The Links Golf Cup in Ayrshire, Scotland, known as “The Birthplace of The Open Championship,” has proved to be a must-play experience for links lovers since its inception in 2015 with this year proving to be no exception with just a final few spots available in the 2018 field. The event, which this year takes Read more…
As summer approaches and golfers put their clubs into full-time action, plenty of great 2018 golf travel options are on tap for popular North America destinations. Here’s a sampling. FOUR SEASONS LANAI There never seems to be enough time on a golf vacation, which is why the spectacular Four Seasons Resort Lanai is offering “Stay Longer” options Read more…
Fairmont invites golfers to enjoy their best rounds yet at the iconic Fairmont Banff Springs Golf Course. Even players who’ve already marked Fairmont Banff Springs off their bucket lists will want to take part in the club’s outstanding special event programming for 2018. Weather permitting, the Tunnel 9 Course will open on May 4, and Read more…
Ask anyone who has played golf in Ireland what two courses are absolute musts, and two very Gaelic-sounding names will come forth: Lahinch and Ballybunion. Located about a two-hour drive apart — one in County Clare, the other County Kerry, with Shannon the closest international airport to both — they helped put classic Irish links Read more…
Tiger Woods is all the way back. OK, perhaps he’s one 38-foot putt short of “all the way back,” but still. Mostly a vapor on the PGA Tour over the past three years, the 42-year-old superstar nearly notched his 80th victory at the Valspar Championship in Tampa last weekend, coming up just short of a Read more…
OK, you’ve made the leap and decided to do your next winter or spring desert golf jag in Phoenix’s West Valley, out beyond the big ol’ dome where the Cardinals play and the Super Bowl came around a few years back. Perhaps you’ve deciced to make the venerable Wigwam Resort your home base, played a Read more…
As host to the PGA Tour’s raucous Waste Management Open, golf-rich Scottsdale grabs many headlines among winter golf travelers, and understandably so. It’s one of America’s most potent golf destinations, loaded with top-tier layouts like Troon North, the Boulders, Grayhawk and, yes, TPC Scottsdale itself. But way over on the other side of town, what’s Read more…
The Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians and JC Resorts LLC have announced the sale of the Temecula Creek Inn Golf Resort (TCI) to the Tribe for an undisclosed amount. Based in Temecula, California, the tribe also owns and operates The Journey at Pechanga, one of Southern California’s top golf experiences and centerpiece of Pechanga Resort and Read more…
In what may resemble golf’s version of mood swings, players will experience the lowest of lows and highest of highs in one day at the Hell 2 Heaven Golf Challenge. This bucket-list event, set for the summer solstice, June 21, 2018, is destined to be a marriage made in, ahem, Heaven! Daring participants will begin Read more…
At New Year’s time a golfer’s thoughts turn to … well, lowering that handicap, of course. But they also turn to winter golf travel, so in that spirit, here’s a look at a few stay-and-play packages to whet the wanderlust. MEXICO: VILLA DEL PALMAR Play all day, every day on a stunning, newly completed Rees Read more…
