by Jeff Gilder | Oct 28, 2026 | Jeff's Blog
In one week, I read two press releases that should have been easy stories. The first promoted a luxury resort’s golf getaway but never named the golf course. The second announced a major restoration of a well-known course, with plenty of quotes about its history, but...
by Jeff Gilder | Oct 17, 2026 | Jeff's Blog
Golf travel’s biggest annual business meeting opens Monday in Cannes, France, and this year’s guest list says a lot about where golfers will be traveling next. The International Golf Travel Market (IGTM) runs October 19 to 22 at the Palais des Festivals,...
by Jeff Gilder | Oct 12, 2026 | Jeff's Blog
Florida’s most anticipated new golf course is taking tee times. Bone Valley, David McLay Kidd’s design at Streamsong Resort, is open for limited preview play now, ahead of its official grand opening on January 26, 2027. The course was originally set to...
by Jeff Gilder | Oct 7, 2026 | Jeff's Blog
Two major 2026 studies, one American and one British, point to the same conclusion: the golf trip is no longer just about the golf. Ask most people what makes a great golf trip and they’ll name a course. Ask the people who actually take those trips, thousands of...
by Jeff Gilder | Sep 22, 2026 | Jeff's Blog
Fifteen years ago, Traveling Golfer started with a fairly simple idea: go find great golf, meet the people who make golf destinations special, and share it with readers, listeners and, eventually, viewers. It began as a golf column in a newspaper. Then came magazine...
by Jeff Gilder | Sep 22, 2026 | Jeff's Blog
September 22, 2026The National Golf Foundation’s July 2026 National Rounds Played report landed with a jolt: U.S. rounds fell 3.6 percent year-over-year in the highest-volume month on the calendar.It was the first monthly decline of 2026 and the steepest July drop...
