Category Archives: Courses

Briar’s Creek

There’s a club near Charleston, SC…more accurately driver-driver-driver from Kiawah….called Briar’s Creek. Rees Jones took a green bean farm and made it into a really fine golf course..The last five holes are stunners… two really good Par 4′s (14 and … Continue reading

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Briar’s Creek

There’s a club near Charleston, SC…more accurately driver-driver-driver from Kiawah….called Briar’s Creek. Rees Jones took a green bean farm and made it into a really fine golf course..The last five holes are stunners… two really good Par 4′s (14 and … Continue reading

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The Best Trips In Golf Part III- Three Fall Days in Pinehurst

As everyone knows the summer heat in the south ranges somewhere between barely manageable to downright unsafe..No matter how great the venue, playing golf in Dixie in the months of July-September is a challenge to say the least..But when the … Continue reading

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Enjoy-Engh Golf Again

Thanks to the handful of Best In Golf readers who have hung in through my post drought…and if you noticed any post drought, thanks even more. I’m afraid I’m having a little crisis in faith so to speak. No not … Continue reading

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The Best Trips In Golf Part II – Three Days in Charleston

Staying with the coast for Part II we’ll spend three days in Charleston…the history alone is a reason to come back after your golf trip and maybe the best part of all is the food. Your weekend is going to … Continue reading

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Who Knew…

…that the best par three and the best par four in Charleston reside at the same golf course. I sure didn’t until my pal Tom Bewley finally asked me to join him for a round two Sundays ago. Now I know I’m … Continue reading

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The Snee Farm Member-Guest

The Member Guest is the highlight of the calendar at clubs all around the golfing world…and I just played in a beauty. Snee Farm can only be described, and I say this with respect, as a working man’s club. It … Continue reading

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The Best Drives in Golf Part I

I only know a few, but some of the drives I’ve been on are extraordinary. I’m talking about roads and sometimes driveways. The place you find yourself at the end of a journey…where a great golf experience awaits…or at least … Continue reading

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The Best Small Hotels in Golf Part I

There are several really great small hotels in golf. Places with 40 rooms or so, diminutive in size but not style. . Most have one or both of the criteria for the category…that of course is a superior bar (and … Continue reading

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The List

Bob Carney, Creative Director and overall Heart & Soul of Golf Digest, and I have talked many times about how guys like us choose the places we play golf. There exists in the golf universe a list…those places that we … Continue reading

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