A couple of days before the 2022 PGA Show in Orlando I got a call from Art Stricklin, CEO of The Art of Golf Travel, a highly respected Dallas-based golf travel company that escorts golfers around the world to some of the best courses on the planet. Stricklin was brief. “Hey, you’re going to...
5 Must Play U.S.A. Short Courses
It’s the Guru’s policy to not comment on or review courses he hasn’t played, so the following are five of my absolute short course favorites. I’ve also provided a list at the bottom of this post of exceptional short and par-3 courses that golf writer friends have highly recommended to me. 1. Winter Park...
5 Reasons Why THE PLAYERS Should Be the Fifth Major
I assume the same Doug Downer traditionalists that don’t want pros to wear shorts, hate the raucous atmosphere at the WM Phoenix Open and utterly despise Topgolf, also don’t want THE PLAYERS Championship to be a fifth major. I disagree with them on all counts and I strongly believe THE PLAYERS is worthy of...
Sarasota: The Ultimate Golf, Culture and Meetings Getaway
Is there anything worse for a golfer or meeting attendee than leaving a bewildered spouse back at the hotel surfing the daytime channels with nothing to watch but infomercials for Emeril’s cookware, Judge Judy and Real Housewives of Orange County reruns? You can forget that problem in Sarasota, Florida. While you’re out at meetings...