Columnist: Z Golf Travel
BELVEDERE GOLF CLUB: A TIMELESS TRADITION
By Mike May Refreshingly pure, fundamentally sound, and forever relevant. Those are three ways to describe the Belvedere Golf Club that opened for play in 1927. The course was designed by golf course architect William Watson, who also served as the course’s first professional. In 2017, Belvedere’s membership rededicated the course to the memory of […]
Tiger Point Golf Club: Golf With A View!
By The Golfinguy, David Theoret Tiger Point Golf Club is situated along the shores of the Santa Rosa Sound in Gulf Breeze, Florida. It’s minutes from the white sand of Pensacola and Navarre Beaches. The course is city owned, designed by PGA TOUR player and Pensacola resident Jerry Pate, plus it is managed by […]
Georgia Georgia Golf Trail Offers A Wide Selection of Opportunities
By Dave Daubert It’s that time again for snowbirds to head south. Whether you travel I-75, I-85 or I-95 through Georgia, golfers can select from a collection of 25 resorts and premier courses. Northern Georgia In the northern portion of the Peach State, the Blue Ridge Mountains provide a gorgeous backdrop for Sky Valley […]
Plantation Golf & Country Club – A Florida Community with A Lot to Offer
By David Theoret Plantation Golf & Country Club in Venice, Florida is not only a great place to play golf – with two 18-hole Ron Garl-designed championship golf courses – it’s also a great place to call home. Plantation sits on more than 1,300 acres, with residences that include maintenance-free villas, patio homes, […]
Fazio’s Black Diamond Ranch in Florida Has a Rugged Look
By Dave Daubert Black Diamond Ranch is a gated enclave in the rolling hills just 15 miles from the Gulf of Mexico and is home to some of the best golf in the country. Its 45 holes were designed by the Tom Fazio, one of the true geniuses in golf course architecture. Fazio’s […]
Tee it High & Let It Fly in Daytona
By David Daubert As golfers in the northern portion of the country dread the onset of cold, dreary winter weather, one of Daytona Beach’s most popular stay-and-play packages is enticing players to visit the “World’s Most Famous Beach,” a Central Florida 365-day hotspot. The “Tee it High and Let it Fly” golf package offers […]
Golf Travel Notes from Len Ziehm
REYNOLDS LAKE OCONEE Few places have been making as many positive changes as the 99-hole Reynolds Lake Oconee resort, which sits midway between Atlanta and Augusta. An 18-month renovation of the resort’s premier course, the Jack Nicklaus-designed Great Waters, has been completed and a multi-million-dollar transformation of The Ritz-Carlton hotel is now in the works, […]
Paradise Found: Quivira Resort in Los Cabos, Mexico
By Fred Altvater I know this will offend religious scholars, but I am not sure the writers of the Bible got the location of the Garden of Eden correct. I just returned from the Quivira Los Cabos on the southern-most tip of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula and I am very certain this is what that fabled […]
RIVIERA COUNTRY CLUB: A PURE GOLF EXPERIENCE
By Mike May Those who truly appreciate the creature comforts of home will experience that same feeling at the Riviera Country Club, in Ormond Beach, Florida, very near Daytona Beach. The course originally opened as a nine-hole layout in the 1930’s, but was later expanded to 18 holes in 1954 and is now listed as […]
A Train Runs Through Florida’s Historic Golf Trail
By Mike May Over the last 100+ years, Florida’s development can largely be attributed to the ambition of the late Henry Flagler and Henry Plant, plus their strategic use of the railroad. Not only did the railroad bring visitors to Florida, it was the key to the growth of many of its golf courses, as […]