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The Architects Golf Club – Phillipsburg, NJ

THE ARCHITECTS GOLF CLUB 700 Strykers Road Phillipsburg, NJ 08865 908.213.3080 www.thearchitectsclub.com Architects: Stephen Kay with Ron Whitten Par 35-36=71 Design: Six Stars (all ratings out of seven) Natural Setting: Five Stars Conditioning: Five and ½ stars Value: Five Stars Overall Six stars Difficulty: 7/12 Excitement: 9/12 Stephen Kay isn’t just a golf...

Southern Hills Par-3 6th Again at Center of Rules Controversy

TULSA, OK – When they shaved the bank between the green and the edge of the water hazard to bring the hazard into play, little did the powers that be realize how much havoc the hole would wreak on the field. Corey Pavin incurred a rare three-stroke penalty because of the change. Pavin his his tee shot into the greenside bunker. Before he played his shot, his...

Future PGA Championship Venues

Here’s a list of future PGA Championship venues: 2008 – Oakland Hills Country Club, (South Course),  Bloomfield, MI 2009 – Hazeltine National Country Club, Chaska, MN 2010 – Whistling Straits, (Straits Course), Kohler, WI 2011 – Atlanta Athletic Club, (Lake Course), Atlanta, GA 2012 – Kiawah Island (Ocean Course), Kiawah Island...

British Open, I mean Open Championship Week – Cannizzaro on Bayonne

In honor of Open Championship week, lets examine a little bit of ye olde sod here in Ye Big Apple.  Mark Cannizzaro of the New York Post wrote this excellent column on one of my favorites and the best course in New York City – Bayonne Golf Club by Eric Bergstrol.  I reviewed Bayonne here and discussed it in depth here when it finished second in...

Black Mesa part 3 – The White Album of Golf Courses?

Part one is here . Part two is here. CHIP SHOTS AND TAP-INS   Luckily for golfers, Spann’s visit to Tobacco Road inspired him to throw away the rule book.  The course is as un-Jones/Fazio as can be.  All the hackneyed tricks slick marketers and conventional designers use are absent and all the strategic elements and sharp natural features and severe greens...

Black Mesa article part 2

Part one of my Black Mesa piece is here, along with my ratings for the course.  Back already from reading that?  Good.  Here’s part two.  Part three to come tomorrow. ON THE COURSE               The course is inspired by Strantz’s work at Tobacco Road, but first hole is eerily reminiscent of number one at a different Strantz masterpiece...

Golfer killed when cart plunges off cliff

According to this AP article, “the man teed off with three friends on the second hole of the Pala Mesa Resort Golf Course in northern San Diego County at around 10 a.m. and then got into his cart. The vehicle veered off the concrete pathway, traveled down a 25-foot embankment and went over the edge of a cliff, California Highway Patrol spokesman Tom Kerns said...

Golf Architect Mike Hurdzan wins Donald Ross Award

Golf architect Mike Hurdzan, who’s work includes Best New Public Course winner Bully Pulpit in North Dakota, was awarded the prestigious Donald Ross Award.  According to the Cybergolf article: Hurdzan was honored for “being a respected, passionate voice of reason and knowledge for golf. Hurdzan received the award on April 30 during the American Society...