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 3, 2025 | golf business, golf course management, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Resorts
Scottsdale Golf Retreat at Troon North, the Valley’s newest luxury stay-and-play resort property, has announced two key leadership appointments: Thomas Ulrich as resort manager and Tom Pavao as director of sales and golf experience. Located steps from Troon North Golf...
by Steve Pike | Nov 26, 2025 | Equipment, golf business, Golf News, Personalities, PGA Tour
SuperStroke, since introducing its first line of oversized putter grips in 2009, is one of a handful of companies that have created a paradigm shaft in the golf equipment. Callaway Golf’s original Big Bertha “oversized’ driver, the Titleist Pro V1 ball franchise, and...
by Steve Pike | Nov 25, 2025 | Adventure, Culinary, Personalities, Private Clubs, Real Estate, Resorts, Travel News
Special to Spikeongolfandtravel.com When Jessie Rodriguez speaks, golfers listen. The two-time James Beard semifinalist, former Head Sommelier of The French Laundry in Napa Valley (CA) and current resident sommelier for leading private aviation company Magellan Jets...
by Steve Pike | Nov 19, 2025 | Golf Course Design, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, PGA Tour, Resorts, Travel News
Davis Love III remembers the first time he saw Pete Dye’s classic Harbour Town Golf Links at The Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island, S.C.. “My dad (Davis Love, Jr.) played in (the Heritage Classic) in 1969,’’ Love said as he sat inside the Harbour Town clubhouse....
by Steve Pike | Nov 18, 2025 | Hotels, Personalities, Travel News
The Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio has named Brian Huchingson as its new Director of Sales & Marketing, In this role, Huchingson will oversee all marketing strategy and brand communications, driving initiatives that elevate the hotel’s presence in the San Antonio...