Ireland is home to some of the world’s most outstanding and masterful golf course designs. With over 300 courses to choose from, Ireland golf is high on every traveling player’s list. Golfscape highlights seven of Ireland’s top golf courses, as well as how to get to the Emerald Isle and where to stay during your Read more…
On the seven-minute drive from the clubhouse to the first tee of the memorable East Course at TPC Dorado Beach in Puerto Rico, you pass through a meticulously landscaped garden of tropical plants, by the $1,500-a-night AAA five diamond Ritz-Carlton Reserve (one of three in the world) and under the oddity of a 10-foot long Read more…
This year is the 50th anniversary of the world-famous Harbour Town Golf Links, and The Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, is giving out the gifts—its best values of the year. Golfers and their guests may choose from a wide selection of packages with special savings and accommodations at the luxurious Inn Read more…
If you’re looking widen your hackin’ horizons, consider Asian golf. It’s more beautiful, bountiful and boast-worthy than ever in Southeast Asian nations like Thailand and Vietnam, and further north in Korea. Here’s a rundown of recent news from the far side of the planet. VIETNAM: HOIANA SHORES Hoiana Shores Golf Club will welcome its first Read more…
I don’t know a lick of French, but I finally know French Lick. I actually do know a few French words and phrases, as many Americans do, and I made an effort to become bare-bones conversational by digging into one of those language apps in the months leading up to a visit to France in Read more…
An old adage in golf is that you never want to leave yourself “short,’’ whether it’s on an approach shot or a putt. But “short’’ is proving to be a positive these day when it comes to creating golf courses that are alternatives to traditional 18-hole layouts. These short courses – and par 3 courses Read more…
Looking for a new and cool golf trip this fall or winter? We’ve got some great ideas. TEXAS: HORSESHOE BAY RESORT One of Central Texas’ quintessential Hill Country golf experiences, the 18-hole Apple Rock course at the AAA-Four Diamond- and Conde Nast Readers’ Choice Award-winning Horseshoe Bay Resort, re-opened this summer, signaling the completion of the resort’s three-year Read more…
Narrow cobblestone streets – lined with cozy cafés, cheese and wine shops, boutique bakeries, and so on – meander down the hillside to the quaint harbor. The ancient stone buildings, many adorned with turrets and tin roofs, date back to the 1600s. French is the only language you hear. Walking down the street, you’d swear Read more…
Mountain golf is a genre all its own, but mountain golf of the caliber conjured by Tom Weiskopf at Spanish Peaks Mountain Club in Big Sky, Montana, is on a whole new level, literally and figuratively. Not that it’s the highest track in elevation in America, in Montana or even in its neighborhood — the Read more…
Somehow the idea of Fred Couples designing a course in Los Cabos, Mexico, especially an instant classic like Twin Dolphin Golf Club, seemed like an accident waiting to happen. Whether or not it is true-to-life or a carefully crafted persona, Freddie’s cucumber cool demeanor seemed to meld with the mañana myth of Mexico’s eternally chill, Read more…
