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In the Clubhouse

by Charley Coppola

The RVGolfer

by Dale Archibald

Minnesota's got a lot going for RVing and overall quality of life. In Spicer, there's a lake..and quite a show.

by Terry Vander Heiden

The Concession was designed by Tony Jacklin and Jack Nicklaus and named after a two-foot putt. Read more about it.

The Golf Explorer

by Hal Gevertz

Travis Air Force Base named after Brigadier General Robert F
Travis who died in a crash of a B29 Superfortress while
transporting a nuclear weapon, was officially activated in May
17, 1943 as an Air Transport Command with the primary mission
during World War II of ferrying aircraft and supplies to the
Pacific Theater. Read more about it.

Pasatiempo Goes to the Goats By Bob Fagan

How about this for an environmentally friendly way to clean out the brush on your golf course? One of Northern California’s golf course gems, Santa Cruz’s Pasatiempo Golf Club, has just enlisted the help of nearly 200 bearded goats to help clean out the brush and debris in their canyon areas as part of their restoration process. Call the operation “Landscape Goat.” Read more about it.

Costa Baja Picture rugged desert mountains with glistening sunsets on one of the most interesting bodies of water on the planet, and then add spectacular golf. Calm turquoise waters wash the rugged coastline while below the surface exotic creatures live. Combine that with luxurious lodging, and array of delicious food, and friendly, safe surrounds, and you have the CostaBaja in La Paz, Mexico.

Dubai Dubai is becoming the “trading center” of the Middle East attracting an unusual “melting pot” of folks from all around the world. Recently I had the opportunity to experience the area and came back so impressed. Not only was the golf absolutely first-rate, but also the number of surrounding attractions allows most anyone to check off multiple items on their “bucket lists.”

The Concession

Saddle Creek Golf Resort by Mike Hamiel.

I hadn’t been back to Saddle Creek Resort since June of 1999, just three years after the course opened in the foothills of Calaveras County, I would be surprised with the changes. Golf Today Magazine had been invited to come up to check out the course and enjoy a night in one of the bungalows on the property. Driving east from highway 99 up highway 4 through open rangeland with scattered cattle ranches, I remembered my ultimate destination was somewhere up ahead on the western flanks of the Sierra Mountains. Read more about it.

Okanagan Country A Harvest of Sweet Fruit, Golf.  by Bill Nestor

Okanagan Valley, the fruit basket of Canada, is a land of clear blue sky, dry and sunny weather, expansive countryside and a plethora of outdoor activities. East of Vancouver and west of the Rockies in south central British Columbia, the region has a century-old agricultural industry and a growing number of vineyards and wineries. Read more about it.

Norway Golf by Mike Hamiel

I had never been to Laughlin but I had heard that this
small town on the Colorado River, just a hundred miles south of Las Vegas had
already garnered awards as a golf Mecca for winter golfers. Two days later, I found out the short trip to Laughlin was not to be, I had agreed to go to “Lofoten”, as in Lofoten, Norway, which is in the Norwegian Arctic, 95 miles above the Arctic Circle! Read more about it.

Sevillano Links

Golfers in search of a Stay & Play golf experience with unlimited same-day play can call Sevillano Links to book a fun and affordable getaway at the nationally-ranked John Daly Signature Course (Corning, CA) in California’s North State Region.