A few weeks ago, I told you about the Costa Rica golf guide I was working on in response to the growing number of reader inquiries.
Today, I have the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions (and some that should be) and the name of the company that is, hands down, the one to work with if you decide to head down there.
Let’s start with the basics: Read more →
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Torrey Pines Golf Course (South) is a former U.S. Open venue and annual PGA Tour Stop. Here's how to play it for less than half of its regular rates.
The PGA Tour is playing at San Diego’s Torrey Pines this week, and once again, my friends at Golf Odyssey have the lowdown on playing this former U.S. Open venue and usually crowded municipal complex.
By “lowdown,” I mean the smart way to score a tee time at what is often called “Bethpage West,” and how to save a ton of money in the process.
Consider this: a traveling golfer who books an advance tee time on Torrey Pines’ South Course will have to pay an eye-popping $300 in fees (Bethpage Black is “only” $150 for nonresidents).
That’s a lot to pay for any U.S. Open course, let alone a muni.
Thankfully, there’s an easy and surprisingly convenient way to play Torrey Pines for more than half that much. Read more →
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Waialae Country Club hosts the Sony Open...and you, too, if you know this secret.
Here’s a great tip you can use the next time you’re traveling to or through Honolulu, Hawaii (often a required stop before puddle jumping to the other islands).
Only 15 minutes from the airport is Waialae Country Club, where the PGA Tour just finished playing the Sony Open.
I can’t tell you I watched the tournament, but I can tell you how to get on this private golf course, which was originally designed by Seth Raynor and Charles Banks.
So, want to play it the next time you’re in Honolulu?
Here’s exactly what to do. Read more →
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I love watching those year-in-review shows that have been all over TV this time of year.
In minutes, you get a recap of the year’s most important happenings, and I’m always amazed how there are a few stories I totally missed.
It got me thinking that you might like a quick recap of the year in golf travel, too.
So, without further ado, here is a list of — and links to — the 10 most popular tips and topics we published in 2011. Read more →
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Ireland golf vacations (and others in the Eurozone) will likely be a bargain in 2012.
Why have you, my savvy readers, lately been seeking advice about golf vacations to places such as Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, and France?
Three words: the exchange rate.
Due to the European debt crisis, the Euro has taken a beating, down to 1.29 against the US Dollar as of this writing.
That’s a 15 percent drop in the last nine months alone, and I recently read a prominent economist’s prediction that it may slide even more. Read more →
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You wouldn't think this small, remote island would have a golf course, but it does.
While working on an upcoming golf travel tip, I stumbled upon a remote island I had never heard of before.
At only 50 square miles, this island sits like a speck in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
It doesn’t have any kind of economy to speak of.
It doesn’t even have a full network of paved roads.
But it does have a golf course.
And someone you know quite well will be playing there in five days. Read more →
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Golf Digest ranks Kiawah Island's Ocean Course as the toughest in America.
Yesterday, I was reading the January issue of Golf Digest and came across its list of “America’s 75 Toughest Golf Courses.”
As someone who has always valued “the overall experience” over sheer difficulty, I flipped right past it.
But then I flipped back.
Many of the names were familiar, top-100 courses that I have been lucky enough to play and thoroughly enjoyed.
I started wondering just how many of Golf Digest’s “America’s Toughest” courses were also on its list of “America’s Greatest.”
So I counted them. And I was shocked by what I found. Read more →
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