by Steve Pike | Nov 25, 2025 | Adventure, Culinary, Personalities, Private Clubs, Real Estate, Resorts, Travel News
Special to Spikeongolfandtravel.com When Jessie Rodriguez speaks, golfers listen. The two-time James Beard semifinalist, former Head Sommelier of The French Laundry in Napa Valley (CA) and current resident sommelier for leading private aviation company Magellan Jets...
by Steve Pike | Nov 21, 2025 | golf business, Golf Course Design, Golf Courses, Golf News, Hotels, Resorts, Spa, Travel News
The iconic Inn at Bay Harbor (MI) has entered a new era as an independent luxury resort within the Boyne Resorts family, marking a milestone in its nearly 30 years as one of the Midwest’s most celebrated lakeside destinations. This transition from Marriott’s Autograph...
by Steve Pike | Nov 20, 2025 | golf business, golf shoes
Two iconic Oregon brands, Forrester’s Outerwear and PAYNTR Golf, are teaming on the debut of FO Rainshedder RS1, a golf shoe engineered as “true performance’’ equipment and built to thrive in any weather. The partnership blends Forrester’s heritage of rugged,...
by Steve Pike | Nov 20, 2025 | golf business, Golf Course Design, Golf Courses, Golf News, Private Clubs
Zinkand Golf Design – led by golf course architect David Zinkand and his more than 25 years of experience designing, managing and shaping projects in the field – has completed construction of a short course and practice facility at Chicago’s Saddle...
by Steve Pike | Nov 19, 2025 | Equipment, golf balls, golf business, golf entertainment, Golf News
Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG) CEO Chip Brewer said all the right things on a Nov. 18 conference call that followed the company’s announcement it had agreed to sell a 60 percent stake in its Topgolf unit to private equity firm Leonard Green Partners for $1.1 billion....
