by Steve Pike | Dec 9, 2025 | golf balls, golf business, Golf News, Opinion
By Brian Sommer One does not easily forget his or her first encounter with a genuinely superior golf ball, particularly in an era when most offerings were little more than over-hyped mediocrity. My own conversion occurred in the mid-1990s, when I discovered the...
by Steve Pike | Dec 9, 2025 | golf business, Golf Course Design, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, PGA Tour, Private Clubs
Architect Brian Curley has returned to The Palms Golf Club – the private La Quinta, CA., course he crafted with World Golf Hall of Famer Fred Couples in 1999 – to complete a modernization that restores the layout to its original beauty while refining it for...
by Steve Pike | Dec 8, 2025 | Culinary, miami, Resorts, Restaurants, Spa, Travel News
The Ritz Carlton Key Biscayne, Miami – the private Atlantic Ocean coastline escape located just minutes from the vibrant energy of Miami – today officially reopened, debuting a striking $100 million transformation that makes it again one of Florida’s top resort...
by Steve Pike | Dec 8, 2025 | Adventure, Cruises
Hilton and Explora Journeys – the privately owned and ultra elegant ocean travel brand of the MSC Group – today jointly announced an exclusive collaboration. As part of this new travel offering, Hilton debuts Hilton Honors Adventures, an extension of Hilton’s...
by Steve Pike | Dec 8, 2025 | Awards, Disney, golf business, golf course management, Golf Courses, Golf News, Resorts
The National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA) has named Walt Disney World Golf, operated by Arnold Palmer Golf Management (APGM), as the 2026 NGCOA Resort Course of the Year. Featuring three iconic championship courses and a nine-hole walking layout, Walt Disney...
