by Steve Pike | Sep 22, 2026 | golf business, Golf News, Opinion, Personalities
By Brian Sommer There is a small dishonesty endemic to the modern golf-equipment review, and because it is small, cheerful and commercially useful, it is generally permitted to flourish. The reviewer receives the product. The reviewer photographs the product. The...
by Steve Pike | Sep 21, 2026 | Mexico, Travel News
Mexico’s Pacific coast conjures up images of bustling resort towns, infinity pools and popular surf breaks. But fly into Nayarit’s capital of Tepic, get in a car and head toward the ocean, and a quieter Pacific begins to emerge. Located on Mexico’s Pacific coast,...
by Steve Pike | Sep 20, 2026 | Equipment, golf business, Instruction, Technology
Special to spikeongolfandtravel.com Nearly every golfer has had that feeling of being lost on the greens (maybe Brad Faxon and Ben Crenshaw were exceptions). You’ve lost your confidence. You start guarding against three-putts on longer attempts and those 3- and...
by Steve Pike | Sep 19, 2026 | golf business, Golf Course Design, Golf Courses, Golf News
Mountain Lake, the prestigious gated community nestled in Central Florida’s lake district, has completed the construction phase of the golf course restoration project, with a re-opening on schedule for early November. Vermont-based NMP Golf Course Construction Corp....
by Steve Pike | Sep 19, 2026 | golf course management, Golf Courses, Golf News, Resorts, Travel News
Troon has signed a partnership with the Oasis at Death Valley and The Furnace Creek Golf Course at Death Valley, a luxury resort and golf course located in the heart of Death Valley National Park in Furnace Creek, CA. As part of the relationship, Troon Golf –...