Tom Mackin

1 month ago | foremagazine.com | Tom Mackin

A Different Type of Golf on the Emerald Isle DID YOU KNOW:Xander Schauffele defeated Beau Hossler to win the 2014 California Amateur ChampionshipYou don’t win the Open Championship, like San Diego native Xander Schauffele did lastyear, without embracing all that comes with playing on a links course. “What I enjoy mostis the unpredictability — it’s not like shooting low scores at parkland courses in perfectconditions,” he said.

1 month 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.

2 months 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.

Feb 21, 2025 | 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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