Located a few hours North of Houston, Whispering Pines offers a serene and beautiful golfing experience. The property is so large it takes a number of minutes to drive from the front gate on the property to the club house. Members are offered cottages to stay in on grounds and the hospitality of the staff […]

One of the great new courses built in the last decade, Ohoopee has moved into a top 10 overall experience in golf. Casual, and chill, fun, and irreverent, the club provides all that is good about the new world of golf. The course is quirky and different (which I like a lot!)… there are 22 […]

Located just a few miles south of lower Manhattan this modern course delights every time I get the chance to play. A feat of engineering the course is made from the dirt dredged from the Hudson River. Piles of sand make the course hilly and somewhat mountainous at times. Really enjoy it here and definitely […]

My friend Jimmie James and I have started a podcast interviewing interesting folks we have met through our golf travels. Check us out on the podcast app and subscribe. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/golf-nuts/id1532755358?i=1000491995565

This Discovery Land property located an hour and half north of NYC boasts a recently renovated and immaculately maintained Fazio designed golf course.Discovery Property is the development company behind the Yellowstone Club and Bakers Bay. Members of Silo Ridge golf course must own a home (or land) on the property. In addition to the golf […]

New York City and the tristate area has so much wonderful “top 100” quality golf it is often times possible to overlook some gems. Meadowbrook (for me at least) is one such gem. A lovely cross between the feel of Garden City Men’s Club, Pipping Rock and Chicago Golf Club. Meadowbrook has everything a golf […]

Built in 2015, Great Horse is a relatively new entry to the golf community and one not widely known (yet). A number of my friends from the Hartford, CT area (where I grew up) have been sharing with me the news of this up-and-coming club for the past few years and today I finally got […]

Grounded in NY during the global pandemic of 2020, the golf courses slowly have begun allowing guests. I recently had the chance to play two wonderful local Westchester gems: Apawamis and Fenway. Apawamis landed a greenskeeper from Oakmont a few years back and the course was in perfect shape in late May. I had played […]

https://golf.com/lifestyle/why-joining-exclusive-golf-club-not-unrealistic/ Thanks to the team at Golf Magazine for including me in this piece.

A well-connected golf friend of mine asked me what was the most highly rated course I hadn’t yet played and the answer was (until today) Seminole Golf Club.  This hole in my golf resume got filled thanks to the connections of my friend.  Designed by Donald Ross in 1929, Seminole is consistently ranked as one […]