Katharine Dyson

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The Perfect Life - October 2011

Named "one of America's best master planned communities” the Villages of Citrus Hills in Hernando, Florida, has a whole lot going for it from its quiet, uncongested location in the central Gulf Coast north of Tampa to exquisite homes and amenities that can knock your s   read more »

The Perfect Life: September 2011

If living is good and you want have your cake and eat it too in greater Boston, than The Homes at Ipswich Country Club says you have arrived. Ipswich a small seaside community nestled along the north shore in Massachusetts, between Newburyport and Gloucester is one of the ol   read more »

The Perfect Life - Live the Dream

Targeting affluent travelers from the northeast, Tucker’s Point in Bermuda is the latest candy-coated feather on an island where pink is a macho color, shorts are worn with jackets and ties and cricket is a national passion not a goofy bug.   read more »

Living the World of Perfect

You're cruising right along:  golf with your pals at least once a week, the odd buddy getaway weekend, barbecues so you can relive how well or dreadfully you played. Why not shake it all up a bit and look for the ultimate in golfing pleasures. The World of Perfect. Here are our thoughts on this   read more »

New England Golf Life: Romantic Places to Stay and Play

When was the last time you planned a golf getaway at some mind-blowing new course or a classic beauty designed by the likes of Jones or Ross, then chose a place to stay strictly for its seductive views, tubs for two, fireplaces, candlelight and king canopy beds? Not in this life? Then let   read more »

Play exclusive private clubs on The McConnell Golf Trail in the Carolinas

What if someone were to tell you it is possible to play seven of the most prestigious private luxury courses you will find in the country, courses designed by Tom Fazio, Pete Dye, Donald Ross, Arnold Palmer and Greg Norman, five rated among the Carolina's best.   read more »

Sleuthing the Best Private Courses in New England

From the time you pull up to the bag drop, you just know it. Private golf and country clubs come with a sense of privilege. Some clubs have strong pedigrees with great historical character like The Country Club in Brookline (TCC), Massachusetts; some are built as an amenity to help se   read more »

Back to School

You've gotta love this time of year. Golf leagues are gearing up, fairways are greening up, and finally, you get to pull the plastic off that new driver you got for Christmas. You are stoked.   read more »

Quick Fixes: 3-4 Day Golf Trips along the Eastern Seaboard

You know summer is over in the northeast when frost delays become more common and courses are getting ready to close for the season. Bummer. The good news?  There are places you can tee it up easily accessible by driving or flying. Here are some Quick Fixes for that three or four-night gol   read more »

Golf: Green Gold in Ireland

One of the best ways to visit Ireland's “emerald isle” is by car. It’s  easy once you get the hang of driving on the left side and negotiating the round-abouts. Since the country is just 300 miles long and 150 miles wide, the cities and countryside of Ireland are extremely acc   read more »

Fabulous Fall Golf at the Turn

Autumn in the Northeast is all about color where peak play is enhanced by neon-bright crimson, orange and yellow-clad trees, brilliant cobalt skies and crisp freshly-laundered air. Leaves drift down hiding your ball, crunch under your soft spikes. Kids are back in school and prices have dropped both   read more »

Discovering Eastern Connecticut

There is every good reason to head to eastern Connecticut for golf and fun, a place where you have choices. Southeastern Connecticut and its coastline is punctuated by  a bevy of wonderful waterfront restaurants, lighthouses and museums while Northeastern Connecticut set in rolling wooded hills   read more »

Try Cape Cod for great golf, value and knock-out luxuries.

“Ol' Cape Cod” can certainly ring the romance bell but it should also ring the golf gong. For its size, Cape Cod has a huge number of  quality courses — more than 43. Think beaches, dunes, silvery-shingled houses with flower-covered fences, yachts, clams, the ring of stay   read more »

Pinehurst : Where Golf Grew

If St. Andrews is the birthplace of golf, clearly Pinehurst, NC, is the home of the game this side of the pond. Like the words "Google" and "Kleenex" which have taken on a vast life of their own and need no explanation, simply say, "Pinehurst" and everyone knows it's all about golf.     read more »

The Skins Game - Casino's

You've gotta believe Titanic Thompson (Alvin C. Thomas) would have reveled in our  Northeast's grand casino resorts. Titanic, a talented pro golfer and one of America's most notorious gamblers from the 20s through the 70s could have found his promised land right here in New York and Connecticut   read more »

Skins Game

For a grand resort experience where the golf course and spa are within a wedge shot from the front entrance try Cranwell Resort, Spa and Golf Club. Sitting atop a crest in the Berkshire Mountains in western Massachusetts, the imposing brick mansion is an elegant, refined grand dame from the gilded a   read more »

Golf at the Turn

It's all about color. Peak play, autumn-style in New England. Neon-bright crimson, orange and yellow-clad trees, brilliant cobalt skies, crisp freshly-laundered air. Leaves drift down hiding your ball, crunch under your soft spikes. Kids are back in school and prices have dropped both on and off the   read more »

The Connecticut River: where history and golf connect

When was the last time you went on a golf trip and intentionally left your tech stuff — your Blackberries, I phones, and PCs — at home? Sometimes it’s just good to step back into a place whose foundations have long since settled. Take the Connecticut River Valley, a region of gre   read more »

Carrying Lorena's Bag, The Next Best Thing to being on the Tour

“Being a caddy is as close as you can get to playing professional golf without actually doing it. I love being part of a team,” says David Brooker, caddy to Lorena Ochoa, the world’s top woman golfer. David is in a great place. Lorena has won more than $10 million since her rooki   read more »

Berkshires' Highs

You'd expect golf courses in a predominantly mountainous region would be rugged with dramatic elevations. Not so inthe Berkshires. Here most of the courses run along the valleys, hunkered below the aged gently, worn mountains. Still these courses draw on the terrain to supply features likes streams   read more »

How Golf Helps Ladies Break the Glass Ceiling

How Golf Helps Ladies Break the Glass CeilingBy Katharine Dyson You’re at a fancy resort for your own company outing. You get up early to join others for breakfast, maybe network a bit before heading for the pool.Dressed in logo shirts, the men are on a mission: eat fast and catch the first   read more »

Golf on the Wild Side

GOLF ON THE WILD SIDESOUTH AFRICABy Katharine DysonI’m searching for my ball in the bushy area next to the 15th green at Zimbali, when like a carnivore from hell, a flying insect nails my arm creating an angry red welt. But why let this spoil an otherwise perfect day on a spectacular golf cour   read more »

Ladies Tee Nonsense

So the guy says reaching over the counter grabbing my check for $65, “You can play from the women’s tees. “The reds?”“No, the greens. The Jade.”Looking at the card, I see Jade is in front of the Silver. “So what about Silver?” I ask.“The silver   read more »

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