by Steve Pike | Jul 10, 2025 | Events, golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities
The R&A is launching “Hero Message,’’ a new fan activation at the 2025 AIG Women’s Open designed to bring fans and the world’s best golfers closer than ever before. Taking place from July 30-Aug. 3 at Royal Porthcawl, the AIG Women’s Open will be the largest...
by Steve Pike | Jul 9, 2025 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, PGA Tour, Private Clubs
With this month’s official opening of its North Course, Windsong Farm becomes the first private club in Minnesota to offer two outstanding and different 18-hole golf experiences. Windsor Farm is located in Independence, MN. Along with the existing South Course, club...
by Steve Pike | Jul 9, 2025 | Awards, golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Resorts, Travel News
August Decker, Golf General Manager at The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes, has been named Executive of the Year by the Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association (CFHLA), as part of its inaugural Distinguished Leaders in Hospitality Awards. The award...
by Steve Pike | Jul 4, 2025 | Personalities, Restaurants, Travel News
As a restaurant snob in good standing, I admit the last place I expected to find a great eatery was at a new Holiday Inn in Osceola, AR. Located less than 90 minutes north of Memphis along Mississippi River just off Interstate 55, Osceola was once a cotton and timber...
by Steve Pike | Jul 3, 2025 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Private Clubs
Zinkand Golf Design – led by golf course architect David Zinkand and his more than 25 years of experience designing, managing and shaping projects in the field – is currently building a new 12-hole Lowcountry golf course at Okatie, South Carolina’s Chechessee Creek...
by Steve Pike | Jun 30, 2025 | Equipment, Fashion, golf business, Golf News, Personalities
Premium bag company Orca Golf – one of my favorite golf companies – and the Sapphire Golf Tour have formed a partnership whereby Orca Golf is the official golf bag provider of the Tour. This collaboration underscores a mutual commitment to equity,...