Courses & Travel

Travel: Star Power

5 Golfers, 5 Destinations. The Goal: To collect as many Best Places To Play stars as possible in 4 days

Published Mar. 31, 2008

Keywords Golf Digest | Best Places To Play | All-star | golf travel | course ratings

Blog: Editors' Blog

Picking Best Courses

The first letter about Golf World's Readers' Choice Awards strikes at the fundamental question of such surveys, and, predictably, takes on the Angry Golfer, John Hawkins who commented on the list: Dear Editor, Was the...

By Bob Carney

Published Sep. 28, 2009

Keywords Angry Golfer | Golf Digest 100 Greatest | Golf Digest Places to Play | Readers' Choice Awards

Blog: Deeds and Weeds

Spending Money To Make Money

Some try to get ahead by cutting back. Others take the opposite approach, figuring you've got to spend money to make money. It's not easy taking Door No. 2 these days, but that's what a...

By Peter Finch

Published Mar. 26, 2009

Keywords Mount Ogden Golf Course | Ogden | Places to Play ratings | Utah | condos | new clubhouse | new hotel

Blog: Deeds and Weeds

Bluffs Update

A few weeks ago I wrote about a course in Louisiana called The Bluffs Country Club & Resort, which was closing. It's a favorite among Golf Digest readers, who give its Arnold Palmer-designed course 4.5...

By Peter Finch

Published Mar. 24, 2009

Keywords Arnold Palmer | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | Places to Play | The Bluffs Country Club | courses for sale | economy

Blog: Deeds and Weeds

Mount Airy Casino Course Reopening

Closed for two seasons, Mount Airy Golf Course in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains aims to reopen this spring. The 50-year-old course carries four stars in Golf Digest's Places to Play reader rankings. The course may come...

By Peter Finch

Published Mar. 19, 2009

Keywords Casino | Mount Airy | Pennsylvania | Places to Play | Poconos | four stars | golf course | reopening

Blog: Deeds and Weeds

Bolingbrook Blues

Bolingbrook Golf Club, the Chicago-area public course designed by Arthur Hills, has lost an average of $1.3 million a year since its opening in 2002, according to this Chicago Tribune report.  The article is a...

By Peter Finch

Published Aug. 30, 2009

Keywords 4 1/2 stars | Arthur Hills | Bolingbrook | Bolingbrook Golf Club | Chicago | Illinois | Places to Play ratings | Roger Claar | economy | losses

Courses & Travel

2010 Golf World's Readers' Choices: Best of the Best

Golf World's ranking of the best of the best public, private and resort courses using the most knowledgeable group of people we could find to serve as judges -- our readers

Published Sep. 22, 2009

Keywords golf | golf world | golf world | reader's choice | rankings | ratings | places to play | private | public | resorts | state by state | top 50 | top 10 | best courses

Courses & Travel

Golf World's 2010 Readers' Choices: Resort Courses

2010 Golf World ranking of the best resort courses using the most knowledgeable group of people we could find to serve as judges -- our readers

Published Sep. 19, 2009

Keywords golf | golf world | golf world | reader's choice | rankings | ratings | places to play | private | public | resorts | state by state | top 50 | top 10 | best courses

Courses & Travel

Golf World's 2010 Readers' Choices: Private Courses

Golf World 2010 ranking of the best private courses using the most knowledgeable group of people we could find to serve as judges -- our readers

Published Sep. 18, 2009

Keywords golf | golf world | reader's choice | rankings | ratings | places to play | private | public | resorts | state by state | top 50 | top 10 | best courses

Courses & Travel

Golf World's 2010 Readers' Choices: Public Courses

Golf World's 2010 ranking of the best public courses using the most knowledgeable group of people we could find to serve as judges -- our readers

Published Sep. 18, 2009

Keywords golf | golf world | golf world | reader's choice | rankings | ratings | places to play | private | public | resorts | state by state | top 50 | top 10 | best courses

2010 Golf World Readers' Choice Awards

This is the "Best of the Best" rankings, where we look at how facilities ranked within each of the various criteria the readers rated them on.

By Ryan Herrington

Published Sep. 18, 2009

Keywords golf | golf world | golf world | ryan herrington | 2010 | reader's choice | rankings | ratings | places to play | private | public | resorts | state by state | top 50 | top 10 | best courses

2010 Readers' Choice Rankings: The Top 50 Resort Courses

The Top 50 Resort Courses as ranked by the readers of Golf World

Published Sep. 18, 2009

Keywords golf | golf world | golf world | ryan herrington | reader's choice | rankings | ratings | places to play | private | public | resorts | state by state | top 50 | top 10 | best courses