Michael Croley

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Michael Croley

Private golf club construction is in a boom phase and the appetite to play the latest and greatest–along with the classic courses–is stronger than ever. Destination private clubs are also popping up all over the US, from Florida to Texas and a few parts in between. Roving private golf clubs aren’t exactly new, but they aren’t common either.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Michael Croley

Playing inside on a simulator can’t really replace the joys of playing outside. But it has a lot going for it. By | Photographs by Madeleine Hordinski for WSJ Your browser does not support the audio tag. 00:00 / 02:01This article is in your queue. A few weeks ago, I played Pinehurst No. 2, the site of last year’s U.S. Open, in under two hours with a friend of mine. For those unfamiliar with golf, that’s an incredibly fast round.

2 months ago | bloomberg.com | Michael Croley

What’s on our correspondent’s radar for the year ahead. Happy Saturday, everyone. This is Mike Croley, your golf correspondent in Ohio. This past February, the wind was so bruising and unrelenting, I thought spring might never come. From the classroom where I teach, the cloud cover was near permanent, a never-ending view of steel gray. February in the Buckeye State is an existential reckoning.

2 months ago | bloomberg.com | Michael Croley

It’s not yet spring, and major golf brands have already been releasing the sexiest item in their arsenal: the driver. The Big Stick. The Big Dog. The Hammer. Or, more recently, the Most Expensive Club in Your Bag. Beginning with the switch from wood to metal 30 years ago, modern drivers have undergone continuous engineering to become both incredibly light and incredibly strong, allowing players to hit the ball higher, straighter and farther than ever.

Feb 21, 2025 | bloomberg.com | Michael Croley

Julian Robertson got into the golf business by accident. The famed founder of Tiger Management, who passed away in 2022, took his family on a self-imposed sabbatical to New Zealand in 1978 while he was still in his 40s. “They lived in Auckland,” says his son Alex, who wasn’t born yet, and “traveled the whole country.