When international travel gets the green light, where do you want to play? Scotland? Ireland? Portugal? Spain? New Zealand? Mars? Well, we might pump the brakes on that last one, but hopefully Elon Musk or Richard Branson can get us there one day. Until then, many of us can’t wait to fly and tee...
X-Golf America Expanding the Indoor Golf Experience

Whoa, wait a minute… You’re saying, I can go to a restaurant with a full-service bar with high-end golf simulators that will replicate all golf shots and measure ball speed, launch, direction and spin along with club path, impact, and speed. I’m in. Nobody loves cocktails, appetizers and entertainment golf like I do. I’m...
Top 10 Golf Travel Trends for 2020

Tiger Woods is playing in four majors in 2020. How many will you attend? Increasingly, golf travelers want to attend majors and the Ryder Cup. With fat and ever-growing 401k accounts in their back pocket and a great economy, golfers are going to aggressively pursue their bucket list golf travel dreams next year. Baby...
Fabulous Native American Golf Courses

I grew up in Oklahoma and learned about Native American history in school and from friends of various tribes. I’ve always appreciated and admired so many wonderful aspects of the diverse Native American culture. There’s also a lot to be admired about the number of spectacular Native American golf courses that have quietly arrived...
Branson Golf Has Arrived Big Time

If I rattled off a list of course designers like Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Gary Player, Tom Fazio and Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore, where do you think they’ve recently built or are building golf courses? No, not Pinehurst. Not Hilton Head. Not Orlando… It’s Branson, Missouri. While it has a long standing reputation...