Columnist: Steve Pike
“Mark My Words, There’s Trouble A Brewin.’’
By Steve Pike With the most extensive redesign of Disney’s Magnolia Golf Course complete, Walt Disney World Resort and Arnold Palmer Golf Management have renamed the course’s four reimagined holes, “Grumpy’s Gauntlet.’’ Similar to “The Bear Trap’’ at PGA National Resort, “The Snake Pit’’ at Innisbrook Resort, or “The Cliffs of Doom’’ at Pebble Beach […]
Forest Dunes To Get New Course
By Steve Pike, https://spikeongolfandtravel.com/ Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner to design new championship course at Forest Dunes. Northern Michigan’s Forest Dunes already has three Top 100 courses in the United States and is poised to add a fourth – SkyFall – a private club designed by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner that will allow […]
French Lick Hosts Korn Ferry Tour Finale & To Build 4th Course
By Steve Pike The Korn Ferry Tour Finals will be held at French Lick Resort in Indiana September 29-October 6. The Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance will be contested on The Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort, September 29 to October 6. Korn Ferry’s annual season-ending tournament and the […]
St John’s Resort Officially Opens The Cardinal
By Steve Pike Saint John’s Resort officially opened its new Ray Hearn-designed 18-hole championship golf course, The Cardinal, the short par 3, Little Cardinal, the Putting Course, plus Doyles Irish Pub last month. The project is the region’s first high-end public golf development in more than 20 years and part of a $50 million resort transformation […]
Florida Golf Courses To Visit This Winter
By Steve Pike Hammock Beach Resort & Spa Hammock Beach has been a major attraction of the Palm Coast, just south of Jacksonville, since it opened in 2000 with the Nicklaus Ocean Course, a Jack Nicklaus Signature course features six holes right on the Atlantic Ocean. The course was completely renovated by Nicklaus following […]
Sand Valley Is Rapidly Becoming a 4-Season Destination
By Steve Pike, SpikeOnGolfandTravel.com Sand Valley has become one of North America’s top summer golf destinations. With four legendary golf courses, Sand Valley, Mammoth Dunes, The Lido and the par-3 Sandbox designed by top name golf architects, the new fifth course, Sedge Valley by Tom Doak, will open in June. Because it is […]
10th Course At Pinehurst Gets A Name
By Steve Pike Pinehurst Resort’s first original golf course in three decades now has more than just the number “10’’ as its moniker. Reflecting the features and history of the North Carolina sandhills, the Tom Doak-designed course will be named Pinehurst Sandmines. Located on more than 900 acres and just a few minutes from […]
Teenage Junior Golfer Signs NIL Deal
By Steve Pike Transcend Capital Advisors has signed a multi-year Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) partnership with 15-year-old amateur golfer Miles Russell, currently ranked No. 1 in the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Boys rankings. Russell, from Jacksonville Beach, Florida, was the youngest-ever winner of the AJGA’s Rolex Junior Player of the Year […]
Cabot Citrus Farms Set For January Opening
By Steve Pike Anyone who has been to Ben Cowan-Dewar’s properties, Cabot Cape Breton in Nova Scotia, or Cabot Highlands in Scotland, knows firsthand that he demands everything be first-class and beyond. Cabot Citrus Farms will be the most highly anticipated new Florida golf destination in over a decade, when it opens in […]
Callaway’s Big Bertha Is BACK!
By Steve Pike Big Bertha, the model that launched Callaway to success in the early 1990’s has returned in its latest incarnation as an “innovative super game-improvement’’ family. Plus, the Big Bertha REVA is “precisely engineered’’ for women of all skill levels. The company says Big Bertha is designed with an ultra-low center of […]