When The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Orlando, Grande Lakes reopens on Nov. 1, the 7,122-yard (tips), par 72 layout will...
Steve Pike
SR. Writer
Steve “Spike” Pike is a lifelong journalist whose career covers Major League Baseball, the NFL, and college basketball. For the past 26 years, Spike has been one of the more respected voices in the golf and travel industries, working for such publications as Golfweek, Golf World, and Golf Digest for The New York Times Magazine Group. In 1998, Spike helped launch the PGA.com website for the PGA of America. As a freelance travel and golf writer, Spike’s travels have taken him around the world. He has played golf from Pebble Beach to St. Andrews, walked the Great Wall of China, climbed an active volcano in the Canary Islands, been on safari in South Africa, and dived with sharks off Guadalupe, Baja California.
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Most successful companies have several things in common, but here’s one of the more important: Own Who You Are. That’s...
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As the oldest resort in Wisconsin, Lake Lawn has a wealth of stories to tell. From ancient Native American burial...
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A lot of golf course restorations (or renovations) these days tout taking the layout back the original design vision...
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Despite being only minutes from the start of an important, annual charity outing, with double shotgun starts on each...
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