This will be a fairly short article, given that I don't want to depress myself any more than two dinners depressed me the last two days. Sometimes you have no choice but to rely on the comments of others...

by Tim Gavrich           Each private club takes on a different atmosphere, its own separate character.  Some are strict golf clubs and are demure, out-of-the-way operations that the outside world barely knows...

         If you and a golfing buddy or spouse are 50 or older and have thought about trying out the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Alabama, a mid-December event could be just the encouragement you need. ...

        Yesterday, we shared the comments and photos of one of our readers, John Hangen of Maine, who reported on his and wife Ann's visit to the Stonewall Resort in West Virginia.         The piece reminded another...

          You could make an argument that the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail was way ahead of its time.  It was the first major golf project funded by a state pension program, in this case Alabama's Retirement...

The Oxmoor Valley course on the Robert Trent Jones Trail is one of the few with some housing within view of the course.  Above is the unique par 4 12th hole with a double fairway separated by a large...

The view from the first tee box at the Ridge Course provides a sense of the roller coaster day to come. Review:  Oxmoor Valley Ridge Course     I am glad I left Oxmoor Valley's Ridge Course for last on...

Silver Lakes provides some helpful advice to visiting golfers before they tee off on #1.     It is an occupational hazard that I only have time to play most courses just once before I am on to the next...

Silver Lakes provides some helpful advice to visiting golfers before they tee off on #1.     It is an occupational hazard that I only have time to play most courses just once before I am on to the next...

The Grand National Lake course opens with a beautifully designed par 4 dogleg left that brings all the Robert Trent Jones elements into play -- sand, water, and an elevated, sloping green.          A...

A new complex next to the Oxmoor Valley course features well appointed condos.  You will be hard pressed to spend more than $350,000.       With six fine, designer courses in play, and two more on the way,...

The Highlands Bar & Grill     Over the last decade, my wife and I have bought a few dozen cookbooks, remodeled our kitchen at home, and tried to mimic the professional chefs' recipes, sometimes...