Mid Atlantic Feature Stories
Moo Over! Poplar Hill starts construction on a Virginia dairy farm
Fore! That's right, cows. Move along. Nothing for you to munch on here.
... full article »Top six D.C.- area courses challenge golfers to bring their best games with them
So you finally got your swing measured and had your clubs custom fit.
... full article »Gritty golf picture mirrors Baltimore's city life
This city carries a well-deserved reputation for grittiness. It's the town of choice for East Coast inner city crime dramas, from "Homicide" to HBO's "The Wire." Carmelo Anthony, the NBA marketing machine's second-year star, is one of the many who can tell you it's no Hollywood mumbo jumbo either.
... full article »From antiques to golf, it's all about the sale in Fredericksburg
The antique shops come one after the other, crammed together on the closely constructed Old Town streets. You can pick up a century-old end table and a chipped, talking Abraham Lincoln bobblehead doll in the same store. Several shops offer used and unused Civil War bullets (they look like sharp stones), but the used bullets are much better sellers.
... full article »Deserve some pampering? then look no further than Pennsylvania's golf spa/resorts
Some folks think it doesn't get much better than spending a long weekend at a golf resort, but spending a long weekend at a golf/spa resort ratchets up the decadence several notches. Golf in the morning, a steam and rubdown before heading out for an afternoon round.
... full article »Lemieux Invitational a golf bonanza for fans, superstars
The best tournament you'll ever want to see might not include Tiger, Phil or Sergio, but some every day duffers named Michael, Charles and Mario. Many of the top draws will struggle to break 90, hit a single fairway or roll one in from more than four measly feet.
... full article »Rally 'round Roanoke when you're in Western Virginia
It is Sneed rather than Snead that this southwest Virginia city can claim as one of its own who reached golf's highest echelons as a player.
... full article »Act now to see Mid-Atlantic's autumn glories
When summer fades, it's time to shake the beach sand from your shoes and head west. The mountains have been beckoning all summer, promising lower temperatures and humidity, and a more lush green than you'll find in the sun-baked lowlands. Now there's an even greater enticement -- the mountain courses are dressed for fall, nature's last colorful dance before the quiet sleep of winter. There will be days when you'll chase a hint of frost off the first tee, but you'll have your jacket off turning No. 9 as the day warms to the mid-60s. The air's crisp, clear and in some places thin enough that you'll gain 10 yards or so on your drives.
... full article »Virginia courses you can play for a song -- well, almost
There isn't a state richer in American history than Virginia. One of the original 13 colonies, it was home to many of the nation's founding fathers, including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. It was also the site of some of the bloodiest and most crucial battles of the Revolutionary and Civil wars.
... full article »Prince William County starting to give Williamsburg a run for the money
Just southwest of the nation's capital is a budding golf destination that is trying to catch Williamsburg as the golf capital of Virginia. Prince William County is touting itself as a golf bonanza for good reason. The golf boom of the 1990s found a home here, adding several new must-play layouts. Although Prince William County will never catch Williamsburg as one of the nation's great golf destinations, its quality layouts and proximity to Washington D.C. make it a worthy, convenient stop.
... full article »Bridge traffic an ongoing problem for Queenstown Harbor
On the list of problems golf courses face - from droughts to drainage, patchy greens to poor pace-of-play - gephyrophobia seems strangely out of place.
... full article »Ocean City starting to mature as golfing destination
Ocean City, Maryland always has been a popular summer vacation spot, especially for people living in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the East Coast.
... full article »Mid-Atlantic Region: Best of 2002
Since the early 1990s, high-end, daily-fee golf courses have popped up across the Mid-Atlantic Region -- many to rave reviews, and all to the open arms of area players.
... full article »Golf in the winter doesn't have to be about iced-over fairways
It's that time of year again.
... full article »Maryland's Frederick County fast becoming a premier golf destination
About a decade ago, Frederick County, Md., was an afterthought when it came to golf. In fact, the words "golf" and "Frederick County" did not collide in the same sentence unless the phrase "lack of" was there as well.
... full article »Exploring the best of golf and travel in the Mid Atlantic
As recently as the early 1990s, a round of golf at a quality course in the Washington Metropolitan area was far from just a phone call and a short drive away.
... full article »Charlottesville: Prime golf to be had in the land of the master architect
“The Eden of the United States” was how Thomas Jefferson described Charlottesville, a city set in the Blue Ridge foothills of Virginia. It was here that the master architect built his mountaintop plantation, Monticello, and designed the University of Virginia’s famous Rotunda. Since Jefferson’s time, there have been architects of a different sort at work, carefully etching tees, fairways and greens into these magnificent hills so that it’s a bit of paradise for golfers, too.
... full article »2002 Season Preview
In the course of writing about mid-Atlantic golf over the past two years, I've often sought to look backwards-telling the stories of our numerous quality golf facilities, while also mixing in some of the region's rich history along the way. Rare is the time when there's been an opportunity to look forward-and here's such a chance!
... full article »Awards (2001 Edition): Not Just Another Tin Statue!
I think it's safe to say people are sick of awards. Not getting 'em, of course, but seeing awards-ceremonies on TV. Essentially, such shows feature a collection of largely over-exposed stars, wearing all the latest outlandish fashions--gathered together to celebrate themselves. Talk about narcissism, this is idolatry at its highest. No wonder the tabloids swarm over them like sharks at a feeding frenzy.
... full article »Dreams to Greens: Course Construction at Dominion Valley
Standing on the first tee of most golf courses, you can't help but admire what you see. It might be a boldly shaped seaside landscape reminiscent of the old country; or a tightly contoured parkland fairway bordered by yawning sand bunkers and hardwood trees; or a dramatic elevation drop from a red rock cliff to the desert floor below.
... full article »- Virginia Beach offers plenty of fun for everyone in the family
- Best of the Mid-Atlantic starts in Colonial Williamsburg
- Patriotism Proudly Present At Michelob Championship
- Rees Jones Keeps The Golden Horseshoe All In The Family
- Time to Golf Williamsburg, Virginia
- History Cures The January Blahs
- The wait for Cannon Ridge will prove to be time well spent
- Virginia Beach: For More Than Just A Great Tan
- Golden Horseshoe Brings the Past Face To Face With the Present
- Colonial Williamsburg: Where History, Golf and Fun Are All-Inclusive
- Virginia Beach is filled with great places to dine
