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 19, 2026 | Golf News, Opinion, R & A, Rules of Golf, Tiger Woods, USGA
By Brian Sommer Professional golf has spent centuries polishing its image. Its competitors wear collared shirts. Spectators whisper. Hats are removed after the final putt. Broadcasters lower their voices as though the eighteenth green were a chapel rather than a...
by Steve Pike | Jun 27, 2026 | golf business, Golf Course Design, Golf Courses, Golf News, Opinion, USGA
Part I of Brian Sommer’s four-part essay on what the World Cup, Shinnecock Hills, and the Long Island Crowd Exposed By Brian Sommer Golf has a self-importance problem. That is not the same as saying golf is unimportant. Nor is it to deny its difficulty. Golf is...
by Steve Pike | Jun 15, 2026 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Hotels, Personalities, PGA Tour, Resorts, USGA
Omni Hotels & Resorts has announced new brand ambassador partnership with Jackson Koivun, the top-ranked men’s player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. The partnership further highlights Omni’s significant investments in golf and its commitment...
by Steve Pike | May 13, 2026 | golf balls, golf business, Golf News, Personalities, PGA Tour, USGA
Although Cameron Young says he’s been playing the same ball for nearly one year, he finds himself this week in the middle of golf’s latest tempest-in-a-teapot controversy. Young has been playing a Titleist Pro V1x Double Dot ball, which by all accounts already meets...
by Steve Pike | May 4, 2026 | golf business, Golf Course Design, golf course management, Golf Courses, Golf News, Real Estate, USGA
Escalante Golf, a boutique owner and operator of luxury golf properties across 17 states – has acquired Hawks Ridge Golf Club in Ball Ground, GA. Since opening in 1999, Hawks Ridge has been regularly ranked among the country’s Top 200 Modern Courses and Georgia’s best...
