Columnist: Z Golf Travel
Branson & Big Cedar Lodge Offer Big Time Golf
By Fred Altvater Last month we saw Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf at Big Cedar Lodge, a stop on the Champions Tour, held on the Jack Nicklaus designed Top of the Rock par-three course and for the first time on the newly opened Ozarks National. Johnny Morris, billionaire owner of both Bass Pro Shops […]
Salamander Resorts Have Florida Covered Coast to Coast
By Fred Altvater Two Salamander Resorts, Hammock Beach on the Atlantic Coast and Innisbrook, home of the PGA Tour’s Valspar Championship, near Tampa, provide two luxurious resorts perfect for escaping cold winters in the north. Hammock Beach Resort The Hammock Beach Resort includes two fantastic courses, plus the beautiful Hammock Beach Hotel. They […]
A CLASSIC CREATION IN THE HOOSIER HILLS
By Mike May It might be fair to say that two of Scotland’s greatest exports are rock singer Rod Stewart and golf course architect Donald Ross. While Stewart is still entertaining audiences worldwide, Ross has since passed away, but his legacy is as alive and vibrant as ever. The hundreds of golf courses, which […]
Walk in the Footsteps of Legends at Miami Springs Golf Club
Toledo Golf Legend Frank Stranahan Won There in 1948 By Mike May When people think about Florida golf courses, the first venues that spring to mind are those seen on television every year, PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Bay Hill in Orlando, Doral in Miami, and the TPC Stadium Course near Jacksonville, but they are just four of 1,300 golf courses in Florida. The ‘forefather,’ of professional tournament golf in Florida, however, is the Miami Springs Golf & […]
Springdale Country Club – Outstanding Stay and Play Packages in the Carolina Mountains
By David Theoret In the late 1960’s, Fred Tingle had a vision of retiring to the mountains and operating a golf course, well into his golden years. He was able to make his dream come true on 550 acres of land in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Soon after the first nine […]
Golf Trips for the Ladies
Men have been taking their annual buddy’s golf trip for a long time. In fact, resorts count on their return each year and continually seek ways to entice more men to bring their group to their lush fairways, well-stocked sports bar and restaurant, with a menu loaded with burgers, meat loaf and mashed potatoes. Over […]
PGA Village is the Perfect Golf Getaway in Florida
PGA Village Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida has three outstanding golf courses to make any golf getaway a treat. The Ryder and Wanamaker courses were designed by Tom Fazio and underwent extensive renovations within the last six years. The Ryder plays slightly easier off the tee, but beautiful bunkering frames every fairway and […]
Enjoy Golf & First-Class Service at Relaxing Sea Pines Resort
In April, the week after the Masters, the PGA Tour takes a collective breath and heads to the relaxing atmosphere of Hilton Head for the RBC Heritage Classic. Harbour Town Golf Links, in the Sea Pines Resort, is only 130 miles from the hallowed grounds of Augusta National, but a million-light years away from the […]
Reunion Resort is Perfect for Golf & Family Fun!
Reunion Resort sits on the southern edge of Orlando, just across I-4 from the Disney attractions. It includes over 2,000 acres of first-class accommodations, water park, tennis, spa and of course, three signature golf courses by Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Tom Watson. The accommodations at Reunion Resort are outstanding, plus they come in all […]
THE ‘MAGNIFICENT SEVEN’ OF ALABAMA GOLF
By Mike May There are not enough column inches to give you a blow-by-blow account of all the great golf holes in Alabama, I will briefly describe seven of the finest holes, so you will have an idea of what to expect. The Ridge course at Oxmoor Valley, built on land once mined by U.S. […]