Big changes are coming to the TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course to give the famed venue of the Waste Management Phoenix Open teeth to bite back at long-hitting PGA Tour players who have torn the place up.
The biggest change will move the tee box of No. 18 back and to the left to discourage long hitters from playing to the hospitality tents left of the water hazard. (more...)… Read More
You Can’t Go Home Again, the title of Thomas Wolfe’s 1940 seminal novel, has become an often-uttered, plaintive phrase. It refers to how the passing of time prevents someone from returning home again to reclaim his previous way of life. Such attempts to relive earlier memories, the novel’s theme suggests, are doomed to failure.
The Landing has just received a complete renovation by origi… Read More
We fell in love with Royal Isabela the moment we began that first round during a sneak preview with co-owner Stanley and his dog Dumas in 2010. Only the rough course was open with a shell of a clubhouse; no casitas, restaurant, or villas yet built. The property and vision foretold of the spectacular compound that was to unfold and we yearned to return. Fast-forward to 2/11/13 when the wind… Read More
Now open: Mukul Resort's Guacalito del La Isla by David McLay Kidd
Attention early adopters: Nicaragua's Pacific Coast is the world's newest luxury golf destination, sporting an outstanding design by David McLay Kidd.
Surfers, eco-tourists and backpackers long have known about Nicaragua's Emerald Coast, but Kidd -- who designed Bandon Dunes when he was just 27 -- now returns to his conceptua… Read More
Play the Teeth of the Dog at Casa de Campo and you will likely be bitten and definitely smitten. One of the prettiest and longest stretches of contiguous beach holes makes this course world famous and most impressive. Yet it is a mere component of Casa de Campo, a destination village unparalleled in the Caribbean with an equestrian center, tennis, spa, beach, marina, stone village and yes, 63 beau… Read More
The mountain time zone in America is often forgotten. Caught between excessive focus paid to the right and left coasts is New Mexico -- The Land of Enchantment.
In 2012, New Mexico celebrated its centennial anniversary of the state's entry into the United States. Albuquerque -- the state's largest city -- with roughly half a million people, has all the ingredients of modern life -- without the… Read More
Framing the Caribbean coastline are the sixth green (lower right), seventh hole (middle), and eighth tee (top) from the Teeth of the Dog.
Teeth of the Dog.
Pete Dye.
Casa de Campo.
Enough said—almost.
The Best of the Best
With seven spectacular holes along the ocean-washed cliffs of the Caribbean Sea, Teeth of the Dog has been receiving rave reviews and international play since 1971. Today it… Read More
(photo credits: VisitFayettevilleNC.com)
Fayetteville, NC doesn't have the venue cache of its nearby acclaimed neighbor Pinehurst. In fact, when driving on I-95 the full impact of what Fayetteville provides can only be appreciated when leaving the highway.
Known primarily as home to Fort Bragg -- Fayetteville takes justifiable pride in its military connections. More recently, Fayetteville recla… Read More
Cabo Real Golf Course
Mexico is a land of fascinating contradictions. On one side a punishing drug war taking over 50,000 plus lives over the last six years. That picture illustrates a country in upheaval – daily life anything but peaceful. On the flip side – Cabo San Lucas. Picturesque. Beguiling. Tranquil.
Located at the far southern tip of Baja Sur – Cabo has been calling visitors to its… Read More
That’s what you might say the first time you play golf and encounter a twelve foot crocodile on the course at Cancun Country Club. The golf is really awesome and the white beaches superb at the IBEROSTAR Cancun Golf and Spa Resort, which hosted the inaugural Team Championships of Mexico, managed by The Golf Connection. Owner Tom Jaronski and staff got the party started with a grand reception, pr… Read More
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