If hearing that Tiger Woods' divorce settlement could cost him $750 million made you consider trying to get your own money career in golf, Keswick Hall can get you started with its Keswick Club's Golf School for the Novice.

Okay, the new golf school doesn't promise you'll be swinging clubs like Tiger, but you'll learn the basics, like choosing the right ball, hitting it out of the bunker and even talking like a golfer—apparently only amateurs say, "I'm going golfing"; proper par parlance is "I am going to play golf." ]]> Jennifer Kester 2010-07-02T10:56:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/12/112831/684

The incessant raining on the East Coast this week has left some of us dreaming wistfully about sunny beaches, like, say, the nice ones in California. Well, color us thrilled about today’s good luck: It’s sunny and there’s a brand-new resort opening just south of LAX.

Reportedly 10 years and $480 million in the making, Terranea Resort opens today on 102 acres of coastline. Destination Hotels & Resorts manages the 360-room hotel, which sits on the former peninsula site of Marineland of the Pacific across the channel from Catalina Island.