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Golf.com
''Golf Magazine'' is a monthly golf magazine. One of the first "special interest" magazines of its kind, it was started in April 1959 by Arnold Abramson and Robert Abramson, the owners of Universal Publishing and Distributing Corporation, who sold it to Times Mirror in 1972. Time Inc. acquired it in 2000. It was acquired by Howard Milstein in 2018. It was the world's most widely read golf publication from August 2006 to January 2007. The magazine is for golfers of all skill levels. Some features it includes are instruction from the top 100 teachers in America, interviews with famous golfers, tips on the best values for golf courses to go to on vacation, and an annual club test. Top 100 courses ''Golf Magazine'' conducts an annual survey of experts to determine the best course in the United States and the world. Top 100 in the United States The best courses in the World for 202 The best courses in the United States in 2024-25 were: Top 100 in the world Here are the top t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cypress Point Club
Cypress Point Club is a private golf club located in Pebble Beach, California, at the northern end of the Central Coast. Its single 18-hole course has been named as one of the finest in golf, best known for a series of dramatic holes along the Pacific Ocean. History The course was designed in 1928 by golf course designer Alister MacKenzie, collaborating with fellow golf course architect Robert Hunter. It opened on August 11 that year. Golf Course Set in coastal dunes, the course's front nine enter the Del Monte forest, reemerging on the rocky coastline for the back nine. The signature hole is #16, which requires a tee shot over the Pacific to a mid-sized green guarded by strategically placed bunkers. Cypress Point Club was ranked #2 on '' Golf Magazine's'' 2011 List of the Top 100 Golf Courses in the World and #5 on ''Golf Digests 2011–12 list of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses. The golf course is considered one of the most exclusive in the world. Non-members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Howard Milstein
Howard Philip Milstein (born ) is an American businessman. Milstein is chairman, president and chief executive officer of New York Private Bank & Trust and its operating bank, Emigrant Bank. He served as chairman of the New York State Thruway Authority until November 2014 and led the procurement process for the replacement of the Tappan Zee Bridge. He is chairman of Milstein Properties. Early life and education Milstein is the son of Irma Milstein and Paul Milstein, a real estate developer. He graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. in economics in 1973 and from Harvard University with a JD/MBA in 1977. He is a member of the New York State Bar. Career Milstein started his career at the investment bank Warburg Paribas Becker. In 2003, Milstein co-founded the merchant bank FreidbergMilstein. Since 2004, he has run Emigrant Bank, and he serves as chairman, president, and chief executive officer of the bank's holding company, New York Private Bank & Trust. In 2016, a B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Augusta National Golf Club
Augusta National Golf Club, sometimes referred to as Augusta National, Augusta, or the National, is a golf club in Augusta, Georgia, United States. It is known for hosting the annual Masters Tournament. Founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts, the course was designed by Jones and Alister MacKenzie and opened for play in 1932. Unlike most private clubs which operate as non-profits, Augusta National is a for-profit corporation, and it does not disclose its income, holdings, membership list, or ticket sales. Since 1934, the club has played host to the Masters Tournament, one of the four men's major championships in professional golf, and the only major played each year at the same course. It was the top-ranked course in ''Golf Digest''s 2009 list of America's 100 greatest courses and was the number ten-ranked course based on course architecture on ''Golfweek Magazine''s 2011 list of best classic courses in the United States. In 2019, the course began co-hosting the Augus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Pebble Beach Golf Links is a public golf course located in Pebble Beach, California, U.S. Opened in 1919, it is regarded as one of the most beautiful courses in the world. It hugs the rugged coastline and has wide open views of Carmel Bay, opening to the Pacific Ocean on the south side of the Monterey Peninsula. In 2001, it became the first public course to be selected as the No. 1 Golf Course in America by ''Golf Digest''. Greens fees are among the highest in the world, at $675 per round in 2025. Caddies are not required, but start at $150 per bag. Carts are allowed (cart-path only) on Pebble Beach Golf Links and are $60 per rider. Three of the courses in the coastal community of Pebble Beach, including Pebble Beach Golf Links, belong to the Pebble Beach Company, which also operates three hotels and a spa at the resort. The other courses are The Links at Spanish Bay, and Spyglass Hill Golf Course. The PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions play annual events at Pebble Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Howard Milstein
Howard Philip Milstein (born ) is an American businessman. Milstein is chairman, president and chief executive officer of New York Private Bank & Trust and its operating bank, Emigrant Bank. He served as chairman of the New York State Thruway Authority until November 2014 and led the procurement process for the replacement of the Tappan Zee Bridge. He is chairman of Milstein Properties. Early life and education Milstein is the son of Irma Milstein and Paul Milstein, a real estate developer. He graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. in economics in 1973 and from Harvard University with a JD/MBA in 1977. He is a member of the New York State Bar. Career Milstein started his career at the investment bank Warburg Paribas Becker. In 2003, Milstein co-founded the merchant bank FreidbergMilstein. Since 2004, he has run Emigrant Bank, and he serves as chairman, president, and chief executive officer of the bank's holding company, New York Private Bank & Trust. In 2016, a B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pebble Beach, California
