Regardless of our health as an industry, one could assume that building a new golf course in a remote area, and not on “golf’s highway,” is a sucker’s bet. But Mike Keiser is having none of it.

Ten months after The Mosaic Company unveiled two unique golf courses shaped from an old phosphate mine in central Florida, it’s now preparing to open a 216-room lodge and present the property to the world.

The owner of Bandon Dunes fully endorses the notion of shorter courses, and has many other things to say about how to generate more interest in golf, and more rounds. I had a talk with Mike Keiser today that was quite revealing. For those of you who don’t know who Mike is, he is the…

I realized why I had so much fun: The     rules and boundaries were being adjusted so I could be competitive. At the end of May, I played in the Kemper Sports event at the Glen Club in Glenview, Ill. It’s one of the clubs Kemper owns or manages, and everything about it was done…