Tom Mackin

2 weeks ago | palmspringslife.com | Tom Mackin

Located in La Quinta, California, PGA WEST — known as “The Western Home of Golf in America”™ — ranks as a bucket-list destination for many golfers. However, the iconic golf resort and private club community never rests on its laurels, continually reinvesting in its products, both on and off its superb public and private golf courses. Like last year’s widely acclaimed Stadium Course renovation.

1 month ago | palmspringslife.com | Tom Mackin

Is it possible to adequately capture the essence of one of the country’s premier private golf clubs in only nine seconds? Unlikely. Except perhaps in the case of BIGHORN Golf Club, where that specific amount of time represents a singular moment in a golf experience found nowhere else. To do so, make your way to the back tee of the sixth hole on the Mountains Course, designed by Arthur Hills and opened in 1991.

2 months ago | golftravelwire.com | Tom Mackin

With the Open Championship returning to Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland in July, the golf world’s attention will once again fall on a region still experiencing a post-COVID boom of visiting golfers. At the recent PGA Show in Orlando, Florida, a number of courses, tour operators, and accommodation providers in Northwest and Northern Ireland spoke about the growing amount of traveling golfers headed that way, not least because of the upcoming major.

Feb 8, 2025 | msn.com | Tom Mackin

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Feb 8, 2025 | golfdigest.com | Tom Mackin

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Thunderbirds almost lost Mike Leonard. He’s not a player, sponsor, or corporate suite buyer. But he is one of the WM Phoenix Open’s most loyal fans, traveling from Minnesota annually since 2000 with a small but vocal entourage, all clad in Vikings jerseys, who make their presence known on Fridays and Saturdays at TPC Scottsdale’s infamous 16th hole.