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...
Welcome to the New Golf Travel Guru Website
Hallelujah! The Golf Travel Guru website makeover is complete. Now, with the introduction of my vastly improved website, you’ll still get the same Guru quality posts but in a more easy-to-read and visually appealing format. I’ve also expanded the scope of the site beyond golf travel to include other topics my readers have shown...
Is Leopard Creek the Most Picturesque Course in World Golf?
It is probably worth mentioning before going on that one thing is for absolute certain; you are never going to get a general consensus in favor of one golf course being more picturesque or easier on the eye than the other. That’s just the way it is and for good reason given how subjective the matter is....
10 Absolutely Stupid Golf Fashions
1. Camouflage Outfits Maybe for Larry the Cable Guy or some deer hunter who just fell out of his tree perch onto the fairway, but the rest of us should not wear camouflage on the golf course. Same goes for bowling shirts, Hawaiian shirts and baseball and football jerseys. 2. Golf Sandals Yes, you...
Product Review: Square Strike Wedge
You would think someone named “The Guru” would be a fairly good stick, right? Well, I’m not. I’m just another struggling mid-handicapper that’s hit a pool screen or two and chipped more thin and fat shots than I can count. My long game is pretty consistent, but from 15 or 40 yards away from...