I’ve lived in Florida for more than 30 years and one of my favorite weekend getaways is Naples in southwest Florida. It’s often described as the west coast Florida’s answer to Palm Beach. Although it’s peppered with financial services offices and numerous luxury homes, I find Naples to be much less pretentious than Palm...
10 Annoying Things About Golf
Laying on my couch this weekend watching the PGA Championship and U.S. Women’s Amateur, I had a few minutes during commercials to write down some of the things that annoy me about golf these days. 1. I absolutely love Topgolf, but the golf media should please stop saying it’ll bring more Millennials to golf. Noshing...
Get Ready for Spieth Slam
Will 24-year-old Jordan Spieth achieve the career Grand Slam by winning the PGA Championship (August 10-13) at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina? Yes. While there will be no shortage of young guns vying for the Wanamaker Trophy such as Rory McIlory, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Rickie Fowler to name a few,...
10 Reasons I Love Italy’s Friuli Venezia Giulia Region
One of the Guru’s favorite places on the planet is Italy. I spend a month there each year. On this visit (June 2017), I took much more time exploring vineyards than golf courses in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region. Yet, whether you want to play lots of golf or drink lots of wine, I...
Fabulous Friuli Venezia Giulia in Italy
While Italy has numerous regions where La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) is readily available, I highly recommend the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in the northeast part of the country. I recently spent a month there and I’ll definitely return next summer. Whether it’s the boutique hotel amid the vineyards near Civedale or roaming the...