Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
Golfweek magazine has released it annual ranking of the top publicly accessible courses in the U.S., and the choices could entice a private club member to go public. I have played a fair number of the...
Later this month, I will visit the Columbia, SC, golf community Cobblestone Park, a Phoenix attempting to rise from the ashes. Cobblestone is a former property of Bobby Ginn whose unraveling empire...
In a stressful economy that is putting many independent golf courses into full-fledged survival mode, some course operators have put aside their competitive natures and pooled their shrinking...
While trying to think of a topic for this space today, I stared out the back window of our condo in Pawleys Plantation. The window faces the rear tee on the 15th hole, the toughest driving hole on a...
In 2008, United Van Lines, one of the nation's largest shippers of household goods, relocated nearly 200,000 customers. Most of them went south and west, many with golf clubs in tow. United Van...
I am working on the second edition of the Home On The Course newsletter, which debuted just a few weeks ago. The July edition will include some advice on where to find the best year round climate for...
Golf is a mental game. The sharper we are, the better we play, all physical aspects being equal. One of the best ways for those of us reaching our retirement years to stay sharp on and off the...
It has been exactly a year since my first golf trip to Scotland, my one and only round at the Old Course at St. Andrews, and one memorably played hole. I am feeling a bit nostalgic, not just because I...
Tens of thousands of retirees and those in the pre-retirement planning stages rely on the judgment ofWhere to Retire magazine, whose circulation reaches well into the six-figure range. But as we...
Where to Retire magazine's annual choice of "America's 100 Best Master-Planned Communities" is the centerpiece of its July/August issue. The list includes some fine communities, many of which I have...
For the first time in 23 years, I do not belong to a private golf club. A few months ago, I lapsed my membership at Hop Meadow Country Club in Simsbury, CT, after a year of brain-racking...
Golf Digest recently published its 2009 Economic Outlook Study, essentially a survey of its five million plus readers. What an optimistic bunch! When asked if they planned to spend more, less or...