by Steve Pike | Jul 30, 2026 | Events, golf business, Golf Course Design, Golf Courses, Instruction, Privare clubs, USGA
Dutchman’s Pipe Club, in West Palm Beach, FL., on July 22, further cemented its growing reputation as one of South Florida’s premier championship venues by successfully hosting the Final Qualifier for the 126th U.S. Amateur Championship. The Club hosted...
by Steve Pike | Jul 30, 2026 | golf business, golf course management, Golf Courses, Golf News, Travel News
McConnell Golf has completed its acquisition of The Crossings Golf Club in Glen Allen, Virginia, just outside Richmond in Henrico County, and will invest approximately $10 million to restore and modernize one of the region’s best-known public golf courses. The...
by Steve Pike | Jul 29, 2026 | golf business, Golf Course Design, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Private Clubs
In South Florida’s rarified air of private golf that includes architects such as Doanld Ross, Jack Nicklaus, George and Tom Fazio, Pete Dye, Rees Jones and Gil Hanse, the mission is simple: Stay ahead or fall behind. Jupiter Country Club, despite a good Greg...
by Steve Pike | Jul 28, 2026 | Golf Course Design, golf course management, Golf Courses, Golf News, Travel News
The Matchbox, one of golf’s more-anticipated and unconventional short courses opens Aug. 1 at the famed Tobacco Road. Guests can now book tee times for August through December 2026 at TobaccoRoadGolf.com. Twenty-eight years after Mike Strantz carved Tobacco Road...
by Steve Pike | Jul 24, 2026 | Books, golf business, Golf Course Design, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities
Back Nine Press on Nov. 1 will publish From the First Tee to the Last Green: A Teen’s Guide to Golf, a hardcover book by golf course architect Andrew Green and writer Lee Carr. Written for teens, their families, new golfers, coaches, and anyone curious about how the...
by Steve Pike | Jul 23, 2026 | Golf Course Design, golf course management, Golf Courses, Golf News, Resorts, Travel News
The transformation of The King & Prince Golf and Beach Club continues, as the Beau Welling-designed golf course on St. Simons Island, GA., remains on schedule for its anticipated November opening. With turf beginning to mature, bunkers taking their final form and...
