General
Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
Why we love the game
I could never hope to hit a 95 mph rising fastball. Or move a 300 pound lineman out of the way in football. Or beat a pro basketball player in a game of one on one (if he was really trying). There is...
Favored architects command a price
Fazio's fairways at Champion Hills keep homes and OB stakes at bay. For the last week, we ran a poll to ascertain our readers' favorite golf course architects. Albeit with only a few votes cast, the...
Expensive homes taking longer to sell
We are hearing from real estate agents that homes at the top of the market are lingering longer on the MLS (multiple listing service) and fetching a smaller percentage of their asking prices than...
Immigration reform and golf
Immigration reform is all over the news pages, and it occurs to me that there might be only one degree of separation between the resolution of the immigration issue and the future of golf in...
Stop and smell the grasses
The fastest players at my club in Connecticut fight for the earliest rounds. I never like to be the first off the tee at 7 a.m. unless I am playing by myself. Then I can stay comfortably ahead of...
When Tiger loses does golf win or lose?
We are beginning to wonder whether Tiger Woods is good for golf. Certainly, one can argue that when someone emerges as the best of his time or maybe ever, that is a good thing for a sport. Tiger...
Ladies Day
In honor of the mother of my children, I am taking the rest of today off. However, before I do, I wanted to say that this week's LPGA tour event is being held at Kingsmill's River Course, a classic layout...
For the fun of it: Zillow.com can be helpful, if you don't take it too seriously
As a real estate market junkie, I love the web site Zillow.com and return to it occasionally to check on the latest market estimates for our primary and vacation homes, as well as those of our...
Invasion of the teenage golfers
This post is a little late today. The Simsbury, CT, Westminster School's golf team is coming to dinner tonight, what they call succinctly a "team feed." I've been out all morning trying to do the...
Formerly cool markets are hot now
According to the U.S. Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO), which keeps track of single-family house prices in more than 200 markets, many metro markets that flew under the radar...
Living the retirement dream...before retirement
It might seem counterintuitive, but if you are pointing toward a home on a golf course when you retire, there may be good reasons not to wait until then. So says Chicago Tribune columnist Jane Kidd...
Delaware community providing taste of what it has to offer, literally and figuratively
The Peninsula on the Indian River Bay is a high-end community near Rehoboth Beach, DE. It is not exactly a place for year-round golf, but you can certainly don a heavy sweater and get through...