CostaBaja Resort opens Player course
CostaBaja Resort & Spa in La Paz, Mexico. LA PAZ, Mexico – CostaBaja Resort & Spa, a 550-acre property on the Sea of Cortez, last week opened its new golf course, the first designed by Gary Player in Mexico or Latin America. The course sits on a rugged, arid hillside overlooking the resort and the town of La Paz, which is located on More...
Chung, Kim pace Stanford to Gifford lead
David Chung during the 2010 U.S. Amateur. SAN MARTIN, Calif. – Stanford senior Sihwan Kim always likes to have one swing thought during a tournament. At this week’s Gifford Collegiate Invitational at CordeValle, More...
Golfweek’s Best Deals: Gulf Coast
Kiva Dunes When golf industry executives talk about emerging markets, they’re usually referring to China, various points in South America, even India. But you don’t need to go that far. Over the past decade More...
‘How do I get my course nationally rated?’
Ballyhack, ranked 15th on Golfweek’s Best New list ‘How do I get my course nationally rated?’ I get that question a lot. What follows are some of the pointers I give when people ask me the secrets More...
Hidden gems of British golf
The 314-yard par 4, eighth hole on the Bracken Course at Woodhall Spa in Woodhall Spa, England. WOODHALL SPA, England – Journeying to the quintessential English town of Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire is a chore, More...
Woodhall Spa under the radar in British Isles
The 314-yard par 4, eighth hole on the Bracken Course at Woodhall Spa in Woodhall Spa, England. WOODHALL SPA, England – Journeying to the quintessential English town of Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire is a chore, More...
Vaughan fires course record in Platinum Classic warm-up
Bradford Vaughan RUSTENBURG, South Africa – The Platinum Classic doesn’t start until Thursday, yet the course record has already been broken twice this week with Bradford Vaughan firing 61 Wednesday in More...
Golf courses employ goats for maintenance
Goats wander the canyons at Pasatiempo. When officials at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, Calif., began looking through old photo albums of their classic Alister MacKenzie design, they had the idea to return More...
Poipu Bay set for December reopening
Poipu Bay POIPU, KAUAI, Hawaii – Poipu Bay Golf Course, which has been closed since April 1 for greens refurbishment, is scheduled to reopen Dec. 16. The original Tifdwarf Bermuda greens were replaced with More...
2010 Golfweek’s Best New Courses
No. 12 at Shooting Star 2010 Golfweek’s Best: New Courses 1) Old Macdonald 8.90 Bandon, Ore. 2010, Tom Doak, Jim Urbina 2) Huntsman Springs 7.77 Driggs, Idaho 2009, David McLay Kidd 3) Shooting Star 7.75 Teton More...