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Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
Maybe the Best Golf Course You’ve Never Heard Of
Note to those of you who live within a two-hour drive of where the New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut borders meet – and that means you who live in Hartford, Albany, just north of New York...
Could Covid-19 Be the Injection Golf Needs?
With few exceptions, golf courses that have remained open the last two months across the nation have done a good job of adapting to play during the pandemic -- by closing pro shops and clubhouses...
Total Rubbish: Golfer Give Clubs Improper Burial
I was going through the 40,000 photos I have taken over the last 15 years and found the one below. I was looking for some photos to accompany a review I just posted at OffTheBeatenCartPath.com. I...
Heavens Cry Over Golf Course Closures?
Late last week, I was heartened that my golf course standby in Hartford, CT, Keney Park, was doing all the right things to stay open and safe for its customers. These included online payment to...
Frozen Assets: Doing Nothing One Reaction to Financial Crisis
Caveat: I am not a financial expert, nor do I play one at this website. I recognize that we are in uncharted waters today, so please do not take the following as advice. Before coronavirus, and...
Fun in golf, for as little as 25 cents per round
Most of us will not make it to Augusta National for this year’s Masters tournament, but many will certainly be glued to the television for most every stroke, or at least the after-round highlights. A...
Travel Insurance Quandary: Coronavirus, golf and me
I have big plans for late spring and, of course, they involve golf. It also involves a friend from North Carolina and a brother-in-law from England and a week of golf in the Scottish Highlands. I mention...
Talking Winter Golf Weather
My wife and I are spending a couple of weeks on the South Carolina coast at Pawleys Plantation after our son’s marriage in Vero Beach, FL a week ago. As you might expect in February, the weather...
New Site: Help Unearth Those Hidden Gem Golf Courses
If you are a long-time golfer, you have surely stumbled across golf courses that wowed you beyond expectations – most likely because you had no expectations. That feeling of serendipity and...
What a Difference a Decade Makes
We are set to publish our first Home On The Course newsletter of the new decade, and it is one of our most feature-packed communications of the last decade. We look back at the years that followed...
A Best-of List Calculates Reader Interest
We are a ranking-crazy nation, especially this time of the year when multiple organizations rate college football teams. (What an entertaining game LSU vs Alabama was this past Saturday!). Search online...
All the Ingredients for a Perfect Round
The finishing hole at The Ranch in Southwick, MA, plays straight downhill, and if you catch your drive well, you will have a short approach to the 400+ yard par 4. Quality of play aside, the...