Blogs and Vlogs
Anthem of the Seas Review Part III — Onboard Shopping – Regrets from our Alaska Cruise – Plus, Suite, Balcony, or Inside Cabin, you be the judge
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Jeff Rendall Onboard Shopping – You’re good if you want Royal Caribbean logos on your take-homes I certainly haven’t seem ‘em all, but I’m guessing every cruise ship has shops to buy things. Anthem of the Seas was no different. There...
Florida Spring Part I – Family friendly major league baseball spring training and why we decided to avoid Disney
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Photos by Jeff Rendall Spring break in Florida sometimes means spotty weather and sub-optimal conditions. Not this year. “Spring Break in Orlando… no thanks!” This is what a friend wrote to me when I told him I was planning a trip to central...
A real 2028 Post-Trump GOP horserace could be taking shape. Will anyone notice?
By Jeffrey A. Rendall Conjecture on the ‘28 GOP presidential race continues – will Marco Rubio give it a go? Political observers have had their hands full recently, trying to pin down President Donald J. Trump’s latest moves as well as figure out how Democrats plan to...
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
A real 2028 Post-Trump GOP horserace could be taking shape. Will anyone notice?
No one ever said politics was fair, and we recognize how establishment media figures will make a big deal over any potential negative for all of the major post-Trump GOP candidates. Will us voters get better answers because of it? Time will tell. Be ready for the Republican catfight we know is on the horizon.
Legacy vs. 2027 Republican majority is the choice President Trump now faces
Republicans understand that momentum is against them, and history most definitely is not on their side. Trump’s legacy building moves are ultimately good for the country, but will the voters’ attitudes improve in time to save the Republican majorities in Congress? We could see a shift in President Trump’s focus very soon. It couldn’t come fast enough for many of us.
Common sense in short supply as TDS Democrats opt for politics over Trump safety
Democrats have the attention span of your average three-year-old when it comes to maintaining focus on real issues as opposed to manning the ranks of the eternally disgruntled Trump-haters brigade.
Latest News and Updates
Good Riddance to the Awful Thomas Massie
Kurt Schlichter, Townhall Thomas Massie is a Democrat simp posing as a principled rebel. Massie’s only principle is whatever benefits Thomas Massie at any given moment. He’s annoying, he’s a buffoon, and he’s grossly dishonest – I had an encounter with him on X over...
If It’s Xavier Becerra and Tom Steyer in California, Just How Depressing Is That?
Scott McKay, American Spectator Steyer is an empty suit stuffed with Benjamins. He’s useless. But so is Becerra. So is Porter, and so is failed former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who is bringing up the rear. Another Democrat, Matt Mahan, the mayor of San...
Mississippi Gov. Cancels Special Session amid Redistricting Push in the South
Daily Caller News Foundation (Nick Naulty), The Star News Network MS Gov. Tate Reeves called off a planned special session to redraw the state’s Supreme Court districts, even as he said Mississippi could still revisit its congressional map amid a broader GOP...
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,...











