by Traveling Golfer Staff | Oct 16, 2013
by Robert Kaufman Long live James W. Marshall and Rosie the Ribiter, two of the most significant celebrities to hail from California’s Gold Country, the recognized birthplace of the Golden State. The former is historically admired as the original 49er after...
by Traveling Golfer Staff | Sep 17, 2013
By Philip Hall The idea of “mountain golf” has long held widespread appeal for what it enables: long vistas, dramatic elevation changes from tee to green, and cooler temperatures (especially in equatorial regions). It’s more accurate, however, to think of “mountains”,...
by Traveling Golfer Staff | Sep 17, 2013
By: John Gordon Why would you go to Central America just to golf? You wouldn’t. But, says Mike Young, you should definitely golf when you visit this tropical paradise. Young is an Atlanta-based golf course architect who has done a number of projects in Central...
by Andrew Penner | Jul 17, 2013
By:Andrew Penner After my fifteenth backwards bail, arms-and-legs and bad words flying everywhere, I knew I was in some trouble. My surfing lesson – with a couple of legendary Hawaiian watermen, no less – wasn’t going well. My feet, thanks to a couple of crashes...
by Traveling Golfer Staff | Jun 19, 2013
By Anita Draycott Looking for a new golf destination with a romantic hook? Consider Northern Italy’s gorgeous Lake District where the greens are grandissimo and the après golf is quintessentially Italian. Wherever you chose to play in the Lombardy region you’ll note...
by Traveling Golfer Staff | Jun 19, 2013
By: John Gordon If you’re reading this, obviously you are a “traveling golfer,” so you know there are any number of multi-course destinations that vie for your attention. They boast—and justifiably—about the quantity and quality (the latter of utmost importance for us...