FOREST HILLS, NY – Golf is at a crossroads right now, but none of the issues it faces are as lethal as the scaremongers would have you believe. Sure rounds are down, costs are up, and American players haven’t won a major championship in six tries. Nevertheless, with a little patience, wisdom, and foresight, golf will do what it has always done best...
My golf State of the Union Address is up at Cybergolf. Just one thing – you’ll need this photo, tweeted by none other than Rory McIlroy himself. From the article: “As for our drought in the majors, remember I said this: an American will win in Atlanta. The PGA Championship set-up usually invites everybody to the party. You don’t have the...
[***Editor’s Note*** For those of you who clicked here to read the rest of my British Open preview from the PGA.com website, please click here for the rest of that article.] Excellent news for fans of great golf course architecture comes out of Detroit today – Oakland Hills is discussing the possibility of hosting the 2020 U.S. Open with the U.S.G.A...
Hey waiter! Make my Open-faced Sandwich a double because I’m super-hungry for a four-day helping of Royal St. George’s! No course in England has hosted more Open Championships than ancient and storied St. George’s, hard by the sea in the quaint town of Sandwich, which dates back to the mid-seventh century and has a wonderfully colorful and bloody...
Quick! Can you name every course that has hosted the Open Championship? There are 14 in all. Scotland The Old Course at St. Andrews Royal Troon Turnberry (Ailsa) Musselburgh (That’s the tough one) Prestwick Muirfield Carnoustie England Royal Liverpool (Yuck…) Royal Lytham & St. Anne’s Royal Birkdale Royal St. George’s Royal Cinque Ports...
I’ll have the entire story for you in an article later this week, but I co-wrote this poem with pre-eminent golf course architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr. It seems that the Red Course at Royal Dar-Es-Salam, the first truly great golf course in the Arab World and an important course in the portfolio and legacy of Trent, Sr. may be completely redesigned in an...
The U.S.G.A. announced minutes ago that Shinnecock Hills will host the 2018 U.S. Open. The announcement was greeted with excitement by the media and golf industry. Shinny as it is known to its friends will host its fourth U.S. Ope. and third since 1986. It also hosted the second ever National Open in 1896. Here is a list of all future U.S. Open venues: 2012 –...
One huge golf story went under-reported recently as LPGA star Morgan Pressel blistered mighty Bayonne Golf Club with a 63, shattering the course record in the process. Bayonne, the brain child of Eric Bergstrol, developer-turned-course-architect, who built the course directly across the street from the more highly-touted but architecturally inferior Liberty National...
Jack Nicklaus says 12 hole courses are the answer to bringing more people to golf. No it’s not. Yes, it takes too long t play a round of golf – but that’s because too many people don’t play the correct set of tees and agonize over every shot like it’s the U.S. Open. Ryan Ballengee at NBC has this excellent rejoinder to Nicklaus. From the...
GARDEN CITY, NY – With more hair-raising, last second escapes than a James Bond double-feature, Florida’s Nick Gilliam won the 101st Travis Invitational at fabled Garden City Golf Club, defeating Kevin Gai 3&2 after trailing well into the back nine, then turning the tables on Steve White by winning the final two holes en route to a 1-up victory. The...
Nick Gilliam defeated Steve While 2&1 to win the 101st Travis Invitational. Our final wrap-up will be up tomorrow morning.
GARDEN CITY, NY – Surprise! The top three seeds in the championship match play bracket of the Travis Invitational all advanced to the semi-finals of the 101st playing of the Grand Old Amateur. Nick Gilliam, Steve White, and Hans Albertsson, stroke play co-medalists and the 1-2-3 seeds respectively, won morning and afternoon matches to advance to Sunday...
GARDEN CITY, NY – To paraphrase the fight song of his beloved alma mater: “Deerfield! Thy son is marching into the weekend’s match play phase of the Walter J. Travis Invitational with co-medalist honors, and though the odds maybe great, he’ll fight for victory for you, loyal though win or lose.” With a sparkling 4-under 69 Deerfield...
— Within the city’s bustle lies A gleaming jewel in glad sunrise Our emerald ‘neath the blissful skies! Our Green and Gothic Home! — From Our Green and Gothic Home – a poem to commemorate the Travis turning 100 years old. GARDEN CITY, NY – You can’t help but fall instantly and forever in love with Garden City Golf Club...
Meet the newest, greatest course in the world of golf course architecture…up close and personal with Donald Sutherland! It’s a video tour of Nova Scotia’s Cabot Links. It’s designed by Rod Whitman and Jeff Mingay and the dream course of Ran Morrissett and Ben Cower-Dewar of Golf Club Atlas fame, and it’s going to have a reasonable shot...