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Ship Sticks https://www.shipsticks.com/blog Simplify The Way You Travel Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:32:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 What Is a Grand Slam in Golf? https://www.shipsticks.com/blog/what-is-a-grand-slam-in-golf/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:32:20 +0000 https://www.shipsticks.com/blog/?p=10369

Baseball has the perfect game. Tennis has the Grand Slam. Horse racing has the Triple Crown. In golf, it’s the Grand Slam, and it’s so difficult that no professional golfer has ever completed the calendar-year Grand Slam, while only six men have won all four modern majors over the course of their careers. So, what...]]> Megan Dresser 9 of the Best Donald Ross Golf Courses https://www.shipsticks.com/blog/best-donald-ross-golf-courses/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:10:48 +0000 https://www.shipsticks.com/blog/?p=10359

No architect has shaped American golf quite like Donald Ross. The Scotsman learned the game in Dornoch, apprenticed under Old Tom Morris at St. Andrews, and arrived in the United States at the turn of the 20th century with a vision that would define golf-course design for generations. Over a career that spanned hundreds of...]]> Megan Dresser 9 of the Best David McLay Kidd Golf Courses https://www.shipsticks.com/blog/best-david-mclay-kidd-golf-courses/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:16:07 +0000 https://www.shipsticks.com/blog/?p=10352

Golf architecture has a short list of names that make serious players stop and pay attention. Right now, David McLay Kidd is at the top of it. In the last two years alone, Kidd opened GrayBull Club in the Nebraska Sandhills—ranked in Golf Digest’s Best New Courses of 2024—and Loraloma outside Austin, which Golf Digest...]]> Megan Dresser 20 Best Father’s Day Golf Gifts for Every Type of Golf Dad in 2026 https://www.shipsticks.com/blog/best-fathers-day-golf-gifts/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:10:40 +0000 https://www.shipsticks.com/blog/?p=10332

Shopping for Father’s Day can be tricky, especially if your dad already seems to own every golf gadget and polo imaginable. The good news? Golfers are pretty easy to shop for once you know what they actually use. Whether he’s the type of guy who plays every Saturday morning, plans entire vacations around tee times,...]]> Megan Dresser Common Golf Rules You May Be Getting Wrong https://www.shipsticks.com/blog/common-golf-rules/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:09:05 +0000 https://www.shipsticks.com/blog/?p=10327

Look, we’re not judging. Golf’s rulebook is 200+ pages long and gets updated every four years. If you’re still playing by the rules you learned from your dad in 1994, you’re not alone. But some of those rules have changed. A lot, actually. Before your next round, do yourself (and your playing partners) a favor...]]> Megan Dresser 5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Pre-Round Warm-Ups https://www.shipsticks.com/blog/ways-to-improve-your-pre-round-warm-ups/ Thu, 28 May 2026 13:24:23 +0000 https://www.shipsticks.com/blog/?p=8222

Most golfers think of the pre-round warm-up as a chance to find their swing. It isn’t. By the time you reach the range, your swing is already what it is, and no amount of range balls in the 30 minutes before your tee time is going to change that. What a good warm-up actually...]]> Megan Dresser 43 Best Golf Gifts for Men https://www.shipsticks.com/blog/43-best-golf-gifts-for-men/ Tue, 26 May 2026 13:41:27 +0000 https://www.shipsticks.com/blog/?p=8796

What do you get for the guy who already has it all? Start where he’s happiest: on the course. From sleek shoes and cutting-edge tech to a whiskey decanter built for every man cave, we’ve rounded up the best golf gifts for men that’ll make even the “I don’t need anything” guy crack a smile....]]> Megan Dresser 15 Best Summer Golf Destinations in the U.S. https://www.shipsticks.com/blog/best-summer-golf-destinations/ Mon, 18 May 2026 17:33:07 +0000 https://www.shipsticks.com/blog/?p=9857

It’s dew-sweeping at sunrise. Shades on by the back nine. Golden hour rounds that stretch until you’re squinting to see the flagstick. It’s a cold drink, a warm breeze, and maybe—just maybe—a career-low on the scorecard. That’s summer golf. And it’s pure magic. From the sparkling shores of Lake Michigan to the rolling Nebraskan Sandhills,...]]> Megan Dresser 10 Best Family Golf Vacations in the U.S. https://www.shipsticks.com/blog/best-family-golf-vacations/ Fri, 15 May 2026 18:09:19 +0000 https://www.shipsticks.com/blog/?p=10303

At some point, every golfer with kids starts doing the math. The solo buddies trips are great, but they’re getting harder to justify. The family beach vacation is fun, but you’re sneaking looks at nearby courses the whole time. What if there was a trip that didn’t require you to choose? Turns out, there is....]]> Megan Dresser 13 Breathtaking Ocean View Golf Courses https://www.shipsticks.com/blog/ocean-view-golf-courses/ Wed, 13 May 2026 17:18:47 +0000 https://www.shipsticks.com/blog/?p=7175

Oceanfront golf is different from regular golf in the way that camping is different from staying in a hotel. The conditions are worse, you’re far more exposed, likely plowing through Pro V1s. And yet, when it’s over, you’d give just about anything to do it again. From the ancient Scottish links to the volcanic cliffs...]]> Megan Dresser