ISABELA, P.R.-It was one of those magical nights that would only have been better if a beautiful woman had been beside me. High on a rocky cliff-top overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, the air perfumed by violet, maga (Puerto Rico’s version of hibiscus), tropical lilies, fragapane, banyon, avocado,and countless other fragrant flora, I bask in one of the great...
“It just keeps getting better and better,” says every member, every day. MARCY, NY – Autumn comes early along I-90. Even by Labor Day the tops of the trees already lighten from verdant green to a gilded, burnished gold. By the equinox, it was sweater and jackets weather as the cool evening air and chilly rains began to set in, yet still grateful...
All this week on the Golf News Net Radio Network the Jay’s Plays show will have architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr., Tour and travel expert Bruce Moulton. Then starting later in the week we spotlight architect Keith Foster and his work at such places as Philly Cricket Club, River Bend, Eastward Ho! and more. PCC head superintendent Dan Meersman joins us as well...
COOPERSTOWN, NY – If you want your faith in Americana restored, look no further than the Revolutionary War, frontier-age bucolic splendor of Upstate New York. It’s alive and well, in all it’s “Golf, God, and Country” greatness. Now we’re not talking “upstate” like the way NYCers use the term – to them...
Coming up this week on Jay’s Plays: Mon-Wed: author Neil Sagabiel and writer-producer Ryan Ballengee
Starting Wed and through Sunday: Architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr. and golf expert Bruce Moulton.
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It’s been the talk of the Tour for a while now; the PGA of America has formed an exploratory committee to see whether the PGA Championship could and should be held offshore. It’s an interesting idea. Some foreign writers complain about three of the four majors being in the U.S., and although I was reluctant to embrace the idea at first, the more I think...
I’m all for quirky golf courses, but there’s “Quirky Interesting” and then there’s “Quirky Weird,” and although it’s a fine a line between the two, you know the difference when you see it. It’s unmistakable. Sometimes just a matter of millimeters, like the difference between a beautiful woman and a plain one, or...
WINSTON-SALEM, NC – So it really can happen. A golf course truly can take your breath away. It doesn’t happen often – maybe one round in a thousand, one golf course in hundreds, one day in a decade, but that fleeting moment, so elusive yet so moving, can appear. If you love golf enough, if you travel near and far, if you play the game as a game of a...
So next week we’ll have too great guests for the radio show: first we’ll have Chris Clouser talking about Perry Maxwell and Old Town Club. Clouser destroys the myth that Mackenzie was responsible for the Maxwell rolls in greens and breaks down so many of Maxwell’s best courses. That will be Monday-Wednesday starting at 9 am on Golf News Net Radio...
The R&A just announced that Royal Birkdale and Carnoustie will get future dastes for the Open. Moreover, expect an announcement on Royal Portrush finally getting an Open back to the Emerald Isle for the first time in over sixty years. For more information on that go over to Brian Keogh’s Irish Golf Desk Here are your future Open Championship venues: 2014...
RIVERHEAD, NY – If you’ve ever wondered what a golf course would look like if it a scientist exposed it to an aging ray, look no further than Long Island National, because what was once a quintessential example of mid-1990s design and shaping is now a prime illustration of golf architecture in the 21st century, and the results are a dramatic improvement...
GREAT FALLS, VA – The name may be nondescript – there are at least half a dozen courses called River Bend in America – but thanks to a remodel by golf architect Keith Foster, you’ll be hearing about the River Bend Club in Great Falls, Virginia soon and often. It’s yet another masterful reworking by Foster, who is riding the crest of a...
FLOURTOWN, PA – From out of the mists of history, an ancient adage still rings true: Gods and Wonders always appear to attend the birth of Kings. And with the Sun beaming so brightly it was as though Apollo himself was driving his fiery chariot through the skies once more, Philadelphia Cricket Club’s fabled Wissahickon Course re-opened in a golden blaze...
WHICH GOLF COURSE IS WHICH GAME OF THRONES LOCALE? THE EYRIE, WESTEROS – May the Old Gods and the New protect us, winter is coming. Around here, that means little or no golf for two to three months – longer for my poor readers who live on I-90! What a life for them! – as much as six months of hitting off mats at golf domes, lots of nonsensical...
We lost two important men in golf last week. Frank Hannigan, former executive director of the U.S.G.A. passed away at age 82. We also both wrote for Golf Observer during the heady, halcyon days of a nascent golf scene on the Internet. Frank was grace and class all the way. The entire golf world is united in mourning him. We also lost George Bahto, the dry cleaner...