Blogs and Vlogs
Star of the Seas Caribbean Vacation Blog, Part I – Coming face to face with a giant
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Photos by GolfintheUSA.com First Day – What it was like to check-in to the world’s largest cruise ship, May 10 If you’re like me, you’ve probably heard the hype surrounding Royal Caribbean’s latest cruise ships and wondered if they’re as big and...
Non-Disney Florida Excursion, Day Six — Disney Springs offers a Disney experience without money up front. But bring a credit card!
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Jeffrey A. Rendall We knew when we booked a visit to Orlando that it probably wouldn’t be possible to completely avoid Disney, and throughout the week we were in the city we had an itch or two to go over to the big theme parks and see...
Dumbing down the answer – by a lot – as to why illegal aliens shouldn’t get to vote
By Jeffrey A. Rendall Justification for passing the SAVE America Act has never been clearer. Will they do it? What about this is so hard to understand? The question bounced around my brain as I read reports concerning President Donald Trump’s recent speech on...
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
Dumbing down the answer – by a lot – as to why illegal aliens shouldn’t get to vote
President Trump and Americans who believe in obeying the law aren’t heartless, and they’re not cruel. They’re merely following the commands of those who came before us and made the laws we now live under. They’re guaranteeing equality to everyone who did it the right way. What’s so hard to understand about that?
Corporate America gets an image self-makeover with a push from Donald Trump
It’s a very good thing that President Trump is, as McKenna argues, “appealing to the better angels of the corporate hierarchy.” We should also hope corporate heads keep patriotism and love of country in mind in their everyday business dealings. It’s smart politics, but it’s also good business.
Out with the establishment, in with new GOPers in the senate. Should we be happy?
It looks as though most of the current Republican senate leaders will return next year regardless of what happens four months from now. Thune hasn’t been catastrophic, but his willingness to take “no” for an answer on the SAVE AMERICA Act won’t endear him to conservatives. So yes, change is upon us. We should embrace it.
Latest News and Updates
Trump’s New Immigration Fees Will Self-Fund Stricter Enforcement
Just the News (Amanda Head), The Star News Network The Trump administration gave notice of the start of a sweeping array of new immigration fees, creating a no-lose scenario where the new fees either deter applicants from coming, thus reducing immigration, or they...
It’s Going to Be JD and Kamala, So Calm Down
Kurt Schlichter, Townhall Now, we may have some fun watching the upstarts in the primary make fools of themselves. I’d love to see Trump’s tweets should Mike Pence decide to try to leverage his leadership of the GOP’s ED caucus. And I yearn to see the Democrats...
Trump calls on Senate Republicans to cancel August vacation, pass voter ID bill
George Caldwell, Washington Times President Trump on Monday urged Senate Republicans to cancel plans for a monthlong August break until they pass the Save America Act. He directed Senate Majority Leader John Thune to keep the Senate open until it finishes the...
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,...