Spring is just a few weeks away in the Southeastern U.S. as temps will begin to climb into the 60s in late February and early March. The southern tier of the Blue Ridge Mountains, cutting through parts of Virginia, the Carolinas and northern Georgia, is the first mountain golf region to open each year, featuring Read more…
Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina’s famed Sandhills has undergone nothing short of a renaissance over the past decade. From the restoration of No. 2, the opening of The Cradle, the reimagination of No. 4 and the USGA’s Golf House Pinehurst, the past decade has been a whirlwind of activity that has set the golf world Read more…
In the towering condo jungle of North Miami, there is a 300-acre oasis. The JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort & Spa, which has previously operated under other management flags, remains the centerpiece of North Miami’s trendy Aventura enclave, but now has new energy and amenities normally seen at properties twice its size. Those include two Read more…
Four decades ago, Davis Love, Jr., built a small shed with two hitting bays that became the first Golf Performance Center at Georgia’s Sea Island Golf Resort. Three years after Love’s death in a place crash — under the supervision of his longtime friend Jack Lumpkin — a 4,000 square-foot Golf Performance Center made its Read more…
Family Golf Week, which includes the Father-Son Team Classic, will call Barefoot Resort & Golf home in 2020. Home to courses designed Tom Fazio, Davis Love III, Greg Norman and Pete Dye, the resort will host Family Golf Week July 15-18. Barefoot is an ideal hub for an event that attracts golfers from across the Read more…
Following an 18-month total renovation, Great Waters at Reynolds Lake Oconee has re-opened. The completely rebuilt, modernized, and reconditioned version of the 1992 original is a visually breathtaking 18 holes of championship golf along Georgia’s Lake Oconee shoreline that looks almost exactly the way Jack Nicklaus first designed it—but better. “’Spectacular’ is a pretty good Read more…
Fall is golf’s “second season” throughout the Carolinas. High temps in the 70s and lows in the 50s mean course conditions are peaking from the beach to the mountains. Bermuda and Zoysia grass fairways are hanging on to their green hue while bentgrass greens are flourishing. With more than 220 days of sunshine, and average 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…
Four decades ago, Davis Love, Jr., built a small shed with two hitting bays that became the first Golf Performance Center at Georgia’s Sea Island Golf Resort. Three years after Love’s death in a plane crash — under the supervision of his longtime friend Jack Lumpkin — a 4,000 square-foot Golf Performance Center made its Read more…
North Carolina makes a good case for being the most golf-blessed state in the U.S. Both the “Home of American Golf” (the famed Sandhills region) and the “Cradle of American Golf” (storied Pinehurst Resort) are located in the friendly confines of the Tar Heel State. Technically, even the “North Strand” of the Myrtle Beach “Grand Read more…
