Blogs and Vlogs
Anthem of the Seas Review Part IV – Questions answered about cruising. Plus, things that were “mid” about Anthem of the Seas
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Jeffrey A. Rendall Questions Answered about our Alaska cruise It's safe to say that booking a “warm weather” cruise virtually guarantees that you’ll get more of a “traditional” cruise experience with pools, sunny decks and weather warm...
Non-Disney Florida Excursion, Day Three — Touch an iceberg and live at the Titanic Artifact Exhibition
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Jeffrey A. Rendall Titanic Artifact Exhibition presents an almost authentic-to-a-fault non-Disney alternative in the heart of Orlando Would-be visitors to Orlando, Florida, probably figure it’s nearly impossible to find stuff to do...
Thomas Massie is no Ron – or Rand – Paul. He’s more like a renegade Liz Cheney
By Jeffrey A. Rendall Soon-to-be unemployed opportunist Thomas Massie could try to channel Ron Paul in 2028 For the .0001 percent of conservatives who feel sorry for pathetic and steamrolled Rep. Thomas Massie these days after he was summarily ejected from a future in...
The Pacific Dunes Course at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort – Still Golf’s Quasi-Religious Awakening After a Quarter-Century
Note: GolfintheUSA.com first ventured to Bandon Dunes in the summer of 2005. We revisited the Pacific Dunes Course again in 2025. The course is largely the same since its creation and launch. The change in impressions are ours. BANDON, OR – Many have portrayed golf in...
Commentary, Current Events and Politics
Thomas Massie is no Ron – or Rand – Paul. He’s more like a renegade Liz Cheney
Chances are high that Thomas Massie will end up like other Republican Trump-haters who endured embarrassing public rebukes and then quietly faded into the political sunset, never to be seen or heard from again. Liz Cheney can probably offer Massie counseling on what it’s like to take on everyone… and still lose. Massie for president? I don’t see it.
Dems’ latest savior candidate isn’t a former veep, governor or legislator – it’s a Buttigieg
The 2028 campaign for Democrat presidential nominee hasn’t begun to take shape yet and already the voters are flirting with a number of potential hopefuls vying to be the one to consolidate the party’s coalitions into a viable election winner. Pete Buttigieg checks most of the right boxes for Democrats, but would electability be one of them? Anything goes in the Democrat party.
June gloom envelopes the GOP as polls show voters ready to revolt over gas prices
Americans want a Big Bubba Bill Clinton-like “I feel your pain” from their leadership, an acknowledgement that things could be better. Republicans must listen to the polls and the message the voters are sending them. Otherwise, they’ll discover the actuality in November after it’s too late.
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Why Young People Need a Patriotic Education
Mike Pence, American Spectator A patriotic education does not ignore the imperfections of our national story. It places them in the context of a nation that has, time and again, striven to live up to its highest ideals. A civic education that teaches young people to...
Can California Still Be Saved?
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness Could it be that some on the Left, along with a number of Independents, have finally realized that neither wealth nor an upscale ZIP code can protect them from the Left’s vindictive socialist madness? California gas prices, even...
Senate Seeks Pathway to Deportation for Naturalized Criminals
Just the News (Fred Lucas), The Star News Network There are few remedies for removing foreign nationals who committed violent crimes, joined terrorist groups, or engaged in large-scale fraud after they became American citizens, lawmakers noted. Ken Cuccinelli, a...
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Mid Pines Restored — Donald Ross is back in Southern Pines
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; photos by Kevin Gaydosh and Jeff Rendall SOUTHERN PINES, NC – “It was really a dream come true to work on and be a part of the restoration of Mid Pines,” remarked course architect Kyle Franz, the lead mind behind returning the Donald...
The Oconee Course at Reynolds Lake Oconee – Golf’s Hippocratic Oath taken to its logical extreme
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Matthew Rendall GREENSBORO, GA – When a medical student is ready to embark on a career as a physician, he or she must first take the Hippocratic oath, which originated in ancient Greece and roughly translated today means “First, do no...
Maui Nui Golf Club — A Hawaii golf experience that won’t break your wallet
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Charles Rendall KIHEI, MAUI, HI – I don’t know about you, but one of the things I dread most about traveling to a touristy destination like Hawaii is the prospect of paying supersized prices for products and activities that just don’t...
Kinloch Golf Club — Nourishment for Future Comparisons
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos By Kevin Gaydosh and Jeffrey A. Rendall Kinloch's Website MANAKIN-SABOT, VA -- Kinloch Golf Club's been called the 'Augusta National' of Virginia. Most folks, when talking about golf courses, categorize...
Kiawah Island Golf Resort’s Ocean Course — An Exhilarating Pounding
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Photos By Kevin Gaydosh CONGRATULATIONS to Phil Mickelson for winning the 2021 PGA Championship. It's often said that golf is the sport of a lifetime, and Mickelson proved it. If a 50-year-old can compete with the best a sport has to offer, it...
PGA West Stadium Course — The Hardest Examination You’ll Ever Love
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Scot Rendall LA QUINTA, CA – It isn’t often you walk off a golf course having struggled mightily and subsequently learn your troubles were exactly what the owners had planned from the beginning, but it’s not every day you see a layout...
Stuff that’s useful – and fun
Miura Golf’s Series 1957 Wedges — Good golfers will find them
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Miura Golf HEMIJI, JAPAN – Japanese golf club-making guru Katsuhiro Miura is a confident fellow, and has adopted a philosophy for the company which bears his name: ‘The good golfer will find me.’ Miura has a reason to be...
Brava Driver Shaft from Breakthrough Golf Technology – Long and Straight adds years to your life
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images from Breakthrough Golf Technology RICHARDSON, TX – “I’m 83 and would gladly welcome an advanced blend of ingredients in pill form that would move me back to 73,” remarked innovative golf club design legend Barney Adams when I asked him if...
ASICS GEL-ACE PRO M STANDARD Golf Shoes — No need to think about it
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images from ASICS HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA -- Don’t think, just do. It’s something Tom Cruise’s Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell character instructed his students to do in the aptly named box office hit “Top Gun: Maverick”. I can’t speak for Pete,...