by Steve Pike | Mar 27, 2025 | Conservation, golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Privare clubs, Technology
It’s fairly well-known now that the main grass at The main grass at Miakka Golf Club, cuurently under construction in Myakka City, FL., is called “Stadium” zoysia. The grass was developed several years ago Bladerunner Farms in Bay City, Texas, in...
by Steve Pike | Mar 21, 2025 | Culinary, Personalities, Restaurants
Manny Portuondo is one of South Florida’s more successful and respected restaurateurs, businessmen and entrepreneurs. And as with most successful people – in any business or walk of life – there really is no “secret’’ that has helped them succeed, just a...
by Steve Pike | Mar 20, 2025 | Events, golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, LIV Golf, Personalities, Resorts
With a larger-than-life course (the Blue Monster) and the storied golf history of host Trump National Doral Miami, there’s no better setting for the LIV Golf League’s 2025 South Florida debut. The League’s 13 four-player teams, April 4-6, will tee it up on the...
by Steve Pike | Mar 20, 2025 | Culinary, Personalities, Restaurants, Travel News
Every once in a while, you find a restaurant that you can truly call one of your “favorites.’’ In this case, meet Jarana Aventura, the 7,000 square-foot restaurant located in the Esplanade dining area of the upscale Aventura Mall in North Miami. Jarana, which means...
by Steve Pike | Mar 18, 2025 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, PGA Tour, Resorts, Travel News
“Mark my words, there’s trouble a brewin.’’ Grumpy (1937) With the most extensive redesign of Disney’s Magnolia Golf Course complete, Walt Disney World Resort and Arnold Palmer Golf Management have the course’s four reimagined holes, “Grumpy’s Gauntlet.’’ It’s...
by Steve Pike | Mar 14, 2025 | Events, Personalities, Private Clubs, Resorts
In a collaboration that blends elegance and athleticism, Four Seasons will host The Road to The Giorgio Armani Tennis Classic – an exclusive doubles invitational that will unfold as a series of tournaments at four renowned Four Seasons properties offering celebrated...
