Golf Ohio Feature Stories

Canton: The perfect vacation destination for golfers who love football

Canton, Ohio is a sports town, home to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It also has wonderful golf courses. While Canton itself is less than 100,000 in population, there are a number of choice public golf venues to play. And if you visit the Hall in the fall, temperatures are ideal for golf.
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This Cleveland couple finds Hilton Head the perfect escape

Lifelong Cleveland residents Lee and Loretta Chaplin have set their sites on Hilton Head Island every winter since the 1970s. They once owned a vacation property on the 16th hole of Harbour Town Golf Links, but now they own a home in Moss Creek Plantation just off the island. Even though the location of their getaway abode has changed, their love of the island remains the same.
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Brave the cold for these great winter rates

It's getting to be that time of year. The gutters are overflowing with leaves, and your better half is bugging you to get off the couch and clean 'em out before she cleans your clock. Wait! I know a great escape. Grab your sticks and head to one of the following golf courses for a quick round. Yeah, I know it's cold, but it's not as frigid as she is. Besides, what else are you gonna do? Play around with your pumpkins? As long as Old Man Winter hasn't taken a dump anywhere yet, these tracks will be open for business. Time for you to clock in!
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Don't let these courses scare you away

Better watch out...the bogey-man might get ya! Maybe if you're lucky, he'll put you six feet deep before you can play the golf courses mentioned below. Some of them might not be as scary as the Mummy, but all have one serious flaw or another that's likely to scare the bejeezus out of even the most brave soul. It's best to stay away from them, especially around Halloween.
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You can run but you can't hide from these par 5s

Par 5s. The pros hate it when they don't birdie them because they know they've lost a stroke to the rest of the field. Most average golfers dread them because of their size. Some play them optimistically, telling themselves they have one extra shot to waste if they so choose.
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Clevelanders will fall for these great fall trips

Autumn is around the corner, and you realize you're getting sick of the humidity and are looking forward to knocking the rock around in a cool fall breeze. But you also want to make a trip of it and take the wife and kids and do other things like swill cider and carve pumpkins and frolick through vineyards.
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These par 3s aren't for weak of stomach golfers

They're considered wimpy little holes that everybody can birdie, the skinny guys on the beach that everybody feels like kicking sand at. You're having an awful round, and you just want to take all of your frustrations out on these holes and reclaim some blood lost.
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Betcha didn't know these facts about these Ohio golf courses

If you're an avid golfer, you probably like to play a lot of different courses for a variety of different experiences. You might play one course because you heard it's exceptionally challenging. You might play another because you heard it has the best greens. You may have even decided to tee it up at a course because of its rich history.
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Dayton: A Wright fine city for golf

"You can get there from Dayton!" reads the ad on the inside cover of a recent Dayton/Montgomery County visitors guide. How's that? A tourism ad telling you how to leave the destination? Sounds like backward thinking. But the ad that bears the icons of 11 airlines fits right in at this southwest Ohio city.
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Playing at Jack's Place is treasure to last a lifetime

There are plenty of good courses out there by accomplished designers. But there's something very different about playing a Jack Nicklaus course in his hometown, the place where Jack hosts his own event, The Memorial, which runs from June 2-6. When you play Muirfield Village Golf Club, you get the feeling Jack is watching your every move. "In places, it has an Augusta feel," writes Dave Berner.

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Getting discounted golf around Cleveland is a can of corn

There are ways around paying full price for a round of golf . or even paying at all. You just have to know what those ways are. Staff writer Jason Stahl, king of cheap, is here to show you how. You just mind find yourself playing for half off or even for free at places like Sleepy Hollow, Manakiki, Big Met, Little Met, Mastick Woods or Shawnee Hills.

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Jack Nicklaus Museum a thrill of a lifetime

Over 24,000 square feet of space at The Ohio State University is put to good use, housing trophies, photographs and 2,000 pieces of memorabilia collected from Jack's career spanning four decades and including 20 major championships and 100 worldwide professional victories. People get the full picture of Jack Nicklaus, not just as a golfer but a family man and businessman and golf course designer.
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Golf season brings new looks as well as new construction to Ohio

Several golf courses in Ohio have avoided making the mistake of trying to become something they are not in the off-season. But they did undergo enough extensive renovation to potentially elicit some oohs and aahs from golfers who return to play them this spring. Check out the changes at places like Catawba Willows Golf & Country Club in Port Clinton and the Sanctuary Golf Club in North Canton, among others.
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Two Ohio golf legends have overcome the odds

Cincinnati's own Percy Marshall and Wilson Stone join the National Black Golf Hall of Fame in Winston-Salem, N.C. Both men have seen the worst of discrimination and know the game of golf has come a long way. Now they will never be forgotten. They've had a long, interesting journey from those lean, Depression-era years, to their recent, ceremonious induction. It was a day for the ages in more ways than one.
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Top five golf bargains in Cleveland

Golf is an expensive hobby. Need you be reminded of the last time you checked out the price of a brand new set of clubs, took off your clothes, ripped some of your hair out, and started running down the street crying, "The cows are magenta, not pink!"
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Cleveland Irish offer advice on playing golf in the homeland

Ireland has some of the most amazing golf courses in the world. Ohio has some, too, but you can't get mist on your face from the Atlantic hacking it around here. That's why there are more than a few Clevelanders who have ventured to the Land of Green for golf gluttony. Not surprisingly, Ballybunion Golf Club in Kerry is at the top of the list.
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Ohio equipment hunters are finding great deals

So you were really hoping to show up at your first Saturday foursome outing in April with gleaming new sticks that would make your buddies incredibly jealous. If that's the case, there's no better time than right now to head to your local golf retail outlet. The best deals, after all, are found in winter.
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Cleveland couples weigh in on picks for perfect golf getaway

"I'm in the mood for love, especially when a Titleist is near me."
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Indoor golf provides Cleveland with perfect winter escape

Get your fix without getting your toes cold by playing on a golf simulators -- indoors. Take your pick from 12 courses to play, including The Belfry in England, Doral Resort, Firestone Country Club, Pebble Beach and St. Andrews. Pre-teens celebrating their birthdays and retirees who refuse to let the weather prevent them from getting their morning round in are all joining in the fun. There's even a house league where handicaps are determined and points awarded based on week-to-week standings. So what are you waiting for, Cleveland?
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Snow golfers get frosty for charity

The person who can claim to be the first to try to hack around a golf ball in the snow is probably the same person who decided it would be fun to "surf air" at an altitude of 10,000 feet. The participant would not only have to be reckless but insane to attempt such a moronic stunt.
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