How important are golf course rankings to you?
I found this interesting. As most of you know, I give little credence to the course rankings provided annually by the various golf publications. Golfweek, though, just released its top 200 resort courses (as well as its top 200 in casino courses, residential courses and courses in the Caribbean and Mexico). Being most interested in…
GOLF TRAVEL NOTEBOOK: Myrtle Beach is going after golfers — from Alaska?!
The Myrtle Beach World Amateur Handicap Championship is already the world’s largest tournament with its annual entry number around 3,200, but that’s apparently not good enough. When the event tees off for the 37th straight year on Aug. 31 tournament director Scott Tomasello is hoping for a change in the field. There hasn’t been a…
Iconic Harbour Town is just one reason for golfers to hit Hilton Head
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina – The Harbour Town Links, with its iconic lighthouse behind the No. 18 green, may give Hilton Head Island most of its international exposure, but this golf destination is more than just Harbour Town. A lot more, in fact. While Harbour Town — home of the PGA Tour’s RBC Heritage…
TRAVEL NOTEBOOK: Here’s what’s happening at some of our favorite destinations
U.S. golf options – for the next few months at least – will be reduced as winter weather transitions into most of the country. That doesn’t mean that interesting things aren’t happening at many of our favorite places, however. Here’s a sampling of what’s been going on at some of the most popular American golf…