At the Patrick Warburton Golf For Kids charity tournament in Palm Desert, Mike Bailey sat down with a foursome of celebs to talk about golf and travel: Warburton, Eric Dickerson, Oliver Hudson and Joel Gretsch.
Now that the Bob Hope Classic doesn’t have a celebrity Pro-Am component, Palm Springs serves up a new charity event, the Patrick Warburton “Golf for Kids,” held at the JW Marriott Desert Springs and Classic Club.
The Four Seasons Las Colinas is in a state of transition. The resort and golf club was recently sold, and plans have been made to move the HP Byron Nelson event in coming years. Mike Bailey looks at what’s ahead for this fabled Dallas-area property.
While in town for the PGA Merchandise Show, Mike Bailey ventured off the showroom floor to two of the Orlando area’s top multi-course golf resorts: Omni Orlando at Championsgate and Mission Inn Resort & Club.
Tucson is doing what many other cities have done recently with their municipal golf courses: turn to a private management company. After entertaining bids from 16 different firms, the city hired Scottsdale-based OB Sports Golf Management to take over operations of the city’s courses starting Feb. 1.
With Humana as the new title sponsor of the PGA TOUR’s event in Palm Springs, health and wellness is at the forefront. And few places do it better than Greater Palm Springs, writes Mike Bailey.
Big things are happening in the Hawaii golf scene in 2014. Maui’s Makena is set to reopen, and Lanai’s Experience at Koele is getting a facelift from Jack Nicklaus.
Golf travel writer Mike Bailey looks back on his highlights from a whirlwind year on the road in 2013, which took him from Wisconsin to the Czech Republic.
The Concession Cup, conceived by Jack Nicklaus and Tony Jacklin, will pit top amateurs from the U.S. and Great Britain at Bradenton’s Concession Golf Club in 2014.
If you find that travel and consistency in your golf game don’t seem to go together, you might be interested in the latest book project from teaching guru David Leadbetter.
Co-designed by former PGA Tour player-turned Golf Channel commentator Notah Begay III with veteran architect Ty Butler, Sewailo Golf Club is the first new course to open in the Tucson area since Golf Club at Dove Mountain five years ago.
Next year’s Shell Houston Open will be the Golf Club of Houston. No that’s not a new club in the Houston area, it’s simply the new name of the former Redstone Golf Club, which was purchased by Escalante Golf from The Redstone Cos. nearly nine months ago.
If you’re a fan of Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, then here’s something that might excite you: There’s more world-class golf being planned for the southern coast of Oregon.
The holidays are a great time to start planning your golf trip to Scotland or Ireland. The earlier you book, the better chance you’ll score tee times on the golf courses you want to play. Marty Carr from Carr Golf Travel offers some tips.
For those who don’t mind playing in the wet stuff, Sun Mountain has been offering a waterproof bag since 2007, and for 2014, has now expanded its H2NO line to include cart bags and carry bags, all constructed with waterproof fabric, taped seams, and waterproof zippers.
Mike Bailey sat down with Nancy Lopez recently in Laredo, Texas, as she took part in the grand opening ceremonies of the city’s Max A. Mandel Golf Course.
Texas A&M has unvelied its new Campus Course, a par-71, 7,008-yard gem designed by one of its very own, Jeff Blume, a 1989 landscape architecture graduate.
83-year-old Arthur Hills’ designs represents modern architecture: lots of target golf and risk-reward opportunities. Mike Bailey sat down with Hills to discuss design elements and the state of the game.
It’s one of the golf world’s most striking -- and tough -- new courses. Now the Senior PGA Championship will stage its 2015 event on the Dye Course in French Lick, Indiana.
While Dublin is often overlooked as a golf destination compared to Ireland’s west side, the Irish Open helped spotlight the many options around the country’s dynamic main city.
