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 Five — Sea World; trick show entertainment with modern amusement park thrills
By Jeffrey A. Rendall Sea World combines animal trick show entertainment with modern amusement park thrills Having toured a sampling of central Florida’s non-Disney recreational offerings the previous few days getting a taste of major league spring training, delving...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s non-existent and phony voter coalition of skin color and envy
By Jeffrey A. Rendall Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez panders to Democrat race-obsessed groups to get noticed Imagine you’re an aspiring 2028 Democrat presidential candidate and you’ve strained your brain trying to come up with a cause or theme to base your campaign on. A...
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
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s non-existent and phony voter coalition of skin color and envy
Democrats will go on attempting to expose their next presidential ticket leader. Or someone new could jump out at them. But flavors-of-the-moment haven’t done well in American politics. Just ask Michael Bloomberg if you don’t believe it. Democrat pundits will need to keep making lightweight wannabes like AOC sound good. It’s an unenviable task, isn’t it?
Republicans shouldn’t bank on Mamdani, Platner or Talarico tanking the D Party in 2026
Democrats can’t be trusted with power, period. Knowing in advance that Democrats’ only goal is victory will help Republicans concentrate their emphasis on what they need to do to win elections – and secure power for themselves. Homing in on the Democrats’ flawed freak candidates is only one piece of the puzzle.
When it comes to his approval rating drop, Trump must own his messaging
Staying the course will guarantee that Trump’s approval rating will end up in George W. Bush’s territory at the end of his second term. Americans will look forward to TV coverage on Inauguration Day, 2029, of Trump mounting the steps of Air Force One for a final, taxpayer-subsidized flight to South Florida. It’s not an image that Trump fans hope to see. But something’s gotta give. When will Trump learn the lesson?
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Obama’s Hideous Monument to Hubris
David Catron, American Spectator Obamacare was by no means Obama’a only failure. These failures perhaps portended the sheer ugliness of his monument. He reportedly interfered with its architects, and personally dictated important aesthetic choices. Maybe his hubris is...
Some Real Talk About the Iran Deal
Kurt Schlichter, Townhall Trump is going to try to drag this out past the midterms. That 60-day nuclear negotiation? Of course, that’s going to get extended. There’s precisely zero chance that’s going to be resolved. But understand that their nuclear program has been...
Bad feelings all around after Iran deal
Byron York, Washington Examiner When Trump began the war, there was a lot of wishful thinking among his opponents to the effect that the president had divided his own MAGA coalition. That wasn’t the case — polls showed an overwhelming majority of MAGA supported...
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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,...