Best of 2009 travel awards: From golf at North Berwick and Dunmaglas, to lodging at Finca Cortesin and Doonbeg
Brandon Tucker's 2009 travel schedule was especially strong, with trips to Thailand, Costa Del Sol in Spain, Alberta's Canadian Rockies and Scotland's rich East Lothian region. Check out his 2009 travel awards, including the best course of which he'd never heard, the best day trip and, just maybe, the world's best club sandwich.
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'Will golf survive?' Game's prosperity is bigger than Tiger Woods
It must be tough for any serious golfer right now, watching their sport get shredded in the meat grinder of the mainstream media, which, without Tiger Woods' infidelities, wouldn't give one hoot about our game. But PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem on is correct when he points out that golf was here centuries before the PGA Tour and will be here long after any one superstar on tour.
... full article »Tom Hoch Design knows that by design, successful golf hangouts make you want to stay after play
A good 19th hole doesn't happen by accident. Just ask Tom Hoch. His firm, Tom Hoch Design of Oklahoma City, specializes in creating an atmosphere to attract golfers and non-golfers alike for a meal, shopping or social experience at the golf course. Hoch has taken his trade around the United States and beyond with successful results, Mike Bailey writes.
... full article »Beyond The Course: Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland
Gleneagles does not have the best golf of any resort in Scotland (that would be Turnberry). It DOES have the best of everything else, so much so that there is no competition for its other facilities in Scotland - or anyplace on earth. Here is what I mean, and why Gleneagles warrants a visit so you can go Beyond the Course ...
... full article »Little help! Female caddies give the Thailand golf experience a leg up
Thailand's female caddies are a big reason why the country is such a popular golf destination - one with a higher repeat-visitor rate than anywhere else in the region. Your caddie experience in Thailand will be far different - and far less expensive - than anywhere in the Western world of golf. The round will come with a bushel full of foreign nuances you won't come close to enjoying back home, so enjoy the ride.
... full article »- Bandon Dunes vs. Pacific Dunes: The showdown between America's top two links golf courses
- Beyond The Course in Scotland: Lunch with The Captain at Prestwick
- Beyond The Course: Golf and a giant dome are leading the comeback of Indiana's French Lick Resort
- Chambers Bay in Tacoma: The old spirit of links golf comes full circle
- Go Beyond The Course in Canada with Glen Abbey Golf Club and the RCGA Museum
- Chambers Bay vs. Pacific Dunes: Which golf links is better for the traveling golfer?
- Beyond The Course: Brickyard Crossing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway offers golf at 230 MPH
- Readers rip into Scotland's new David McLay Kidd course, Machrihanish Dunes Golf Club
- Beyond The Course: Pack your golf clubs and binoculars for Fairmont Mt. Kenya Safari Club in Africa
- Beyond The Course: Nefyn & District in Wales boasts golf's best watering hole, the Ty Coch
- Tweetle-Dumb: Bivens' call for tweeting between shots puts LPGA Tour in hazardous territory
- Golf needs more courses like New Orleans' Audubon Park
- Road to golf redemption: Conquering ghosts at the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland
- After Masters week, a call for America's private golf clubs to let us all tee it up
- Growing the game of golf: Retaining golfers almost as important as attracting new ones
- College football's BCS, PGA Tour's FedEx Cup produce two irrelevant 2008 champions
- Red Rock Country Club lights up Las Vegas golf with membership promotion
- From the 'Zinger-Boo smooch to Scotch eggs, the Best of 2008 golf travel awards
- Jack Stephens: A master gentleman
- Bad economy? Humbug! Get out and golf while the golfin's good
- Tiger Woods has a long connection to Las Vegas, all the way back to high school
- "A Golfer's Dream" was a noble quest, but makes for nightmarish reading
- Swingin' with the Stars Part 2: Golf nuts Larry Bird and Wayne Gretzky
- After Valhalla, is golf still a gentleman's game? Should it be?
- From Greg Maddux to President Bush, Las Vegas is the place to hit the golf course with celebrities
- Irish pubs, warthogs, Mississippi BBQ and largemouth bass: Travel advice from a golf trekker
- Televised golf could use a big injection of humor and irreverence
- As with Sin City itself, weird stuff happens in Las Vegas golf
- At the British Open, Greg Norman missed the chance to redeem - or confirm - his choker rep
- British Open spotlight on England's Great White Bloke, Justin Rose, not Sergio Garcia
- To love or loathe Sergio Garcia?
