Canada, Mexico and elsewhere round out a list of golf destinations that this side of the globe has to offer. We’ve done all the research for your next international golf trip here.
A place where nature creates the adventure, and the architect just lets the surroundings take center stage. By Tony Dear There are times when a golf course architect needs to reach into a bag of tricks and get creative. Then there are times when nature creates the adventure, and the architect just lets the surroundings … Read more
PerryGolf, founded in 1984, offers luxury golf tours to its 12 main destination s— Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland, France, Sp By Tony Dear Every golfer has a bucket list. Some keep a mental note of the courses they’d like to play or the tournaments they want to attend, while the truly devoted/dangerously obsessed print out … Read more
Jake Kubié Developed by Coloradoan John Fair, Paraiso del Mar blazes a trail along Baja’s eastern coast. “I’m a total golf snob,” laughs real estate developer and Castle Pines member John Fair. As a student at Stevenson School, located smack dab in the middle of Pebble Beach, Fair spent countless afternoons playing the famed … Read more
Tony Dear A visit to the site of this year’s Open Championship prompts a tour of the Highlands—and two of Scotland’s next great courses. Standing next to an ornate writing desk in my room at the Old Course Hotel in St Andrews, I’m trying desperately, unsuccessfully, to stifle tears. The desk is undoubtedly a magnificent … Read more
Mike Wolf As Cuba cautiously prepares for its post-Castro life, a Colorado reporter learns golf could figure mightily in the plans. As we begin our descent into Havana, flying over the vast, hazy mountains of the fertile Pinar Del Rio region, where Cuba’s legendary tobacco is grown and cultivated, I am reminded of the landing … Read more
Colorado Avid Golfer Colorado snowbirds have plenty of options when it comes to warm-weather destinations. Scottsdale, Tucson and Palm Springs top most people’s lists, but for the slightly more adventurous, there’s a selection of international locales that offer an unparalleled mix of perfect temperatures, white-sand beaches and world-class golf courses. Take, for example, Southern Baja … Read more
The A of the Antilles’ ABC islands, Aruba counts top-flight golf among its paradisiacal appeals. Ted Johnson First impression of Aruba: the heat. I’m less than 20 miles from the Venezuelan coast, and it feels like someone forgot to shut the oven door. Second impression: the cactus. It seems there are more succulents here than … Read more
By Jerry Walters Among the myriad Mexican resort areas I had contemplated visiting over the years, Mazatlán never appeared on my radar. That is, until last November, when a friend made an offer I couldn’t refuse. So off the well-traveled path I headed to Mazatlán, in the state of Sinaloa— yes, the same Sinaloa that … Read more
Jon Rizzi | Colorado AvidGolfer Five minutes from a city named for peace emerges a golf resort that has perfected the practice of it. Until the middle of the last century, La Paz, the capital of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur, enjoyed international fame for its pearl-filled oyster beds. The port city became … Read more
Colorado AvidGolfer These resorts and developments make a splash along the Sea of Cortez's arid coast. Costa Baja Covering 550 acres of rugged terrain along the Sea of Cortez just five minutes north of La Paz, Costa Baja combines golf, lodging, dining, tons of amenities, marina and multiple real estate options for one of the … Read more
