Imagine building 26 golf courses at the height of the golf development bubble, with nine figures in public pension money — in an effort that now loses money year after year. Welcome to the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.
In theory, 12-hole designs should be cheaper to play, build, and maintain. But in the staid industry of golf course development, there’s been no rush to test the theory. The minds behind Sweetens Cove are ready to change that.
Mike Eovino has always been proud of his hardscrabble golf upbringing. He still is. But he realized recently that white privilege made even his origin possible.
Sean Melia’s glowing dispatch from the newly renovated Charleston Municipal Golf Course, rebuilt in the style of master Golden Age architect Seth Raynor.
Brian M. McKeon on the irony of moving the 2022 PGA Championship to a city of unspeakable racial injustice, and the opportunity for healing that it presents.