Golf, Travel and Life after 50
making the back nine the best nine
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The back nine of life can be the best nine, if you play it right.
Back Nine Living is a place for the stories, the lessons, and the occasional triple bogey that come from a life lived on and around the golf course. Travel, gear, fitness, friendship, and the quiet truths the game keeps revealing, round after round.
Recent Posts
Women are golf's fastest growing group, and a big share of them are teeing it up in their 50s and 60s. The numbers behind the boom, the friction that has not gone away, and why the women's game is the one every 50 plus golfer ends up playing.
TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley in Caledon now has villas on site, which turns a great day of golf into a proper two or three night escape. Here is how a foursome over 50 would plan the trip, what the three courses are like, and what it all costs.
Your feet at 55 are not the feet you played on at 35. Here is the walking golfer's guide to shoes that go the full 18 without complaint: spiked or spikeless, waterproof or breathable, wide fits and orthotics, plus a checklist you can take to the shop.
The drive felt pure and then the sky swallowed it. It is not your swing. It is your eyes, and the right lens helps more than you would think. What works, what is hype, and the one thing no pair of sunglasses can fix.
Four very different courses, four tables worth a reservation, and short term rentals everywhere. Here is how a golfer over 50 plans a golf and food weekend in Collingwood and Blue Mountain, about two hours from Toronto.
Golf wearables split into two camps: the ones that watch your swing and the ones that watch your body. Which actually helps a golfer over 50, and which is just a graph you stop checking by August? An honest, science backed look at the gadgets.
USGA research is clear: rounds speed up and get more fun when golfers play tees that fit their game. Here is the friendly case for moving up a set, why the first tee ego talk is costing you, and how to make the switch without the awkwardness.
Four easy golf games for mixed-skill groups and strangers with no handicap

