Tag Archives: Travel
Q & A With Alison Metcalfe Of Tourism Ireland
By Mike May During the Masters, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Alison Metcalfe, an Executive Vice President for Tourism Ireland. Q: What is the big appeal of planning a trip to Ireland? Metcalfe: The (British) Open Championship is returning to Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland next year (2025) and […]
Public Short Courses are Gaining Popularity in America
By Fred Altvater While the USGA and The R&A are studying the effects of longer golf balls, along with hi-tech golf clubs that increase distance, rendering older traditional courses irrelevant, several new short courses are bucking the trend to provide a wonderful golfing experience for the average golfer. Maybe the USGA, The PGA of America, […]
Brown Golf Management – Making Big Strides in the Hilton Head Area
Brown Golf is a golf course management company on the rise and from what I can see, they do things right. I’ve encountered several companies that take over respectable, well maintained facilities, syphon off all the cash, allow the golf course to lapse into disrepair and leave them as barren as a caterpillar on a […]