A conversation with the golf course architect and aviator.

David McLay Kidd was born into the golf world. The Scotsman grew up around the Gleneagles Hotel, where his father was the director of estates and golf courses. Kidd joined Gleneagles’s golf-development group after college, a move that eventually led to his first commission: the now-famous Bandon Dunes course on the Oregon coast. From this wildly successful start in his 20s, Kidd has gone on to design 13 additional courses, including Washington’s Gam…

Music mavens will have a unique opportunity to acquire instruments from standout artists at Guernsey’s Guitar Auction on February 27, in New York City. Culled from several private collections, the approximately 300 lots will feature acclaimed axes from Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Richie Sambora, and 20 guitars from celebrated jazz and soul man George Benson.

Available for preview on February 25 and 26, further fretted-finds include a customized Charvel that belonged to Eddie Van Halen; a 1938 Larson Br…

Music mavens will have a unique opportunity to acquire instruments from standout artists at Guernsey’s Guitar Auction on February 27, in New York City. Culled from several private collections, the approximately 300 lots will feature acclaimed axes from Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Richie Sambora, and 20 guitars from celebrated jazz and soul man George Benson.

Available for preview on February 25 and 26, further fretted-finds include a customized Charvel that belonged to Eddie Van Halen; a 1938 Larson Br…

Equal parts charming and vintage, New York’s DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) neighborhood features a restored 1920s carousel, a plethora of art galleries nestled in historic buildings, an East River barge that now functions as a floating concert hall, and other off-the-beaten-path destinations. Located in a former tin-and-sheet-iron factory with a garden oasis at its core, 51 Jay Street is a collection of 74 luxury penthouses and condominiums built near old railroad tracks. The highlight of th…

Billed by its Florida-based manufacturer as the world’s deepest-diving submersible with a transparent acrylic hull, the Triton Submarines Triton 6600/2 (tritonsubs.com) is designed to take its pilot and passenger 6,600 feet below the surface of the ocean. The passenger compartment remains at surface pressure regardless of the depth of the dive.

The orb-shaped hull enclosing the compartment provides an unobstructed view of the surroundings, and six standard-equipment 20,000-lumen lights illuminate the view. …

With a series of preliminary races, Bermuda offers a taste of what it will be like when it hosts the world’s most prestigious sailing competition.

Drums pounding, bagpipes wailing, and resplendent in spiked pith helmets and gold-braided tunics, the Royal Bermuda Regiment high-stepped through the mid-October night. At the harbor, yachts and motor launches were lit by the glow of waterfront store windows, while tourists and locals formed long lines in front of tents offering the full array of street-festival …

Music mavens will have a unique opportunity to acquire instruments from standout artists at Guernsey’s Guitar Auction on February 27, in New York City. Culled from several private collections, the approximately 300 lots will feature acclaimed axes from Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Richie Sambora, and 20 guitars from celebrated jazz and soul man George Benson.

Available for preview on February 25 and 26, further fretted-finds include a customized Charvel that belonged to Eddie Van Halen; a 1938 Larson Br…

Land Rover wants to prove diesel is not a dirty word. For 2016, the maker of some of the most rugged SUVs on the market is offering the Range Rover Td6, a 3-liter turbo-diesel, across its lineup for the first time in the United States.

Although some have shied away from the D word in the wake of the Volkswagen emissions scandal, diesel still boasts some advantages over regular gasoline. One of these is a high proportion of torque, making it ideal for towing and tackling the outdoors—just the prescriptio…

London-based Winch Design recently unveiled plans for its 328-foot trimaran concept, an impressive superyacht with a designated landing deck and hangar for the AgustaWestland 609 TiltRotor aircraft. With the takeoff and landing capabilities of a helicopter and the flying abilities of a plane, the TiltRotor—which was originally created for military use and will be available for civilians in 2017—will effortlessly enable island hopping or day excursions during yachting trips. Developed in conjunction with the Du…

First appearing in 1952 as a racecar, the evergreen Mercedes-Benz SL (mbusa.com) arrives for 2016 as an athletic GT with a folding metal top that retracts into the trunk. That feature isn’t new, but the front-end design is: It includes a steeply raked radiator grille inspired by the 300SL Panamericana racer of the 1950s, as well as a reshaped hood, bumper, and LED headlamps. Of the four variants, the two Mercedes-AMG models—the SL63 (shown, starting at about $151,000) and SL65 (starting at about $220,000)—deli…