Before I bust out my party hat and bottle of Andre' for New Year's Eve, it's time to look into the crystal ball for 2009. I see a lot of strange things happening in the world of professional golf. Here are five things I guarantee will happen. Call your b… more »

Myrtle Beach is now within easy reach of to those sun-starved Chicagoans just in time for the Grand Strand's peak golf season. Starting in March, Spirit Air will begin daily direct service from O'Hare (ORD) to Myrtle Beach (MYR). I'm fully aware… more »

The first draft of my 2008 "Best Of Golf Travel" column was over 2000 words. Alas, there's still a lot of fond memories in my mind heading into 2009... It took me about two weeks to cut it down to half the size, though maybe one day when I'm famo… more »

The worst thing Corey Pavin could possibly do as he assumes the United States captainship from 2008 hero Paul Azinger is try and do too much leading up to Wales in 2010. Don't mess around with the dinner schedule, don't make Tiger Woods sing karaoke… more »

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA -- In the mall next to the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, they've got a Christmas tree so tall it'd give the Rockafeller Center tree in New York a run for it's money. Rest assured, Christmas is celebrated in Malaysian cities and… more »

MELAKA, MALAYSIA -- I suppose at it's most basic, the reason we plunk down big cash to travel to foreign lands is for the opportunity to see and do plenty of "firsts". Two days into this Malaysian golf trip, my first ever voyage into Asia, I've had my fa… more »

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY -- My cabbie in Austin couldn't stop gushing about Malaysia as he drove me to the airport at 6 a.m. this morning. "It's muslim, but very tolerant, and very beautiful," he described, though warned me that dealing drugs over there ca… more »

It's all teary eyes and sentimental moments at the ADT Championship as Annika Sorenstam plays in her last LPGA Tour event for awhile. While there has been a ton of fanfare about her "retirement", we should remember she said this is more of a "steppin… more »

It's official (pretty much). Donald Trump's $1.5 billion golf resort has been given the green light by Scotland's national finance secretary. After being thwarted by local Aberdeen environmentalists and officials last year, it appears the economic benefi… more »

With the Children's Miracle Network Classic presented by Wal-Mart long gone from the land of Mickey, now is the time to pencil in the family vacation getwaway to Walt Disney World, and reap a foursome of golf courses in tip-top shape. I visited Disne… more »

NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- As I often do whenever my layover allows, here is another installment of "Airport Thoughts", where I serve up a few closing opines on a recently completed trip. This time, I come from JFK airport after spending six days in Morocco's… more »

RABAT, MOROCCO -- It's no secret who the big ticket was this week at the King Hassan II Trophy in Morocco (aside from Prince Moulay Rachid residing over the tournament, of course), but it was none other than the Big Easy, Ernie Els. This is the first tim… more »

RABAT, MOROCCO -- Morocco has a much longer history with golf than you might expect. It's famous neighbor to the north, Spain, generally receives most of the ink, but many Europeans spend their golf holidays in Morocco, too. They don't have the sheer qua… more »

RABAT, MOROCCO -- Normally I try and avoid any political topics in my golf blog, though I think we can all agree it is not a "normal" time in the world this week. And the big news in America is especially notable for me because today is my second day… more »

In the roughly eight weeks of my life I've spent in Great Britain & Ireland, not one observation or conversation has led me to believe the NFL could ever be successful there. Yet here the NFL is on Sunday, storming into London's Wembley Stadium.… more »