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 Four — Hidden gem Wild Florida Adventure Park; African Savannah meets Florida Everglades
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Jeff Rendall, Matthew Rendall and Hallie Foulke Hidden gem Wild Florida Adventure Park – where the African Savannah meets the Florida Everglades “I wanna see alligators.” The simple request from a member of our traveling party seemed...
Do-Nothing Republican Congress needs a lecture from Abe Lincoln on the need to act
By Jeffrey A. Rendall Nothing we’re doing compels Congress to move. Congress should listen to Abe Lincoln Today, we look back to history to (hopefully) supply impetus for Republicans to get moving, come together and pass meaningful laws so American voters will have...
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
Do-Nothing Republican Congress needs a lecture from Abe Lincoln on the need to act
For Republicans expressing displeasure with Trump, perhaps they’d do better by concentrating their “fire” on the do-nothing nature of Congress. And how the days are running short to get something done. Time is a finite resource, but Republicans sure excel at wasting it.
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.
Latest News and Updates
Afflicted With TDS, Four Senators Kill Election Integrity
David Catron, American Spectator Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins, and Thom Tillis voted to kill the SAVE America Act. Not one of this querulous quartet of Senators voted against the Act based on genuine principles or the will of the people. They...
Why Are Male-Identifying Democrat Candidates All Creepy Weirdos?
Kurt Schlichter, Townhall Us white males are making them mad because we won’t do what they want us to do. We refuse to obey yet again. That’s how this whole thing started. We selfishly admit we are the worst people in the history of humanity and the cause of everyone...
Nithya Raman overtakes Spencer Pratt in L.A. mayoral race
Kerry Picket, Washington Times Nithya Raman, a progressive member of the Los Angeles City Council, surpassed reality-TV star Spencer Pratt in the Los Angeles mayoral primary Sunday, after a surge in her vote count put her in second place. Five days after the election,...
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,...