by Steve Pike | May 4, 2026 | golf business, Golf Course Design, golf course management, Golf Courses, Golf News, Real Estate, USGA
Escalante Golf, a boutique owner and operator of luxury golf properties across 17 states – has acquired Hawks Ridge Golf Club in Ball Ground, GA. Since opening in 1999, Hawks Ridge has been regularly ranked among the country’s Top 200 Modern Courses and Georgia’s best...
by Steve Pike | May 4, 2026 | Equipment, golf business, Golf News, Technology, Travel News
The highly-anticipated Vessel Player Air Carbon stand bag now is at retail. The company says the bag ($419) has been years in the making’ and represents the “most significant’’ material innovation in the brand’s history, and the most ambitious carry experience...
by Steve Pike | May 4, 2026 | Adventure, Conservation, Culinary, Fitness, golf business, Golf Course Design, Golf Courses, Golf News, Private Clubs, Real Estate, Travel News
There are a lot of private club communities in the country that preach lifestyle and fitness, but at the end of the day, they are just another real estate populace. Beautiful to be sure, but more style than substance. Then there is CDA National Reserve, a...
by Steve Pike | May 4, 2026 | Fitness, miami, Resorts, Spa, Travel News
As part of a striking transformation, The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne, Miami, has unveiled The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Key Biscayne, a renewed wellness venue where nature, ritual and mindful sensory wellness experiences converge. Set along a private stretch of Atlantic Ocean...
by Steve Pike | May 3, 2026 | Golf News, LIV Golf, Opinion, Personalities
What do Gordie Howe, Doug Williams, Larry Csonka, George Blanda and Rick Barry each have in common? Go ahead… I’ll wait…. Long enough. Each of these men jumped leagues to start-up rival leagues and returned to their original leagues without being punished by...
