THE KNOLL COUNTRY CLUB – WEST COURSE Knoll and Greenbank Roads Parsippany, NJ 973.263.7110 www.knollcc.com Architect – Charles Banks, Restored by George Bahto Par 70 Excitement Level – 10/12 Difficulty – 11/12 Design – Seven stars Natural Setting – Four stars Conditioning – Five and 1/2 stars Cost – $65 peak Yearly...
JAY FLEMMA: Let’s talk a little bit about PGA Dye Course. What are some of your favorite holes there and why? PETE DYE: I never look at a golf course like liking the different holes because in my mind, I like the sequence of the play, and how it goes up and down, from long to short to medium, and this and that. JAY FLEMMA: You mean the routing PETE DYE: Yeah...
Click here for part 1. JAY FLEMMA: Why do most playing professionals, Ben Crenshaw aside, why do most professionals design courses that don’t really resonate well with ardent golfers? PETE DYE: Well, most of the golf courses are built by people in the golf course design business. With the pros, it’s a side line. And the quality of the golf course is...
This interview was conducted in January. Parts of the interview will be published in print magazines early next year. JAY FLEMMA: One of your greatest golf courses is Sawgrass and one of the reasons why it’s so great is that it resonates both with professionals and amateurs alike. It keeps the player off balance. For example, let’s take 14 and 15...
So it’s my third anniversary as a sportswriter. It’s been a great year, so a heartfelt and grateful thank you to my writing colleagues, my editors, the GWAA and MGWA, the USGA and PGA, the TOUR and the players who give me so much of their time and insights, the architects who do the same and to all the folks at the private and public clubs around the...
Here’s the last part of my conversation with Scot Duke of Innovative Business Golf on Public golf in the southwest. We talk about great southwest resorts, the design concepts of architects who have built in the desert and wrap it up with a lambasting of casino course golf (except for Atlantic City Country Club – a public course designed by William Flynn...
After further review the play stands as called; Philly Cricket Club is every bit as great an old, classic country club as any major championship venue. For the second time, I drove from busy freeways to suddenly quiet suburban streets in the blink of an eye. One moment all the traffic of the world howled its barkings, yelpings and insanities and the next moment...
High Noon – Supper’s Ready  As we stood waiting for what we could see of the first fairway to clear, our fivesome was spread out over three different tee boxes. Gilligan (a 1.7 index) and The Skipper (6) will have their hands full from the tips. I’ll be playing one set down with Kevin Sniffen, about 6,600 yards. Eschewing the far forward...
…millions of $$ spent tipping and untipping and not a sliver of grass to be seen…and these people had all that time and money to try to improve the NYC public course. This is a ghastly and grotesque failure of leadership. Someone at the Parks Department needs to actually have worked in the golf industry because they are made to look like rubes making...
So I sent my mom and dad to Caledonia Golf and Fish Club yesterday and mom made me spit iced tea all over my laptop. You remember they went to The Hideout in Naples, Fla. last year and reported back? Well, Mr. and Mrs. Havekamp are back with their own inimitable golf course reviews. Dad: “The greens were massive! They had to be 50 yards long and the last one...
11:00 – “Oh, Dino! Soup’s on!” – Preparing the Moveable Feast Tucked in between the Sangre De Christo Mountains on one side and the Jemez Mountains on the other, there is no question the staggering grandeur of Black Mesa’s natural setting commands the player’s attention. The desolate, wrinkled rose-colored mountains are...
15 October, 19:30 SANTE FE, NM – Just like the song says, the weather started getting rough, our tiny plane was tossed; if not for the courage of the fearless flight crew, we would have been stranded in – GASP! – SHREVEPORT! Everyone who left from the greater New York area was routed into Albuquerque through Dallas. Unfortunately, Dallas got slammed...
Remember how I wrote that the San Diego Chargers were right to keep Marty Schottenheimer, then two days later they reversed course and blew it by canning him? Then the lunacy continued by hiring (SCREAM OF HORROR!) NORV TURNER. Mr. .380ish winning percentage. Well This video shows how Norval Turner (that’s his real name) got the job… But as Jerry garcia...
GOLDEN AGE U.S. OPEN COURSES GETTING BETTER WITH AGE Inwood Country Club, Philadelphia Cricket Club still shine like the polished gems they were many decades ago. With proper care, some things get better with age. A fine wine rounds out its edges and develops interesting complex flavors. Older cigars are smoother and more balanced, providing a mellow, civilized smoke...
LEDERACH GOLF CLUB 900 Clubhouse Drive Harleysville, PA 215.513.3034 www.lederachgolfclub.com Architect: Kelly Blake Moran Par: 36-35=71 Excitement Level – 8/12 Diff. – 8/12 Design – Six stars Natural Setting – Three stars Conditioning – Four and ½ stars Cost – $75 peak, $45 reduced on weekends, weekdays $50/$35 Yearly Memberships...