Shelter Harbor an Environmental Gem in Little Rhody

Rhode Island is closely associated with the classic designs of Donald Ross. The prolific Scotsman—who maintained a summer residence in Little Compton—crafted several notable courses throughout the Ocean State. Metacomet, Misquamicut, Newport, Point Judith, Sakonnet, Triggs Memorial, Wannamoissett and several others bear his imprint. But there’s more to golf in the nation’s smallest state than The Donald’s inverted saucer greens and grass-faced bunkers. Shelter Harbor Golf Club in Charlestown, which debuted in 2005 and was the first private club to open in Washington County in more than 100 years, can stake a claim as one of Littly Rhody’s finest courses. Laid out by Michae... Full Story
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Courses & Travel
Callaway’s HEX Black Tour Golf Ball

There’s a world of difference between swinging your clubs in a high-ceilinged room over the winter, and taking that carpet-grooved, no-worries swing to an actual golf course and observing, um, the ball flight that swing produces. In other words, I came in for a huge reality check last week at Reynolds P Full Story

  • A Reynolds Plantation Retrospective
    While I’m still experiencing quaking tremors after brandishing the Golf Road Warrior’s sword and shield for five co
  • The End of the Road
      This isn’t going to be easy. I’m home now. In rural Connecticut. Where it’s drizzling and 39 degrees. S
  • Jack by the Lake
    Over the years, I had heard stories about golfers who had taken a quick lesson and arrived to a course expecting instan
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Lifestyle
Pinot Noir Comes of Age in Oregon’s Willamette Valley

Portland, Oregon is the self-proclaimed microbrewery capital of America, with dozens of breweries and pubs sprinkled throughout the city and its environs. Less well-known is the state’s reputation as a producer of superb wines, which have grown in stature with each vintage. California's Napa and Sonoma Full Story

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Equipment
Turning the Page on Golf

Just in time for Easter, Passover and whatever the Druids and pagans were celebrating at this time of year is a very special edition, a tour de force entitled simply, Golf. Produced by UK-based Wonderland Publications, this handmade 18-chapter, 140-page tome, put forth as a “Gutenberg Style Bible of Gol Full Story