Columnist: Z Golf Travel
Fazio’s Black Diamond Ranch in Florida Has a Rugged Look
By Dave Daubert Black Diamond Ranch is a gated enclave in the rolling hills just 15 miles from the Gulf of Mexico and is home to some of the best golf in the country. Its 45 holes were designed by the Tom Fazio, one of the true geniuses in golf course architecture. Fazio’s […]
Tee it High & Let It Fly in Daytona
By David Daubert As golfers in the northern portion of the country dread the onset of cold, dreary winter weather, one of Daytona Beach’s most popular stay-and-play packages is enticing players to visit the “World’s Most Famous Beach,” a Central Florida 365-day hotspot. The “Tee it High and Let it Fly” golf package offers […]
Golf Travel Notes from Len Ziehm
REYNOLDS LAKE OCONEE Few places have been making as many positive changes as the 99-hole Reynolds Lake Oconee resort, which sits midway between Atlanta and Augusta. An 18-month renovation of the resort’s premier course, the Jack Nicklaus-designed Great Waters, has been completed and a multi-million-dollar transformation of The Ritz-Carlton hotel is now in the works, […]
Paradise Found: Quivira Resort in Los Cabos, Mexico
By Fred Altvater I know this will offend religious scholars, but I am not sure the writers of the Bible got the location of the Garden of Eden correct. I just returned from the Quivira Los Cabos on the southern-most tip of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula and I am very certain this is what that fabled […]
RIVIERA COUNTRY CLUB: A PURE GOLF EXPERIENCE
By Mike May Those who truly appreciate the creature comforts of home will experience that same feeling at the Riviera Country Club, in Ormond Beach, Florida, very near Daytona Beach. The course originally opened as a nine-hole layout in the 1930’s, but was later expanded to 18 holes in 1954 and is now listed as […]
A Train Runs Through Florida’s Historic Golf Trail
By Mike May Over the last 100+ years, Florida’s development can largely be attributed to the ambition of the late Henry Flagler and Henry Plant, plus their strategic use of the railroad. Not only did the railroad bring visitors to Florida, it was the key to the growth of many of its golf courses, as […]
Reasons to Visit Toledo and The Arthur Hills Golf Trail
Most golfers don’t think of Toledo, Ohio, when they want to plan a golf trip for their next buddies or girl’s golf getaway. With the initiation of the Arthur Hills Golf Trail, we thought it wise to explain why a golfer and his family would want to come to Toledo to enjoy not only great […]
Florida’s Mount Dora Golf Club Honors Military Veterans
By Len Ziehm The Mount Dora Golf Club sits 30 miles north of Orlando and was founded in 1944 by several WWII veterans returning home. A historical sign on the first tee box proclaims the course a, “Living memorial to Mount Dora’s military troops that served in World War II and all veterans and […]
Mission Inn: The Perfect Place to Play Golf, Plus Relax & Unwind
Len Ziehm Mission Inn and Resort has one of the Sunshine State’s oldest courses, El Campeon, which opened for play just after WW I, in 1917. The companion course, 27-year old Las Colinas, isn’t exactly new, but is a nice complement to the older course. Even at 100 years old, El Campeon is the […]
THREETOPS AT TREETOPS: AN EXPERIENCE UNLIKE ANY OTHER
By Mike May Threetops at Treetops, in Gaylord, Michigan, packs 18 holes of drama into just 9 holes, yet every hole is ‘simply’ a par three. There are not enough superlatives in the English language to provide a fair and accurate description of the beauty, diversity, and the amount of fun to be enjoyed at […]