Walkabout @ Fairmont Kea Lani

The Fairmont Kea Lani is an all-suite and villa resort on 22 oceanfront acres in Wailea, Maui, just down the road from the Wailea Golf Club. A full-service spa, three swimming pools a 140-foot waterslide and Ko, its signature restaurant, are just some of the amenities. You can read more about it here and here. [...]

Playing A Round @ Wailea Golf Club

The Wailea Golf Club, just down the road from the Fairmont Kea Lani resort, has three different golf courses, the Gold, Emerald and Blue, to keep you busy during a stay in Maui. You can read more about the Wailea Golf Club by clicking here and here, but have a look for yourself with this [...]

After Golf, Take Yourself Out To The Old Ball Game

Golf doesn’t need to be the only focus on a golf vacation to Arizona’s Valley of the Sun, especially in March when the Cactus League swings into high gear as Major League Baseball prepares for the season. Fifteen teams make their spring homes in Phoenix, Scottsdale. Glendale and Mesa, all within about a 40-minute drive [...]

A Desert Journey Through SunRidge Canyon

It isn’t one of the better-known golf courses in the Valley of the Sun, but SunRidge Canyon in Fountain Hills, Ariz., truly does supply a visitor to the Phoenix area with magnificent vistas and a true desert experience. The par 71, 6,823-yard Keith Foster design seems to naturally fit into the desert terrain as it [...]

Phoenician Offers Visual Overload

One of the more renowned resorts in the Valley of the Sun is the Phoenician, a lush layout of fountains, well-kept gardens and pools. Among its offerings are 27 holes of golf, not overly demanding as some of the desert courses outside the Phoenix/Scottsdale area, but more welcoming to guests of all levels, who will [...]

A Round At The Troon North Pinnacle Course

One of the more desirable places to play, even among all the legitimate golf options in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area, is Troon North, with it two 18-hole layouts stretching near Pinnacle Peak. Giant boulders dot the landscape with mountains in the background and desert vegetation surrounding the manicured fairways of the Monument and Pinnacle courses. On [...]

Colombia: Coffee, Culture And … Golf

Toronto writer David McPherson was in Colombia, where the Nationwide Tour is kicking off its season this week, and files stories with pgatour.com about golf in that country and offers a unique look at Colombian golf through the eyes of PGA Tour star Camilo Villegas. You can read those stories here and here.

Spring In Scottsdale

(ADVERTORIAL) Spring in Scottsdale means golf is heating up in the Sonoran desert. JIM MCLEAN AT SUNRIDGE CANYON The renowned Jim McLean has done more than 35 years of research on the golf swing and the Jim McLean Golf School at SunRidge Canyon Golf Club offers programs from a 30-minute pre/post round golf lesson to [...]

No Surprise In The Skies

If you’re planning a late winter/spring golf getaway and haven’t yet booked your flight, you’ll at least get a better idea of what you’ll actually be paying for winging your way south. After the federal government announced a couple of months ago that airline advertising would have to include additional fees, several of Canada’s major [...]

Scottsdale Event Offers A Unique Taste Of The PGA Tour

What hushed reverence is to Augusta, what respect for long-standing tradition is to the British Open, what tight fairways are to the U.S. Open, so too is the festive atmosphere that characterizes the early season revelry that will take place the first week of February in Scottsdale, Az. “I’m from Minnesota. That’s where I grew [...]

Just like Christmas, Scottsdale Has Packages

(Advertorial) Scottsdale is offering a variety of packages designed to help visiting golfers get an early start to their seasons, while taking in other events such as the Waste Management Phoenix Open and baseball’s spring training. The Waste Management Open, one of the most well-attended events on the PGA Tour, takes place Feb. 2-5 at [...]

What’s The Real Deal?

We’ve all been there. You see a flight down south that is too good to be true, but as the old saying goes, if that’s the case, the price probably is too good to be true. So, the base cost of the flight is considerably higher when all the taxes, surcharges and airport improvement fees [...]

Book Directly With Scottsdale Courses

(Advertorial) Despite the proliferation of third party tee time providers in recent years, availability and rates in Scottsdale, Az., are comparable by booking directly with the golf courses. OB Sports, which manages courses such as We-Ko-Pa, Eagle Mountain, McDowell Mountain and Longbow, offer a “Best Rate Guaranteed,” that ensures direct booking online will result in [...]

Scottsdale Offering Fall Packages

(Advertorial) Resorts in Scottsdale, Ariz., are offering Canadian golfers packages and deals for them to take advantage of its warm days and cool nights in the fall. All prices below are quoted in U.S. dollars. The Boulders The Boulders is offering its One For All Package that includes nightly accommodations in a resort casita, a [...]

Scottsdale Offers Lower Prices In Fall Months

With global economic conditions bleak and foreboding, Scottsdale is trending positively in a travel industry hit so hard the past few years, according to Laura McMurchie, vice president of communications for the Scottsdale Convention and Visitors Bureau. That’s not to say that there’s any room for complacency in a city that relies on welcoming visitors, [...]

Scottsdale Golf By The Numbers

It’s no secret that Scottsdale is a golfers’ haven, especially in the winter when temperatures are pleasant, so here’s a quick rundown of facts and figures you might like to know while planning your winter getaway. The Scottsdale Convention and Visitors Bureau goes by the numbers when you click here.

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