The Palm Beaches in Southeast Florida, and Naples along Southwest Florida’s Paradise Coast, each have been known for...
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.
Harbour Town: A “Love” Letter to Pete Dye
Welcome back Harbour Town Golf Links. The iconic Pete Dye-designed course that set the foundation for his legendary...
Tariff Impact on Golf: Rising Costs, Layoffs, and a Threat to Industry Stability
The Tariff Impact on Golf is becoming a defining challenge for the industry, as leading brands like Acushnet and...
Ship Sticks
The best “no-brainer’’ in golf doesn’t involve a tap-in, six-inch putt, or taking a caddie on Pinehurst No. 2. It’s...
Tariff Impact Could Reach $25M on Topgolf Callaway
Saying that it’s “tough to predict’’ the exact impact the impact of tariffs, Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG) President...
Talking Titleist Club Heads and Tariffs Exposure
How big of an impact will tariffs have on the golf industry? Let’s look to the industry leader in golf balls and...
Acushnet’s Maher Expects Regional Pricing Action
David Maher, president of Titleist and FootJoy parent Acushnet Co., today told Wall Street analysts that the company...
Megan Johnston and the “Why” of the Golf Swing
One of the reasons Megan Johnston is one of the top golf instructors in the U.S. begins with this question: “Why?’’...
Sunriver Resort: Pride of the Pacific Northwest
Over the past 25 years, the Pacific Northwest has become one of the most popular destinations for golf in the U.S. But...
RBC Heritage Classic: A Champions Feast
This week’s 2025 RBC Heritage Classic, Presented by Boeing at Hilton’s Head’s famed Sea Pines Resort, is about more...
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,...
