The work of a golf-course superintendent is as much about artistry as it is agronomy, so Josh Smith’s hobby isn’t that far out there. When he isn’t spending 60 hours a week keeping Orinda ...

The American flag on pin flags is one of the great gestures golf courses can do as we celebrate our independence.

Even in this day of power golf, most of us hit longer clubs into greens that are more severely protected than before. Don't always fire at a flag and end up with an impossible up-and-down.

GRAND HAVEN — As Lt. Col. Dan Rooney stood to the side Tuesday morning, he watched Jack and Barbara Nicklaus raise the American flag for the first time at American Dunes Golf Club.

Technically, it's not even a flag. On the Merion Golf Club’s East Course, pins are topped with wicker baskets instead of the getup: Very cool. An interesting twist here ...

Weekly tickets for Berckmans — a 90,000-square-foot facility located off the side of the 5th fairway — are sold primarily to club members and tournament sponsors for the reported cost of $6,000.