Tim Gavrich

Vero Beach

Senior Writer at Golf Pass

Almost definitely thinking about golf right now. Senior Writer, @GolfPass.

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Articles

The Keep at McLemore Resort brings contemporary big-ballpark golf to a mountaintop setting

1 day ago | golfpass.com | Tim Gavrich |Jason Deegan

As a genre, mountain golf courses tend to be polarizing. Their defenders laud the scenery and the chances for longer tee shots due to elevated tees. Their detractors lament narrow corridors and severe penalties for missing the center of fairways and greens, as well as typical lack of walkability. Wild bounces due to severe slopes, rock outcroppings and intrusive trees can foil seemingly decent shots and can turn a poor ball-striking day into a nightmare.
Why the host of the 2025 PGA Professional Championship is one of American golf's underrated places to play

2 days ago | golfpass.com | Tim Gavrich |Jason Deegan

In 2025, the road to Charlotte winds through Port Saint Lucie. This weekend, 312 club pros will step out of their shops and away from the lesson tee for a few days to vie for the chance to earn one of 20 coveted berths in the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C. In order to get a major championship start - and, who knows, maybe steal the show like Michael Block did at Oak Hill in 2023 - they will have to outlast their peers around a freshly renovated venue.
Hot take: Golf cart GPS is one of the worst things in the game

1 week ago | golfpass.com | Tim Gavrich

I had just made a routine par on the 7th hole, fully settled into a round at an enjoyable resort golf course in South Florida, when a stern warning coming from my golf cart shattered the afternoon's peace. "YOU HAVE ENTERED A RESTRICTED AREA," its capital letters screamed at me. "PLEASE RETURN TO THE COURSE IMMEDIATELY!"The trouble was, I was already on the course: pin-high left of the green, all four wheels kissing concrete.
Learning and teeing it up together is a Cool Golf Thing

1 week ago | golfpass.com | Tim Gavrich

Camaraderie is one of golf's superpowers. The post-pandemic years have seen an incredible rise not just in overall rounds of golf, but organized opportunities for golfers to gather in groups and spend quality time together. Enter the GolfPass Academy Tour, which is our own take on the concept: Step 1: Invite a few dozen GolfPass+ members and their guests to a nice golf course. Step 2: Bring in four world-class golf instructors to put on a free golf clinic for attendees.
How the 2025 Masters Tournament stole our hearts

1 week ago | golfpass.com | Tim Gavrich |Jason Deegan

It was a golf roller coaster ride for the ages. In a way, Rory McIlroy's stunning, emotional, chaotic, endearing victory at the 2025 Masters Tournament mimics the game of golf we all love. There were good shots, bad ones. Heroic moments and others that felt like a car crash. Through it all, one of golf's greatest players endured and ultimately delivered his historic moment, becoming just the sixth player to complete the career grand slam.
What Augusta National and Tiger Woods' new partnership means for municipal golf

2 weeks ago | golfpass.com | Tim Gavrich

The great American municipal golf movement continues apace at the home of the Masters. On Monday, during a press conference ahead of the 2025 tournament, Augusta National Golf Club chairman Fred Ridley announced the involvement of Tiger Woods and his TGR Design and TGR Foundation entities in the ongoing revitalization of the Augusta Municipal Golf Course.
This brand-new golf course is destined to be one of Florida's very best

3 weeks ago | golfpass.com | Tim Gavrich |Jason Deegan

When I looked up, I was in southwest Florida. When I looked down, I might as well have been in the Hamptons. Above eye level, luxury condominium towers. Below, golf holes that would have fit right in next door to Maidstone, Shinnecock Hills and the National Golf Links of America. In addition to challenging your various golf skills - mediocre though they may be - great golf courses can play with your sense of place and time as well.
Skyrocketing green fees challenge long-held views of golf overseas

3 weeks ago | golfpass.com | Tim Gavrich

What is the most money you would pay to play golf? This question has always lingered in the minds of golfers planning their next trip, but it has never been more relevant than in 2025, as green fees at top-end courses climb to ever more eye-watering levels. A recent report from David Jones, who runs the UK Golf Guy blog and group travel service, sheds light on the major downside of golf's post-pandemic bull run: skyrocketing green fees in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Four of Martin Hall's greatest lessons as the legendary instructor takes his final bow on 'School of Golf'

3 weeks ago | golfpass.com | Tim Gavrich

"If you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life."Maybe it's a cliche, but the golf industry is fortunate to have a significant number of people for whom that statement is true. And if you've watched School of Golf over the course of its 15-year, 430-episode run, you've probably gotten the sense that host and "professor" Martin Hall is one of those people.
5 golf destinations that virtually guarantee the best golf weather

3 weeks ago | golfpass.com | Jason Deegan |Tim Gavrich

What if I told you I could guarantee great golf weather on your next buddies trip? You'd probably laugh in my face. Mother Nature makes no such promises. While nothing in life is guaranteed, I can guarantee that your odds for great golf weather go up exponentially in these five golf destinations. Many golfers pick their next golf trip based on the courses, cost or convenience of getting there. I'm preaching that the weather should probably be higher up on the priority list.