Columnist: Mike May
Brickyard Crossing: The Confluence of Golf & Auto Racing
By Mike May Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines, er your golf carts! That is an appropriate message for all golfers that play the Brickyard Crossing Golf Course in Indianapolis – especially in May, when the annual Indianapolis 500 is contested. This 18-hole championship golf course is named in honor of its more famous sporting […]
A Day at the Masters, A Memory Forever
By Mike May My first-ever (and, hopefully, not final) trip to a competitive round at The Masters Tournament happened this year and I have several indelible memories from the experience. I was joined for Thursday’s opening round, by my brother. Charles, my son Trevor, and my daughter-in-law Hannah. The gates officially open at […]
Golf With A Passport: Play The ‘Crown Jewel’ Of English Golf
With COVID concerns rapidly declining, the opportunities to travel internationally have improved, now is the time to dust off your passport and travel to an overseas golf destination with your buddies. A good place to start is England’s county of Kent, southeast of London, where you will discover world-class golf, classic cathedrals, historic castles, […]
Carmel’s Ariana Savich: A Golf Channel Stalwart
By Mike May When you watch the LPGA Tour on Golf Channel, one of the key cogs in the entire broadcast is a Hoosier native, Ariana Savich, born, raised, and educated in Carmel. Savich is a graphics producer for all Golf Channel LPGA broadcasts. One of her jobs is to make sure that […]
Jekyll Island: Georgia’s Grand Getaway
By Mike May Question: Where in the U.S. can you find ten miles of marvelous oceanside beaches, kayak tours, bicycle rides, bird watching, tennis, paddle boarding, horseback riding, fishing, boating, canoeing, croquet, world-class accommodations, plus 63 holes of golf? Answer: Jekyll Island, on the Georgia coastline. : “Jekyll Island is one of the best places in the U.S. where you can go to […]
‘DESKERCIZE:’ Get Fit at Home, or at the Office
By Mike May As Old Man Winter settles in, it’s time for golfers to get in shape for the 2022 golf season. Put down that piece of pumpkin pie, now is the time to work on stretching, strength, and flexibility, so you can be more like Bryson! It’s much easier than you think to incorporate exercise and fitness into your daily life, at home, or at […]
Indiana’s Perfect Golf Experience
By Mike May For most I-90, that stretches across Northern Indiana, is the quickest thoroughfare in, or out of Chicago. For Golfaholics, however, the Indiana Turnpike is the gateway to “The Perfect Golf Experience” in the Hoosier state. Beginning with the Zollner Golf Course in Angola and concluding with White Hawk Country Club, these six courses will convince any Golfaholic that this is a must-visit destination. Zollner Golf Course If a golf course’s reputation is based on what tournaments it has hosted, […]
Masters Prep On The Georgia Golf Trail
By Mike May Instead of watching the blossoming dogwoods and azaleas on television, go see and smell them for yourself. The Georgia Golf Trail includes a series of over 20 courses from Brasstown Valley Resort & Spa in North Georgia to Jekyll Island in southeastern Georgia. A great place to begin any pre-Masters, […]
MAPLE CREEK GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB: PETE DYE’s 1st COURSE
By Mike May While world-renowned golf course architect, Pete Dye was born in Ohio and is famous for designing some of the most ‘dye-abolical’ courses in the world. The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, host of the The Players Championship, the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, site of the 2021 PGA Championship, as well as, […]
April Issue is Loaded with Great Golf