Travel – Firestone Country Club

Invited Clubs, formerly ClubCorp, is one of the premiere club management companies in the United States, with properties all across the country. One of their most recognizable clubs is familiar to those who have followed the PGA TOUR, Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.  Getting to Firestone is pretty painless from Dallas. There are plenty […]

Cover Story – Ryan Palmer

Ryan Palmer is as Texan as they come. The Amarillo native grew up worshipping Texas A&M football and wanting to be an Aggie. He got that chance and after a solid career in College Station, the now 46-year-old is one of the wily veterans on the PGA TOUR. In his career, he has finished in […]

Feature – First Look: PGA Frisco

Here at AVIDGOLFER, we have followed the story of the new PGA development in Frisco since it was little more than a wild idea circulating among the local golf community. Those whispers began about four years ago, and since then, the idea not only became a reality, but has given birth to the new modern […]

Travel – Big Cedar Lodge

Long known as the “Live Music Capital of the World,” Branson, Missouri, with its ceaseless marque of family-style shows, has adjoined with a burgeoning playing partner to redefine the region amid the heart of the Ozarks.  (And no, it’s not Jason Bateman, whose acclaimed Netflix series was set 120 miles northeast, in Lake of the […]

Cover Story – Best of Public Golf 2022

This year, 2022, was one of our most competitive ever for our best of public rankings. The western side is particularly compelling, as there are so many great public courses that not only boast great conditions, but outstanding price points to boot. The east also has plenty of great options, and with the grand opening […]

Cover Story – Joe Pavelski

Joe Pavelski isn’t necessarily a household name across the hockey landscape. He’s not as recognizable as, say, a Brett Hull, Jeremy Roenick or former AG cover boy Mike Modano. But while you might not notice Pavelski if he wandered by you in a grocery store, he has quietly put together a potential hall-of-fame career right […]

Travel – Luck of the Irish

To know Ireland golf is to know truly authentic and wonderful links golf, stunning scenery, quaint and charming villages, interesting (to say the least} weather, and a buddies’ golf trip you’ll remember forever. But if all you know is Ireland golf, then you will have missed out on a great deal of this most interesting […]

Travel – Brainerd Lakes

For the golf destination traveler, the compass continues to point north. For players making a run toward the upper border: Cut between Nebraska’s sandhills to the west and the Ozark’s rocky outcrops to the east; as the terrain transitions from Iowa’s heartlands and Wisconsin’s canvass of stream cities and railroad towns to the Land of […]

Cover Story – Ascendant LPGA Preview

An elite LPGA tournament, a great date and course, and a chance to win a pro tour event in their home state is the draw for several local LPGA Tour players, who have a Texas-sized interest in the $1.7 million Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America, to be contested at Old American Golf Club in […]

Cover Story – The Power Players of North Texas Golf

The DFW golf landscape is ever changing, and there are always movers and shakers in the industry that we follow so closely. The PGA of America’s move to Frisco, the emergence of Topgolf as a global technology sensation and a trio of fantastic young PGA TOUR stars make this one of the best times ever […]