Going Places with Dale Leatherman
Lexington: The Horse That Put the City on the Map
Lexington’s skeleton stands before a copy of his portrait by Edward Troye. Courtesy Kentucky Horse Park One of the most unusual Bluegrass treasures in the Kentucky Horse Park’s International Museum of the Horse (IMH) is the skeleton of Lexington, one of the greatest Thoroughbred sires of the 19th century. Born in...
England’s Bovey Castle
As our train from London trundled southwest to Devon, the countryside had a fresh-washed look, vibrant green accented with hardy yellow daffodils. We were taking a chance, visiting England in March. It had been raining. It could rain more. And it did. A lot. However, it is the most fun...
Machrihanish Dunes Golf Club, Scotland
In 2009 I was at Turnberry Resort in Scotland, tromping from hole to hole on the Ailsa Course and watching as Tom Watson took the lead on the first day of The (British) Open. The Brits are very fond of the five-time Open champion, and they stood to clap enthusiastically–but...
The Raven Golf Club at West Virginia’s Snowshoe Mountain Resort
Raven Golf Club Hole 9. Copyright Donnelle Oxley Thirteen inches of snow has fallen at Snowshoe Mountain Resort since the weekend. Cold as it is, we’re sure to have a white Christmas. Yesterday’s snowfall was the stuff of skiers’ dreams, feather-light powder that makes you feel as if you’re floating...
The Awakening: Bahamas’ Great Exuma
Emerald Reef GC on Great Exuma. Copyright Donnelle Oxley There are more than 700 sleepy little islands and cays collectively known as the “Out Islands” of the Bahamas. The “In” islands (though they do not call themselves that) are New Providence Island (Nassau, Paradise Island) and Grand Bahama Island (Freeport)....
Myrtle Beach’s Golf Coast
King’s North Hole 18. Courtesy Myrtle Beach National Golf Club Myrtle Beach’s greatest attraction may be its 70 miles of wide, sandy beaches, but many of its 14 million annual visitors spend a lot of time trying to avoid sand. Bunker sand, that is. On the 100 courses scattered along...
Scotland’s Fairmont St. Andrews
The seaside village of St. Andrews is the historic heart of Scotland. The world’s first golf course is here, along with the country’s first university and cathedral ruins dating back to the 1100s. Golf on St. Andrews Old Course was first mentioned in print in 1457, when King James II...
The Provo Golf Club, Turks & Caicos Islands
Providenciales (“Provo”) in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) is one of the most overlooked golf destinations in the Caribbean, despite the fact that it has been home to a topnotch course since 1992.Prior to the 90s, the TCI were a well kept secret known only to divers and beach-loving...
Golf in France: a Sampler
“You know, golf originated in France, not Scotland.” When 19th hole golf talk lags, I like to drop this verbal bomb, knowing it’s akin to saying that cowboys originated in Japan rather than the American West. In truth, it’s quite possible that golf (and a number of other stick-and-ball sports)...
Homestead for the Holidays
Main front of the Homestead Resort Harness bells jingled merrily as a pair of sturdy black horses drew our carriage deeper into the Allegheny foothills above the Homestead Resort, enveloping us in the aroma of spruce and pine. After a long climb, we stopped on a rise overlooking the hotel....
About Dale
In the course of her life, she has exercised racehorses at New York’s Belmont Park, shown jumping horses on the A Read More...