Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
Fidelity, the giant investment advisory firm, recently published “5 things to consider” before choosing where to live in retirement. I love Fidelity, which is where most of my investments are held, but they...
If you are in your retirement years and have lost some distance on your tee shot drives, you may be closer to the dream of shooting your age, thanks to a recent initiative of the American Society of...
Many of the world’s most expensive cities are in and around the North American continent. Indeed, Hamilton, Bermuda is the single most expensive city in the world, according to the online data...
The hangover from the pandemic remains. Most high quality and popular golf communities in the Southeast have the skinniest inventories of homes for sale in their histories. A few examples will...
The worst way to start a search for a golf community home, or any home for that matter, is by consulting any of the many “best states to live” lists. The criteria for ranking states is all over the...
Tragic and devastating Hurricane Ian has me reevaluating articles I have posted here over the years about hurricane threats to coastal areas in the southeast U.S. In a nutshell, I had opined that, if...
At a well-traveled 74 years of age, there isn’t much I haven’t seen. But on my ride back to Connecticut Wednesday from a round of golf played in 90-degree heat in New York State, I spotted a tableau...
The golf courses depicted below have two things in common: They are located inside the boundaries of full-service golf communities, and they are all open to the public. Those who play golf only once a...
I write this the day after the U.S. Government announced that fully vaccinated Canadians are welcome to cross our northern borders and begin again, after 18 months, to spend money at American...
by Steve Benz I have been thinking a lot lately about hybrid tees -- “combo tees” as they are often called -- that have become popular at many courses. Combo tees typically use a combination of...
Bluff Point Golf Course in Plattsburgh, NY, has hosted U.S. Presidents and can boast that baseball’s most famous player, Babe Ruth, shot a near-course-record score of 70 in 1936 during a practice...
I recently wrote here about combo tees which are becoming more and more common at golf courses across the land, especially those played by golfers experiencing a loss of distance on their shots. I...