FX Excursions

FX Excursions offers the chance for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in destinations around the world.

Dale Leatherman

Dale Leatherman is a freelance travel writer who has specialized in golf, adventure and equestrian sports for more than 30 years. A past president of Society of American Travel Writers, she has completed and written about a bucket list of places and adventures, including swimming with humpback whales and whale sharks, rafting legendary whitewater rivers, and playing famous golf courses. She is a former private pilot and avid scuba diver. Her book, Courting Danger, written with tennis star and World War II spy Alice Marble, is under option.


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August 2023
Aug 24, 2023

Play a Round Amid Spectacular Scenery at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course

Lake Tahoe is one of the biggest, deepest, clearest, coldest freshwater lakes in the country, but those facts are forgotten when you first lay eyes on it: breathtakingly beautiful cobalt blue with reflections of snow-capped High Sierra Mountains rippling on its surface. The water is so clear you can see 70 feet down (a dizzying experience), but it nonetheless may prove hard to spot the ball you shank off the 17th tee of Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course.

Why Japan Is Best Explored by Sea with Princess

Japan is a destination that rewards repeat visits because no two regions — or seasons —  feel quite the same. One moment, you’re wandering through centuries-old geisha districts in Kanazawa. The next, you’re watching neon reflections dance across Tokyo streets long after midnight.

April/May 2021
Apr 28, 2021

Place South Carolina’s Kiawah Island Golf Resort High on Your Must-Play List

Kiawah Island offers golfers the opportunity to play five championship courses, each one a unique design from five of the world’s leading architects,” said Brian Gerard, director of golf, Kiawah Island Golf Resort. “Among them is Pete Dye’s internationally renowned master- piece, The Ocean Course, which features the most seaside holes in North America. The venue for this year’s PGA Championship (May 17–23), it also hosted the famous 1991 Ryder Cup and the 2012 PGA Championship. The resort offers an abundance of diverse accommodations (including The Sanctuary, a Forbes 5-Star beachfront hotel), 10 miles of beach, more than a dozen restaurants and an array of other recreational programs, all of which make Kiawah Island Golf Resort a unique golf destination.”