by Steve Pike | Jan 31, 2024 | Events, Golf Courses, Golf News, PGA Tour, Resorts, Travel News
The great JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa is filled with hidden gems, including the elevated artwork that fills the luxury resort. Hallways and common spaces feature unique, sophisticated work by locally, nationally, and internationally acclaimed...
by Steve Pike | Jan 31, 2024 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Privare clubs
Myakka City, FL., consists of one post office (perhaps the smallest in the country) that closed in 2021; an old schoolhouse (also closed); less than 100 residents; and a lot of big alligators. You know the saying, “Blink and you’ll miss it?’’ Heck, you don’t need to...
by Steve Pike | Jan 30, 2024 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Privare clubs
As the state of Florida these days enjoys a second – or perhaps third – surge of golf course openings and construction, let’s take a look at a classic: Black Diamond Ranch in Lecanto, quietly tucked away in North Central Florida near the pristine...
by Steve Pike | Jan 30, 2024 | Golf Courses, Golf News, Resorts, Restaurants, Spa, Travel News
The highly anticipated Conrad Orlando is now open at the 1,100–acre Evermore Orlando Resort. The opening marks the Conrad Hotels & Resorts brand’s debut in Orlando and second property in Florida. The Conrad is less than three miles from Walt Disney World on the...
by Steve Pike | Jan 29, 2024 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Resorts, Travel News
Margaret Mitchell, the Atlanta-born author of “Gone With The Wind,’’ is credited with saying that “land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything.’’ Ben Cowan-Dewar knows about land. The visionary CEO and co-founder of Cabot estimates he sees up to 80...
by Steve Pike | Jan 26, 2024 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Privare clubs
Orchid Island Golf & Beach Club in Vero Beach< FL., has completed what it calls “the most significant modification” to its Arnold Palmer Championship Golf Course since the course was constructed in 1990. The renovation was undertaken by Brandon...