- Bandon Dunes Golf Resort: Readers have shared their thoughts, now it's time to respond
- Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic: Join me at Pinehurst Resort for a great cause
- Buried Lies: The dream of the PGA Tour still burns bright, but it's just that, a dream
- A post mortem on both Tiger Woods and the PGA Tour as it stands now
- True high-stakes golf in Las Vegas
- Annika Sorenstam: A quitter or just being Swedish?
- The best of Bandon Dunes Golf Resort: A 9-hole honor roll
- Want the best golf tips from the latest golf magazines? Read them here
- Is the Masters really the most prestigious sporting event in America?
- Shark's lark: Is Pebble Beach-playing Greg Norman showing a lighter side with Chris Evert?
- U.S. Open, Irish links, quipster Phil Mickelson: One golf writer's "Best of 2007" awards
- Can John Daly put Corning, California on the golf map with Sevillano Links?
- Dreaming up the ultimate golf vacation in Scotland and Ireland
- Pros and hackers unite in PGA Tour pro-am at Viking Classic
- Lorena Ochoa proving to be a golf champion for the ages
- An inside look at playing the World Amateur Handicap Championship in Myrtle Beach
- Charming Wales still discovering its niche as a golf destination
- Colorful Rory Sabbatini is the key to FedEx Cup's success
- Time to replace the PGA Championship with a new, global major
- If only baseball's Barry Bonds was more like golf's Tiger Woods
- Growing the game of golf difficult in ex-Soviet Bloc countries
- Introducing a new golf scoring system for the rest of us
- Padraig Harrington's British Open win may be a sign of the times for U.S. golfers on the PGA Tour
- Michelle Wie and Tadd Fujikawa embody why LPGA, PGA need age restrictions for turning pro
- Nick Faldo at 50: PGA Tour legend, witty television commentator
- Golfers need to rethink the meaning of 'par'
- Why Korean golfers are dominating LPGA Tour
- The U.S. Open's Oakmont: Average golfers stand a fighting chance
- Golfer Angel Cabrera's U.S. Open triumph shows Argentina is more than soccer
- Red light, green light: My solution for dealing with golf bag boys
- Tiger Woods' pending fatherhood is good news for other pro golfers
- Get ready for 'Women's Golf Week' 2007
- Michelle Wie, other teenage pro golfers need to announce retirement
- Golf courses need to start charging by the stroke, not the round
- Golf's handicap system promotes mediocrity and should be scrapped
- Understanding - and talking about - the dreaded yips
- Will golf be but a stepping-stone for the game's future stars?
- The PGA Tour needs fewer 'nice guys' like Zach Johnson
- Pro golf's majors are in great need of a major overhaul
- Comfort and confidence: The two things that can improve your golf
- From Halle Berry to Jessica Alba, the most famous female golfers aren't on LPGA tour
- Why can't the PGA Tour lighten up?
- Augusta's new sister course? A Master-ful request goes unanswered
- Golf course architecture much more than celebrity names and big paychecks
- Golf club manufacturers, with help from the USGA, are getting their grooves on
- New golf clubs & gadgets bring out the best, and worst, of human nature
- Annual Spring cleaning of golf equipment not as crazy as it sounds
- Advances in golf technology the greatest thing in the history of sports, golf, life
- LPGA takes the lead in steroid testing
- Golf courses and real estate : No happy marriage for grand old game
- Mental side of golf means to stop taunting opponents, get smaller ball markers
- The Men of the PGA Tour: Calendar should showcase male golfers' offbeat good looks
- Polluting the beach with her golf during an early-morning masterpiece
- Michelle Wie, boy in Wisconsin show we forgot about the birds and the bees
- Santa Claus brings Christmas cheer - and (too often) a host of ghastly golf gifts
- New golf calendars will keep golfers on time, drooling and a bit perplexed
With two Tom Fazio-designed golf courses and more, Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, Arizona is the complete package
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort is about as complete a golf resort as there is, David R. Holland writes. There are two Tom Fazio gems – the Mountain and Canyon co [...]
Dive bars and the Wild West meet upscale, desert golf in Cave Creek north of Scottsdale, Arizona
Photo Gallery: Grand Cypress Resort's New Course - Orlando, Florida
Splurge on golf, not the kids at these upscale Orlando golf resorts
With his New Course at Grand Cypress Golf Club in Orlando, Nicklaus pays homage to the birthplace of golf
