Titleist's AP1 Irons -- Blissful marriage of forgiveness and feel
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of Titleist... FAIRHAVEN, MA – Compatibility – it’s certainly a concept that’s familiar to every marriage, with the two spouses in a constant search for the perfect and perpetual combination of factors that lead to blissful harmony.... Judging by America’s high divorce rate, it’s a place... Read More
Featured Courses & Resorts
Primland Resort -- The Sound of Silence was never so sweet
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Kevin Gaydosh and Primland Resort... MEADOWS OF DAN, VA – “Primland’s overwhelming attraction is its sound of silence, and escape from the real world,” remarked Primland Resort’s Head Golf Professional, Jeff Fraim, in touching on what sets his resort apart from the rest.... It might take... Read More
Pictorials
Indian Wells Golf Resort's Celebrity Course -- Spectacular views in the desert
Text by Jeffrey A. Rendall; Images courtesy of Indian Wells golf resort (back nine) and Photos by Jeffrey A. Rendall (front nine)... INDIAN WELLS, CA – “One of the best compliments we’ve received from a guest is that the Celebrity Course was the most spectacular course that he’s played that’s not... Read More
Product Reviews
Miura Golf's Series 1957 Wedges -- Good golfers will find them
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Miura Golf... HEMIJI, JAPAN – Japanese golf club-making guru Katsuhiro Miura is a confident fellow, and has adopted a philosophy for the company which bears his name: ‘The good golfer will find me.’... Miura has a reason to be confident, having been in the club design... Read More
Personalities
Makena and Wailea as seen through the eyes of Robert Trent Jones Jr.
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Jeffrey A. Rendall... MAKENA/WAILEA MAUI, HI – “I love Hawaii, it’s my favorite place on earth,” remarked Robert Trent Jones, Jr., in commenting on his work at Makena and Wailea – both of which occupy a beautiful piece of the Aloha State on the island... Read More
Featured Courses & Resorts
The Pit Golf Links -- Purgatory at its best
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Kevin Gaydosh... PINEHURST, NC – Golf courses acquire all sorts of reputations, some for historic value, some for conditioning (good or bad), some for great service, and some for nothing at all (meaning they’re not worth remembering).... And it’s not often that an infamous reputation acts... Read More
Travel Special Features
Lost Canyons Golf Club -- Meeting nature head on, and winning
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Chuck Rendall... SIMI VALLEY, CA – Whenever I’m asked why southern California is such a popular place to live, I always answer, ‘it’s got a little bit of everything – beaches, warm weather, great entertainment, great food, and it’s also close to the mountains or... Read More
Product Reviews
TaylorMade's Wedges and Monza Spider Putter -- Emphasizing the 'short ball' like never before
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images courtesy of TaylorMade Golf... CARLSBAD, CA – If you asked a hundred golfers to name the first thing that pops in their heads when you say ‘TaylorMade golf clubs,’ you’d likely get all one hundred answering the same way: ‘drivers and metal woods.’... This golfer would concede that... Read More
Featured Courses & Resorts
Pinehurst No. 6 -- Golf's revival begins at Pinehurst
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Kevin Gaydosh... PINEHURST, NC – Many people would say the golf industry’s gone through a rough stretch the past couple years, but golf architect Tom Fazio says it was just as bad, if not worse, in the mid-to-late seventies.... Seeing as Fazio’s a historian in the... Read More
Personalities
Tom Fazio on the state of the golf industry -- This too shall pass
By Jeffrey A. Rendall... Golf architect Tom Fazio says he played more golf last year (2009) than he’d played in the previous five years combined – due in part to the fact that his son has taken over the day-to-day operations of his design company, but also because there simply isn’t... Read More
Private Club Corner
Creighton Farms -- Golf's positive impact in its purest form
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Photos by Jeff Smith... ALDIE, VA – Golf legend Jack Nicklaus says his goal in developing golf courses is simple: to do something positive on a particular piece of property – to make it look good, make it a place where people want to come and spend time,... Read More