We interrupted our Open Championship coverage on Jay’s Plays to have a tremendous talk with Crestwood’s Barb Presky and the PGA of America’s Allen Wronowski about Crestwood, golf design, the Open, and various Folds of Honor tournaments. Crestwood raised $30,000 in their FoH tournament this weekend!
FOREST HILLS, NY – Is Donald Trump truly as he is depicted by his detractors? A rapacious Gorgon? A ravening-fanged, slavering-jawed, leathery-winged, blood-stained ogre slaughtering his way through an innocent golf universe? Or is he a hero? A white knight, saving golf courses that would otherwise go under by swallowing them whole and re-branding them in his...
This one was a lot of fun to write. Streamsong, Seminole, and Old Memorial are next. Then it’s time for the Masters! Here’s the link to the Cybergolf article. From the article: Is Donald Trump truly as he is depicted by his detractors? A rapacious Gorgon? A ravening-fanged, slavering-jawed, leathery-winged, blood-stained ogre slaughtering his way through...
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...
A while back, I introduced you all to my pal Ector, (name changed to protect the innocent:)) You all remember my pal Ector, right? The guy who whiffed and took a divot the size of a football? Well Ector is off the hook forever! Meet Rojas, (pronounced ROE-hass), also not his real name): “Rojas” just moved to NYC from the Dominican Republic. He’s...
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...
While I get ready to live-webcast the reopening of Philly Cricket Wissahickon Course, here’s my piece on NYC public golf over at Cybergolf. From the article: “Apologies to hairy rockers ZZ Top (of La Grange, TV Dinners and “Sharp Dressed Man” fame), but you do have to make it to the upstate New York town of Lagrangeville for some excellent...
Already one of the best golf values in the country…let alone overpriced New York City…Tallgrass has announced their super-cool winter rates. From the press release: “Tallgrass Golf Course, named one of the top-10 “Best Courses You Can Play” in the state of New York announces winter rates now in effect until March 14, 2014: Weekday rates...
MARCY, NY – The restoration of Crestwood G.C. proceeds apace, even in the face of the Biblical floods which have devastated the region and indeed the entire eastern seaboard. As you recall from this article from last year, Crestwood was rescued two years ago from the scrap heap by PGA Head Professional Steve Nacewicz and family. The course had not only...
BROOKLYN, NY – There is hope in New York City for a golf course that was once a lost cause. Brooklyn public course Marine Park, under new operators since 2010, has engaged golf architect Stephen Kay to begin renovations to the golf course, and initial reaction from New York City public golfers has been uniformly supportive. The course used to be a Hell hole...
You know you’ve got a great girlfriend when she turns to you and says, “I want to play a Pete Dye course!” That’s what my new girl did yesterday evening as she perused the yardage books and scorecards on my nightstand, and it made my day. But once I got over the elation of learning that my girl has serious golf street cred, I thought, where do...
I talked a buddy out of playing Bethpage Red last weekend and he thanked me for it afterwards. Instead, we went to Tallgrass, which is an excellent alternative to Bethpage Black and the Knoll Club West Course. Together, they are the A-B-C, 1-2-3 of N-Y-C public golf. PGA Head Professional Phil Tita told me the course was in phenomenal condition and he was absolutely...
MARCY, NY – We had given her up for dead, but she came back to us. After almost two decades of mind-boggling neglect, Crestwood Golf Club – the beloved home course of many upstate New Yorkers – had been utterly destroyed: annihilated, vaporized by what regional golfers called, “chronic malpractice and mismanagement.” Horrifyingly, it...
[Author’s Note: For Barclays week, each day we will profile a different regional public course for everyone to play while in the area for the tournament.] RIVERHEAD, NY – It’s tough to get a pulse on Robert Trent Jones, Jr.’s architectural style since he’s done so much globetrotting and designed in so many different ecosystems. He also...
Time to answer the mailbag: 1. Dear Jay, Will I see you at the Barclays? Where else will you and AWITP and Cybergolf be this year? Bob from Parsippany Bob, we’ll be at the Barclays and the Ryder Cup this fall as well as the Forsgate Battle of the Sexes between Paula Creamer and Gary McCord (hosted by David Feherty). Should be great fun. 2. Dear Jay, we had a...