by Steve Pike | Jun 27, 2026 | golf business, Golf Course Design, Golf Courses, Golf News, Opinion, USGA
Part I of Brian Sommer’s four-part essay on what the World Cup, Shinnecock Hills, and the Long Island Crowd Exposed By Brian Sommer Golf has a self-importance problem. That is not the same as saying golf is unimportant. Nor is it to deny its difficulty. Golf is...
by Steve Pike | Jun 26, 2026 | golf business, Golf Course Design, Golf Courses, Golf News, Resorts, Restaurants, Travel News
As the oldest resort in the state of Wisconsin, Lake Lawn has a plentitude of stories to tell. From ancient Native American burial grounds to the circus, elephant bones, and two miles of lake shoreline, this 148-year-old property in Delavan is a mainstay of the...
by Steve Pike | Jun 25, 2026 | Golf Course Design, golf course management, Private Clubs, Travel News
Escalante Golf, a boutique owner and operator of luxury golf properties across 17 states – has started a multi-phase expansion at Kingsley Club, highlighted by a new golf course designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, and new clubhouse. The expansion represents an...
by Steve Pike | Jun 25, 2026 | Equipment, golf balls, golf business, Golf News, Opinion
By Brian Sommer There is a peculiar modern superstition in golf – one that passes for science simply because it is accompanied by numbers. Launch monitors hum, TrackMan units blink with authority, and fitting sessions proceed with the solemnity of laboratory...
by Steve Pike | Jun 25, 2026 | golf business, Golf Course Design, Golf Courses, Golf News, Private Clubs, Real Estate, Resorts, Tiger Woods, Travel News
Tributer Resort, a premier golf and residential destination by Reef Capital Partners along the shores of Virginia’s Lake Anna, in planning a new private, 18-hole golf course by Tiger Woods’ TGR Design. The project further expands TGR Design’s portfolio of world-class...
