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Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
Bias in Best Places to Live Ratings
Those who read my free monthly newsletter, Home On The Course, and Golf Community Reviews know I am not a big fan of those web sites and magazines that rank the best places to live or retire. Such...
Bias in Best Places to Live Ratings
Those who read my free monthly newsletter, Home On The Course, and Golf Community Reviews know I am not a big fan of those web sites and magazines that rank the best places to live or retire. Such...
Bias in Best Places to Live Ratings
Those who read my free monthly newsletter, Home On The Course, and Golf Community Reviews know I am not a big fan of those web sites and magazines that rank the best places to live or retire. Such...
Happy Birthday Balcomie
My first visit to the Balcomie Links at the Crail Golfing Society was magical, and it started even before my first tee shot. Standing on the tiny practice green with my son Tim, a collegiate golfer at...
Covid Affects Sunbelt Real Estate…Positively
It may seem counterintuitive, but the coronavirus is about to have some positive effects on real estate sales in Southeast golf communities. There are a few reasons for this, which I explore in my...
Maybe the Best Golf Course You’ve Never Heard Of
Note to those of you who live within a two-hour drive of where the New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut borders meet – and that means you who live in Hartford, Albany, just north of New York...
Could Covid-19 Be the Injection Golf Needs?
With few exceptions, golf courses that have remained open the last two months across the nation have done a good job of adapting to play during the pandemic -- by closing pro shops and clubhouses...
Total Rubbish: Golfer Give Clubs Improper Burial
I was going through the 40,000 photos I have taken over the last 15 years and found the one below. I was looking for some photos to accompany a review I just posted at OffTheBeatenCartPath.com. I...
Heavens Cry Over Golf Course Closures?
Late last week, I was heartened that my golf course standby in Hartford, CT, Keney Park, was doing all the right things to stay open and safe for its customers. These included online payment to...
Frozen Assets: Doing Nothing One Reaction to Financial Crisis
Caveat: I am not a financial expert, nor do I play one at this website. I recognize that we are in uncharted waters today, so please do not take the following as advice. Before coronavirus, and...
Fun in golf, for as little as 25 cents per round
Most of us will not make it to Augusta National for this year’s Masters tournament, but many will certainly be glued to the television for most every stroke, or at least the after-round highlights. A...
Travel Insurance Quandary: Coronavirus, golf and me
I have big plans for late spring and, of course, they involve golf. It also involves a friend from North Carolina and a brother-in-law from England and a week of golf in the Scottish Highlands. I mention...