by Steve Pike | Sep 10, 2024 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Hotels, Personalities, Resorts, Travel News
By Hal Phillips Nearly 25 years ago – on Nov. 1, 1999 – Kauri Cliffs GC opened for play in what Kiwis call the country’s “winterless north.” The new course quickly changed the face of resort golf forever – not just in New Zealand, but around the...
by Steve Pike | Sep 9, 2024 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News
The reimagining of the front nine on King’s North at Myrtle Beach National -long one of the Grand Strand’s most popular layouts – is progressing on schedule as the course targets an early October reopening. Architect Brandon Johnson is overseeing the two-year,...
by Steve Pike | Sep 5, 2024 | Events, Golf Courses, Golf News, Resorts
Fourteen men’s college golf teams from across the nation are preparing to begin their 2024-25 seasons at the inaugural MyrtleBeachGolfTrips.com Intercollegiate Sept. 8-10 at the Grande Dunes Resort Course. The 54-hole event, hosted by Coastal Carolina...
by Steve Pike | Sep 5, 2024 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Privare clubs
GrayBull Club, one of the more anticipated golf courses of the past two years, has officially opened in Maxwell, NE. Designed by David McLay Kidd, GrayBull is the newest club in the expanding Dormie Network portfolio. Accessible only to Dormie Network members and...
by Steve Pike | Sep 4, 2024 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Instruction, Travel News
The Park West Palm Beach combines classic golf course design – the punchbowl green on the 12th hole being a solid example – with modern business practices to create what might be the best daily fee golf course in Florida. Now in its second year (The Park...
by Steve Pike | Sep 3, 2024 | Adventure, golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Resorts, Travel News
Every once in a while, a destination surprises you with its charm and quality of golf. Welcome to Cragun’s Resort in Brainerd, MN. Located on the shores of Gull Lake, Cragun’s Resort is an outdoorsman’s dream. By “outdoorsman,’’ I’m including golfers, as Cragun’s...