John Steinbreder

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Travel Editor and Senior Writer at Global Golf Post

Travel editor and senior writer at Global Golf Post, author of 20 books, husband of Cynthia, father of Exa and Lydia. A truly blessed man in full.

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Birdies and soul

1 month ago | globalgolfpost.com | John Steinbreder |Jeff Barr

Editor’s note: “In Case You Missed It” is a GGP+ feature that highlights a story from Global Golf Post‘s Monday magazine. DERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND | Looking back to 2019, it is clear that the Emerald Isle has come of age as a venue for golf majors.
Club Champion has grown into custom-fitting giant

1 month ago | globalgolfpost.com | John Steinbreder |Jeff Barr

WILLOWBROOK, ILLINOIS | Nick Sherburne was a young teen when he started playing golf. His home course was a historic nine-holer in the town of Downers Grove that is best known as the site of the original Chicago Golf Club, which Charles Blair Macdonald, the father of golf in America, founded in 1892. And the youngster fell hard for the game.
Fitting fascination

1 month ago | globalgolfpost.com | John Steinbreder |Dan Loman

WILLOWBROOK, ILLINOIS | Nick Sherburne was a young teen when he started playing golf. His home course was a historic nine-holer in the town of Downers Grove that is best known as the site of the original Chicago Golf Club, which Charles Blair Macdonald, the father of golf in America, founded in 1892. And the youngster fell hard for the game.
Action at Apogee

2 months ago | globalgolfpost.com | John Steinbreder |Jeff Barr

HOBE SOUND, FLORIDA | Work at the Apogee Club continues at a steady pace, with more elements of this ambitious undertaking in Martin County coming on line in recent months. The most compelling of those is the second 18-hole course, dubbed the South.
Flying high

2 months ago | globalgolfpost.com | John Steinbreder |Dan Loman

ORLANDO, FLORIDA | Among the most surprising things about the global pandemic that began taking hold in early 2020 was the positive impact it came to have on golf. Especially the travel sector. To be sure, it took some time for that to happen, as golfers were grounded for much of that year and 2021. But when they were finally able to hit the road again, they did so with abandon. To the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula, for example.
'Numbers always tell you the story'

Jan 16, 2025 | globalgolfpost.com | John Steinbreder |Dan Loman
Alabama all-star

Dec 3, 2024 | globalgolfpost.com | John Steinbreder |Jeff Barr

SYLACAUGA, ALABAMA | Everybody has a back story. Every place, too. And oftentimes, that is what distinguishes them. Such is the case with Pursell Farms. To be sure, the Alabama resort is recognized for the 18-hole course, called FarmLinks Golf Club, that serves as its centerpiece. In fact, Golfweek has named it the top public-access track in the state on multiple occasions.
Michlifen lifts Moroccan golf to new heights

Nov 22, 2024 | globalgolfpost.com | John Steinbreder |Jeff Barr

IFRANE, MOROCCO | When I first visited this North African land in 1995, it could charitably be described as a golfing backwater, with only a dozen or so courses in a place that is now more than twice the size of California.
GrayBull satisfies naturally in Nebraska Sandhills

Sep 20, 2024 | globalgolfpost.com | John Steinbreder |Jeff Barr

No. 15 shows off GrayBull’s natural elements. Editor’s note: This is the third in a Global Golf Post series chronicling the creation of GrayBull, a Dormie Network club with a course designed by David McLay Kidd. The previous stories can be read here and here. David McLay KiddMAXWELL, NEBRASKA | For the past couple of years, I have spent hours talking to David McLay Kidd about the GrayBull track he has been building in the Nebraska Sandhills.
Better by design

Sep 7, 2024 | globalgolfpost.com | John Steinbreder |Dan Loman

Playing in 24 USGA championships would be accomplishment enough for most people. So would be amassing more than 20 triumphs in other tournaments. But those feats are only part of Olivia Herrick’s golf story.