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Alaska Cruise Review Part IV — Alaska ports of Call – Juneau. Alaska Capitol, Tracy’s King Crab Shack and Whale watching
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Jeffrey A. Rendall, Bethany Rendall and Shari Rendall Alaska Cruise Review Part IV -- Alaska ports of Call – Juneau. Alaska Capitol, Tracy’s King Crab Shack and Whale watching The third port day stop on our Alaska cruise was in Juneau,...
Going to Maui? Part IV – Plan golf in Hawaii? — and what you can’t do without (hint: it’s Costco membership)
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos of Kaanapali Golf Courses by Jeffrey A. Rendall To golf in Hawaii, or not golf in Hawaii; that is the question Having been to Maui a number of times over the past couple decades, I’ve/we’ve been fortunate to have played many/most of the...
Shameless Democrats go all-out to steal Virginia’s congressional seats. Don’t let them.
By Jeffrey A. Rendall All’s fair in politics (and love too?) – and if you’re a Democrat in Virginia, there are no scruples Ever thought about what’s “fair” when it comes to politics? If it’s said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then what’s fair in politics...
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
Shameless Democrats go all-out to steal Virginia’s congressional seats. Don’t let them.
Chances are, both sides of the Virginia issue have something to be hopeful about in the early returns. Democrats have their star-studded promotional line-up and lots of money to give them encouragement. Republicans have common sense and a southwestern Virginia base that’s been alerted to the stakes at hand. Here’s hoping Commonwealth voters haven’t completely lost their senses.
Vice President J.D. Vance takes on another thankless but vital task: Fraud Czar
When somebody does something good that benefits all of us as a nation, why would he or she fear political repercussions from it? It doesn’t make any sense. J.D. Vance will do a terrific job as “Fraud Czar”. Democrats will soon find out just how much credit he’ll deserve.
Trump’s finish Iran War plans add greater context to ASAP (As-Soon-As-Possible)
By Jeffrey A. Rendall MAGA is far from splintering, but Trump needs a satisfying cessation in Iran “He who will win who knows when to fight and when...
Latest News and Updates
Trump Delivers Europe’s Much-Needed Wake-Up Call
Scott McKay, American Spectator When our participation is sufficiently downgraded, NATO just goes away on its own. At that point, the various rump armies of, at least, Western Europe will likely be turned against their own people, restive as they’ll be from the...
A Foolish NATO Was a Big Loser in the Iran War
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness European diffidence comes on top of the perennial American effort to harangue NATO members to honor their 2 percent of GDP defense commitments—especially in the case of deadbeat Spain and Canada, who for years welched. Trump’s...
Congressional Republicans Reach Crucial DHS Funding Deal
Just the News (Misty Severi), The Star News Network Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson announced House and Senate Republicans have reached a deal to fund DHS for the remainder of the current fiscal year. The deal omits DHS funding for...
Where we’ve been
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,...