Golf often makes for strange foursomes in state parks. Jason Daubner smiled when he considered that scenario as he sat...
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.
White Sands Hotel: Golf HQ in Portmarnock
Luxury always is good, but most golf buddy trips rely more on comfort and convenience when choosing destinations and...
Sultan’s Run: Public Golf at its Royal Best
Every once in a while, you find a hidden-away golf course that captures your imagination and immediately becomes one...
McConnell Golf Courses Shine with Excellence on NC Panel Ratings
The highly anticipated 2025 class of premier golf courses as judged by the North Carolina Golf Panel once again...
LIV Golf Made for Doral’s Blue Monster
With a larger-than-life course (the Blue Monster) and the storied golf history of host Trump National Doral Miami,...
Take Aim With ShotSense
Brent Neville and his team of math and engineering wizards designed the new ShotSense Golf app using advanced...
TopGolf Callaway ’24 Report Talks Separation
In a conference call last week with Wall Street analysts, Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG: NYSE) President/CEO played...
Titleist Parent Acushnet 2024 Sales Up Over ’23
Titleist parent Acushnet (GOLF: NYSE) reported 2024 sales of $2.46 billion, up 3.2 percent year over year, with...
Topgolf Callaway 2024 Equipment Sales Drop
Golf equipment sales for 2024 at Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG: NYSE) decreased slightly to $1.38 billion – a drop of...
Topgolf Callaway Brands Reports Big Q4 Loss
In a call with Wall Street analysts this evening, Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG: NYSE) President/CEO Chip Brewer...
NGF: Study Reveals “Unprecedented Diversity” in Golf
The face of golf might have changed more in the past five years than the previous 50 – at least according to the...
Stewart Golf: Walk this Way to Ultimate Enjoyment
There is a saying that golf’s beauty “lies in between shots.’’ The meaning, of course, is that golf is best played and...
