Road Trip
| Palmetto Bluff Charms | |
| Bluffton, South Carolina, is not exactly a fixture on any list of the world’s great travel destinations. This small, quaint and heretofore rather sleepy little community has existed in relative obscurity since its settling in the early 1800s. Or at least it had until just recently. That’s when the resort and residential boom that consumed virtually all of nearby Hilton Head Island...
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| Viva La Diferencia | |
| The difference between Cabo San Lucas and La Paz is much more than a two-hour drive up the coast on Baja California's main highway. Cabo is developed and commercial; La Paz is quaint, quirky, authentic Mexico. Cabo has Applebee's; La Paz has Rancho Viejo, a locally famous 24-hour taco restaurant.What Cabo does have that La Paz does not is a wealth of golf. The Cabo San Lucas area boasts the best...
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| Dye Springs Eternal at French Lick | |
| For several decades now, French Lick, Indiana, has been known as the home of NBA legend and Basketball Hall of Famer Larry Bird. But going forward, it might well be known as the home of the most difficult course in golf.The Pete Dye Golf Course at French Lick is the latest creation spawned by the ever-creative, but never subtle designer whose name the course bears. With his works at places like...
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| Desert Oasis | |
| Summer in the Sonoran Desert is hot, no matter what they say about no humidity and dry heat. But if your winter golf trip is in the planning stages now, think Phoenix. I've been going to Phoenix since 1990, combining business and pleasure, and I always look forward to it and always have a blast. The desert is stark but striking in a desolate sort of way and mountains are majestic. Sunsets are...
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| A Spiritual Journey to Pinehurst | |
| As you drive up Highway 5 and approach the village, it hits you. Not like a ton of bricks, but like a pillowcase full of feathers. You take a deep breath and relax. The world just slowed down about 100 miles per hour. You've arrived in golf's Mecca. You're in Pinehurst. No other place in golf soothes the soul like Pinehurst. There are even rocking chairs on the front porch of the Carolina Hotel....
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