Texas is full of golf history, including historic courses you can play. Stevens Park, Brackenridge park and Lions Municipal are among the collection of classic courses in the Lone Star state.
Not all Texas country clubs have had the steadfast history of Fort Worth's Colonial. But while some of these sites have been lost, others are now public and affordable.
When the Vail Mountain ski slopes opened in 1962, the next question was: "What are we going to do in the summer?" It didn't take long to come up with the idea of Vail Golf Club. It's hard to beat a round of golf in the summer at these cooler temperatures. Vail has always done things first class, and that describes the experience here, David R. Holland writes.
While my golf travels often take me to some of the most coveted golf courses around the world, when I'm at home in Austin, I'm walking the munis like everyone else, usually with my dog in tow and maybe a beverage or two stuffed in my golf bag. As a central Austin local since 2008, I've played the courses near my home a good deal; if you're not sure where to begin, here's the skinny on Austin's municipals and courses closest to downtown.
A few years ago, the decision was made to make Brackenridge Park Golf Course the centerpiece of an Alamo Golf Trail initiative. The owners spent $7.5 million to not only restore Brackenridge to the old A.W. Tillinghast design and feel, but to bring it up to modern standards as well. What remains is a Tillinghast classic.
Few spectacles are as big as the Final Four, so it's fitting that Jerry Jones' AT&T Stadium and Big D are the settings for this year's NCAA Basketball's semifinals and championship game, April 5-7. For the 80,000 fans or so who will be attending, this is also the perfect time of year to take in a few other activities such as golf, and the Dallas-Fort Worth area is primed with more than 100 daily-fee or semi-private golf courses to enjoy. Narrowing it down to a few isn't easy, but here are a few suggestions.
Other than missing a handful of big-timers, northern Michigan features a list of golf course designers as good as any destination in the country. All the usual suspects who dominate top 100 lists are well represented. But what are the best of the best? Jason Scott Deegan offers up northern Michigan's 10 best "designer" golf courses.
Which golf course architects have had the greatest influence on major championships? We look at the ten best, which include Tom Fazio, Pete Dye and Donald Ross.
Mobile, Alabama might be best known for its love of college football -- it hosts a bowl game and an all-star game stocked with seniors with NFL dreams -- but there's much to love about this intriguing Southern city at the mouth of the Mobile Bay. It's home to the original Mardi Gras celebration, an eclectic mix of downtown restaurants and shops and some really good golf. An LPGA Tour venue highlights a versatile golf scene. Here are the five best places to play golf around Mobile.
Colonial Country Club has been the site of the Crowne Plaza Colonial Invitational on the PGA Tour since 1946. Also known as "Hogan's Alley," because the legendary Ben Hogan won there five times, Colonial is steeped in tradition and history.
Designed by Donald Ross and opened in 1925, Hyde Park G.C. in Jacksonville, Fla. is steeped in history. It isn't long by today's standards, but in the 1950s it was a championship test for the likes of Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, Babe Zaharias and Patty Berg.
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