No other state in the east offers more in the way of golf community choices than does North Carolina, whose 500-mile length spans ocean to mountains with a fertile Piedmont region in between. Choose from among dozens of coastal golf communities, like Landfall, just a few miles from the exciting town of Wilmington and even closer to Wrightsville Beach; or Mountain Air (photo left), whose 4,000+ foot elevation will add a few yards to your golf shots; or any of the great choices near sophisticated cities, like Asheville, Charlotte and Raleigh/Durham. And there are plenty of out-of-the-way choices where bargain real estate abounds and the golf is excellent, such as the area between Hertford (Albemarle Plantation, Scotch Hall Preserve) and Greenville (Cypress Landing, Brook Valley); and the many top notch golf communities sprinkled throughout the western North Carolina mountains.
Looking back up the fairway from behind #1 at Stoney Creek, you see all the elements of an excellent starter, including the sloping landing area at mid fairway and the creek that gives the course its...
Yawning bunkers awaited the PGA pros in 1974 when today's 9th played as the 18th. Winston-Salem, NC, is not exactly on most foursome's list of places to spend a long weekend or week in the...
I'm not going burden you with any overheated prose about the terrific Tanglewood Park Championship Course I played last week. Instead, I will just share a few photos I took. Suffice to say that the...
Pick your poison: Big Fazio bunkers await you on the 11th at Finley no matter which side of the fairway you choose. Years from now, the late 20th and early 21st Centuries may be looked upon in golf...
Target golf: When fairways are dormant, greens can look like bulls eyes. If you are as old as I am, you just might remember the gasoline station wars of the 1950s. One gas station would lower its prices...
The first hole on most courses is a warmup, a routinely mild introduction to the rest of the course. But at River Place, the tricky placement off the tee to a sloping fairway signals just how tough...
The 6th hole at Rock Barn, a long par 4, brings a creek into play in front of the green. Senior PGA professionals are making their annual stop at Rock Barn Country Club and Spa this weekend. I had...
The 6th hole at Rock Barn, a long par 4, brings a creek into play in front of the green. R.W. Eaks won the Champions Tour event at Rock Barn this past weekend. I had the opportunity to visit the...
Tiger Woods' first foray into golf course design is in the desert terrain of Dubai. His second one will present an entirely different challenge. Yesterday, the world's best golfer confirmed that he will...
Hardly a week goes by when I don't see some advertisement or other for The Maggie Valley Resort and Club. The resort has been around for more than four decades but it went through some rough times. Its...
It is no coincidence that Pine Needles is the site this weekend for the women's professional golf championship, the third time the famed Donald Ross course has hosted the event. The course shows up...
Wilmington, NC, has many cultural activities to recommend it. But a viable concert hall isn't one of them. That may change if a growing group of Wilmington citizens have their way. The group, ARCH,...