Pebble Beach is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community on the Monterey Peninsula in Monterey County, California, Monterey County, California, United States. The small coastal residential community of mostly single-family homes is also notable as a resort destination, and the home of the golf courses of Cypress Point Club, Monterey Peninsula Country Club, and Pebble Beach Golf Links. Nonresidents are charged a toll to use 17-Mile Drive, the main road through Pebble Beach, making it a ''de-facto'' gated community. The Inn at Spanish Bay, The Lodge at Pebble Beach and four of the eight golf courses inside the Pebble Beach community are among the local assets owned by the ''Pebble Beach Company''. Residents pay fees for maintenance as well as Monterey County property taxes. Application of the property tax revenues is the realm of the Pebble Beach Community Services District, a public agency that is independent of local private facilities, e.g., golf courses, with an elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping with the varied terrains encountered on different courses is a key part of the game. Courses typically have either 9 or 18 Glossary of golf#Hole, ''holes'', regions of terrain that each contain a ''cup'', the hole that receives the ball. Each hole on a course has a teeing ground for the hole's first stroke, and a putting green containing the cup. There are several standard forms of terrain between the tee and the green, such as the fairway, rough (tall grass), and various Hazard (golf), ''hazards'' that may be water, rocks, or sand-filled Glossary of golf#Bunker, ''bunkers''. Each hole on a course is unique in its specific layout. Many golf courses are designed to resemble their native landscape, such as alon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pine Valley Golf Club
Pine Valley Golf Club is a golf course in Pine Hill, Camden County, in southern New Jersey. It was ranked the number one course in ''Golf Magazine'''s 100 Top Courses in the U.S. and the World in 2012, 2015, 2019, 2020, and 2023. A private club, non-members can play only if invited and accompanied by a member. Southeast of downtown Philadelphia, Pine Valley is currently ranked number one in ''Golf Digest'' America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses. History Pine Valley was founded in 1913 by a group of amateur golfers from Philadelphia. They purchased of rolling, sandy ground deep in the pinelands of southern New Jersey, and gave George Arthur Crump, who knew the area from hunting expeditions, the opportunity to design the course. The site was challenging and the project became something of an obsession for Crump, who sold his hotel in Philadelphia and plowed his money into the course. Marshlands had to be drained and 22,000 tree stumps had to be pulled with special steam-winches a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Oakmont Country Club
Oakmont Country Club is a golf course country club which, despite its name, is mostly located within the borough of Plum, Pennsylvania with only a small portion of the property actually in the small town of Oakmont. Established in 1903, the club lies in the East Hills suburbs of Pittsburgh. Its golf course is regarded as the "oldest top-ranked golf course in the United States" and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987. The Pennsylvania Turnpike separates seven holes (two through eight) from the rest of the layout. Oakmont most recently hosted its record tenth U.S. Open in 2025. Oakmont's course The course, the only design by Henry Fownes, opened in 1903. With a crew of 150 men and under two dozen mule teams, Henry Fownes spent a year building Oakmont on old farmland, ideal for a links-style course. The course straddles the Allegheny River Valley and uniquely has virtually no water hazards and, since 2007, almost no trees. With a USGA course rating of 77.5 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mullen, Nebraska
Mullen is a village in Hooker County, Nebraska, Hooker County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 509 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. It is the county seat of Hooker County. History Mullen was laid out in 1888 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named for Charles Mullen, a railroad official. The only settlement in Hooker County, Mullen was designated the county seat and the first courthouse was completed in 1889. Mullen was incorporated as a village in 1907. Geography Mullen is located in the Sandhills (Nebraska), Nebraska Sandhills. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Mullen was named after Charles D. Mullen of Lincoln. At that time, Mullen was Chief Clerk for Mr. D.E. Thompson, Division Superintendent of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, CB&Q Railroad. Climate Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 509 people, 232 households, and 139 families res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta is a city on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The city lies directly across the Savannah River from North Augusta, South Carolina at the head of its navigable portion. Augusta, the third most populous city in Georgia (following Columbus, Georgia, Columbus), is situated in the Fall Line region of the state. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Augusta had a 2020 population of 202,081, not counting the independent cities of Blythe, Georgia, Blythe and Hephzibah, Georgia, Hephzibah located within the boundaries of Augusta-Richmond County. It is the List of United States cities by population, 124th most populous city in the United States and the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 92nd-largest metropolitan area. The process of consolidation between the city of Augusta and Richmond County, Georgia, Richmond County began with a 1995 referendum in the two jurisdictions. The merger was completed on July 1, 1996, but it excluded t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
