The football world is shaking its collective head because Brett Favre has thrown aside his walker, Depends undergarments, Ensure and has turned traitor. After becoming a timeless football icon at Green Bay, he’s now stabbing Wisconsin in the back by signing to play for its archrival, the Minnesota Vikings. Hey Brad Childress: with just two years left on your...
Vinny Giles, the iconic amateur star and far-sighted owner of award-winning Kinloch G.C. in Virginia, has won the Senior Amateur! Lester George, (Kinloch’s architect), and the whole Kinloch extended family will celebrate long into the night.
Hat tip: Jeff Shelley and Cybergolf
Good onya, Vinny!
I’ll be going into more detail here after I get back from D.C., but for now, here’s the article on White Bear Yacht Club, Interlachen, The Minikahda Club, and Hazeltine.
CHASKA, MN – People who dislike me will love today’s piece, because during my morning jog I ran face first into a fruit stand. I’m staying at my friend Julie’s house in a charming small town outside of the Twin Cities and, while out for a run, happened to pass one of the countless storefronts selling the bountiful harvest of the area’s...
CHASKA, MN – Tauting machismo and unbelievable length, Hazeltine National, tops out at 7,674 yards, the longest major in golf history and featuring the longest par-3, par-4, and par-5 in the tournament’s history. Rumor has it -through the U.K.’s Daily Mail, that Tom Watson took one look at the yardage and tore up his invitation. But does the added...
“Majestic doesn’t appeal to us; we like the Grand Canyon better with Clarence and Arlene parked in front of it, smiling.” — Garrison Keillor, “Lake Wobegon Days” — Clarence and Arlene are going to get their close-up for a whole week as the PGA Championship comes to the bucolic splendor of Chaska, Minnesota. In fact...
Thanks to Jeff Shelley. A little garrison Keillor for ya!
Special thanks to Ben Cowan-Dewar and Ran Morrissett of GolfClubAtlas.com for asking Chris Clouser and I to do this article for GolfClubAtlas.comcomparing and contrasting Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club and fabled Southern Hills. There are interesting tidbits, old maps, and tons of great photos. Enjoy. Chris, it was great working with you! Let’s do...
GARDEN CITY, NY – Fifteenth-seeded Roger Hoit turned in a dominating performance in the first two rounds of match play of the Travis Invitational, defeating defending champion Michael Kelley, and two-time winner George Zahringer by a combined eight holes. “I’m exhausted,” he gasped as he sunk deeply into a chair. “They are two of the...
GARDEN CITY, NY – Garden City Golf Club truly was an emerald ‘neath the blissful skies Friday morning, as the sun shone as if it had just been born while the golfers contested the stroke play qualifier for the 99th Travis Invitational. Birdies were the coin of the realm as fifteen of the sixteen championship flight qualifiers shot level-par 73 or better...
In a potential nod to both great golf course architecture and Mike Strantz’s precious legacy to golf, the AT&T Pro Am may move one day of play from Poppy Hills to the Monterey Peninsula Country Club Shore Course. GolfObserver.com found this on-line article. Hat tip: Sal Johnson A brief review of my day there is here. This is unbelievable news. here are...
Though all New York City is overjoyed with the excitement of the imminent U.S. Open at Bethpage Black, another of golf’s richest traditions takes place locally this weekend; Garden City Golf Club celebrates the 99th anniversary of their venerable amateur tournament, the Travis Invitational. The Grand Old Amateur, as the tournament is sometimes affectionately...
I’ll be covering the 99th annual Travis Invitational next week from Garden City Golf Club. The Travis is one of the country’s pre-eminent amateur golf events held at one of the country’s most venerable courses. 120 of the nation’s best amateurs, including many USGA Champions, will play a stroke play qualifier on Friday to fill out 6...
So let’s have one more round of applause for the good folks at the McDonough Scholarship Foundation in New Hampshire. For over 55 years, they have awarded major scholarship funds to deserving students who love golf. This year, they gave out over $110,000 to 111 students. I am really grateful for the chance to give the keynote address – a slide show...
Thank you to the McDonough Scholarship Foundation for graciously extending the invitation for me to speak to them on golf design at their yearly meeting and scholarship awards dinner. My talk, entitled “How to Read a Golf Course,” will discuss great architects and their design concepts, but will also be the kickoff event on my own spring and summer...