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Two of the biggest leisure trend upswings during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic have been golf, which is through the roof with a record breaking year for equipment sales, and demand among travelers for freestanding lodging such as cabins or cottages, which require no crowded lobbies or elevators and share no hallways. Basically, people want space and fresh air, and increasingly, these two trends are coming together at some of North America’s very best golf resorts. Without the foresight of the impending pandemic, several of the world’s best golf resorts - think Pebble Beach, Sea Island, Kohler - have very recently...

Charity organizations can and do make money through things like mail-in campaigns. However, they often prefer to do – and have more success doing – fundraisers that add a little more value. Sports events like golf and tennis tournaments have been a favorite. But, in the absence of such events, can VR sports be the solution? Ready Player Golf makes us think so. Ready Player Golf Ready Player Golf is a charity golf tournament benefiting Doctors Without Borders. The first-of-its-kind event is being put together by Esports Fundraisers and the VR/AR Association. “It’s a huge honor to have [Doctors Without...

elcome to Spotted on Tour, where we’ll highlight buzzy apparel, gear, gadgets and more that caught our eye over the weekend. Better yet, we’ll help you get your hands on your own. At Tuesday’s Payne’s Valley Classic, golf fans achieved a Tiger Woods first that went largely unnoticed. For the first time, TV viewers were given a window into Tiger’s golf brain through the lens of Payne’s Valley, a course Woods helped design. Among other things (including the unreal 19th hole), the course showcased Tiger’s flair for the dramatic, weaving in and out of jaw-dropping topography and around daring challenges. But...

Back in those foggy early days of the pandemic, as nearly every part of American life stopped on a dime, golf course superintendents pulled out their flag sticks, parked their carts and closed their pro shops. Golf is a discretionary expense for most, and as the novel coronavirus threatened both lives and livelihoods, no one in the industry knew when it would be safe for golfers to come back to the course or who would be returning when it was safe. Support our journalism. Subscribe today. “We’re talking about an $85 billion industry that basically shut its doors down,” said...

Golf didn’t take long to make its Jeopardy! debut. There it was, in the first pilot episode, on Sept. 18, 1983. “The answer is,” began the mustachioed rookie host, Alex Trebek, reading the $50 clue from the Sports category, “in golf it’s two under par for a hole.” First to the buzzer was Jack Campion, a sandy haired sales executive from Los Angeles. “What is an eagle?” “Right, you’re on a roll!” And so began the long, rich history of golf-related clues — more than 800 of them in all — that would appear on 35 seasons of America’s most...