Muskoka’s New Signature Hole, Remembering Moe Norman, and Vietnam’s Golf Boom
15th Hole at Muskoka’s Oak Bay Golf and Country Club Muskoka, a rocky, lake-filled tourist district just a two-hour drive north of Toronto, has long been one of Canada’s top golf destinations....
View ArticleChallenge Muskoka’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Fairways
Muskoka Bay Club, Gravenhurst, Ontario (Image: Muskoka Bay Club) Not since Stanley Thompson’s groundbreaking Rocky Mountain layouts opened in Jasper and Banff in the 1920s has another golf destination...
View ArticleNew Golf Hot Spots: Tunisia, Estonia, Turkey
Tired of teeing it up at the same old destinations? Tunisia, Turkey and Estonia offer championship courses and exotic locales for intrepid golfers craving new experiences. The Residence Golf Course,...
View ArticleThe Miracle of China’s Mission Hills
Mission Hills Hainan was built from scratch in just 18 months. (Image: Mission Hills Resort) In China, a land of economic miracles, no feat of engineering or construction is considered impossible. But...
View ArticleMemories of Rory McIlroy at Northern Ireland’s Portstewart and Lough Erne
Rory McIlroy (Image: PGA Grand Slam of Golf) Though he played other-worldly golf while winning back-to-back tournaments heading into the final FedEx Cup shootout in Atlanta, Rory McIlroy came up just...
View ArticleTee Off Amid the Tumbleweeds in Scottsdale
Tom Fazio, Pete Dye, Jay Morrish, Tom Weiskopf and other top architects have built courses unique in the golf world by embracing the natural drama and beauty of the Sonoran desert in...
View ArticleGolf Turns Back the Clock With Resort Courses Tailored to Fit the Landscape
The new Nick Faldo-designed Laguna Lang Co course in Vietnam includes seven acres of pre-existing rice paddies. (Image: Laguna Lang Co) How resort courses in Vietnam, Arizona and Scotland are returning...
View ArticleInside the Miracle of China’s Mission Hills
The explosive growth of China's two Mission Hills golf resorts—with 12 golf courses in Shenzhen and 10 more in Hainan—makes this a must-see golf destination.
View ArticleMemories of Rory McIlroy at Northern Ireland’s Portstewart and Lough Erne
Like Tiger Woods before him, Rory McIlroy has been heralded as the game’s next great star almost from the moment he first swung a club. The hype had already reached fever pitch when I toured Northern...
View ArticleTee Off Amid the Tumbleweeds in Scottsdale
Tom Fazio, Pete Dye, Jay Morrish, Tom Weiskopf and other top architects have built courses unique in the golf world by embracing the natural drama and beauty of the Sonoran desert in Scottsdale-Phoenix.
View ArticleGolf Turns Back the Clock With Resort Courses Tailored to Fit the Landscape
How courses in Vietnam, Arizona and Scotland are returning to more natural and traditional designs by incorporating rice paddies, reclaiming the desert, and herding Hebridean sheep.
View ArticleWater Buffalo Join Grounds Crew in Vietnam
Long a mainstay of agriculture in Vietnam, water buffalo are helping groom the rice paddies routed into Sir Nick Faldo’s uniquely eco-friendly Laguna Golf Lang Co course.
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