Wallace Adams Golf Course at Little Ocmulgee State Park Are you looking for golf deals in all the wrong places?While cost conscious golf travelers, understandably, flock to golf trails and budget resorts, there are also money-saving deals and great golf to be found at state parks, especially in Georgia.If you like excellent golf with...
Go To the Masters: The Ultimate Spectator Experience
I don’t care if you can’t break 120. If you’re passionate about golf on any level, you absolutely must go to the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club.Amazingly, in more than two decades of writing about golf travel, I had never been to the Masters. Suffice it to say, it was a glaring void in...
The Greatest Show on Turf: Ryder Cup 2016
I’ve been to a World Series, Orange Bowl game, NCAA basketball tournament games, major NASCAR races and a host of other big time sports events.My best sports spectator experience, however, was the 2014 Ryder Cup matches at Gleneagles in Scotland. Nothing, and I mean nothing, compares to the patriotic fervor, passion and drama of...
5 Places to Play Golf While the Dollar is Strong
Remember the great Kool & The Gang song “Celebration”?Well, it’s time to start singing it: “Let’s celebrate, it’s all right….”The U.S. dollar has been gaining strength of late and I’ve got a list of countries where the golf is superb at a very happy price (when you consider the excellent exchange rates).Here are Five...
2016 PGA Merchandise Show Product Picks
The Guru has to been to more than 20 PGA Merchandise Shows so I’ve seen just about every new golf product imaginable. “The Show”, staged annually in Orlando, Florida is the greatest display of golf products and services on the planet.I spent three days wandering the miles of aisles at the Orange County Convention...