Traveler’s Championship to be Held June 19-22
Your chance to see great golf during the same week as the Northeast Amateur is just 75 miles south in Cromwell, Ct. at TPC River Highlands. This beautiful course has hosted the PGA event for almost 20 years, and each year seems to be more exciting than the last. World’s number one golfer, Scottie Scheffler, […]
63rd Northeast Amateur to be Held at Wannamoisett June 18-21
You have the wonderful opportunity to see some of the best future PGA Tour stars up close and personal at Wannamoisett C.C. in East Providence R.I. from June 18-21 at the 63rd Northeast Amateur Championship. There is no charge for the event and you can follow any players that you wish. Last year’s tournament was […]
Myrtle Beach Golf—Better Than Ever
In May a small group of Golf Travel Writers of America were invited to Myrtle Beach to play three of the fine courses that are part of the Founders Group International, a group of owners who own 21 courses at 18 different locations in and around the Myrtle Beach area. I was fortunate enough to […]
PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando is an Experience
One of the highlights of being in the golf business is that we get to go to the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando. This golf extravaganza brings together golf pros, golf businesses, course owners and managers, club officers and golf writers together for a four-day feast of everything that is golf. There are people from […]
Coronavirus Alters The World
Where were you when you first heard the term coronavirus? We were reading the paper in St. Augustine, Fla. while looking at the Atlantic Ocean in early February. This virus had started in China and there was talk that it could spread around the world. With today’s modern medicines there was little to worry about, […]
Summer 2020
There Will Never Be Another Arnold
While watching the Bay Hill Classic this week in Orlando I had many great memories of Arnold Palmer who started this tournament and whose name is attached to the event. The memories go back to 1957 just before the Wethersfield Open outside of Hartford, CT. My dad, an excellent athlete, had recently taken up golf […]
Metacomet C.C. in East Providence Planning to Close
The members of Metacomet C.C. in East Providence, R.I. received a letter from the ownership group on February 21 stating that losses for the last year where much greater than the previous two years and that the owners are in discussions with a company to purchase the property. Plans are for the course to stay […]
National Golf Expo-Boston Feb 28-March 1
For three days only, February 28-March 1, the National Golf Expo transforms Boston’s Seaport World Trade Center into the Northeast’s largest indoor pro shop and driving range. “Itching to get back on the links? Need new equipment? Want to improve your game? Like a challenge? At this year’s Golf Expo you can do it all!” […]
Brett Quigley Wins – Finally
HARTFORD, Conn. – Rhode Island native Brett Quigley was always one of the most outgoing and personable players on the PGA Tour but went 0-for-408 in getting to the winner’s circle. Quigley’s uncle, Dana, also never won on the PGA Tour, though he and Brett each had chances in the Greater Hartford Open (now Travelers […]