It’s going to be one of those weeks when the odds are stacked 18-1 against, when the whole round is a hangover that thumps and pounds ceaselessly, and where every golf hole digs mercilessly for the sciatic nerve. Sure U.S. Open competitions director Mike Davis promises change and excitement with flexible tee boxes and more strategic options in tournament set...
Great work from Sal Johnson and Dave Seanor. Click here to go to the Golfobserver.com site for a terrific one-on-one with Mike Davis of the USGA. It has everything you need to know about the set-up and changes.
While I’m getting my own preview piece done, Sal Johnson has a nice write-up of the changes discussed at media day. Scroll down to question 6. Kudos to Mike davis for – as he put it – easing up on the accelerator. From the article: “Several tees have been added, which will enable Davis & Co. to vary the lengths of certain holes, either...
The Homestead in Hot Springs, VA has been open since 1766. This is obviously just a sad, but thankfully isolated incident, a statistical outlier, as they say in the sports world. From the article: Hotel Spokeswoman Carol Stratford declined to say whether Hackney had any discipline problems or release further personal information on him or the victims. She...
The USGA will have photos and a write up. The biggest change in my eyes is the shrtening of 6 one day to be a driveable par-4. The green was almost entirely encircled by sand, so it’ll have a high pucker factor, and those greenside bunkers are tough. Hat tip: Peter McNally, GCA.com: “Hole 1: 430 yards–no change; Hole 2: 389 yards–no...
LEATHERSTOCKING GOLF COURSE Route 80/Lake Road Cooperstown, NY 607.547.5275 www.otesaga.com/LGC/ Architect – Devereux Emmet Par 35-37=72 Excitement Level – 10/12 Difficulty – 7/12 Design – 6 to 6-½ stars Natural Setting – 6-½ stars Conditioning – 5-½ stars Cost – $95, $120 with cart, $10 off Hotel Guests, $40 replays, $70...
Click here for the Golf Channel article, and here for the extended Cybergolf piece on the closing of Beechtree.
So Cybergolf ran “The Last Sunset at Beechtree” today. In the meantime, I wrote a coda to the piece about my trip, so here it is. Click over to see Jeff Shelley work his magic in getting things up in a heartbeat. THE THINGS WE DO FOR GOLF My road to Beechtree was hectic and hair-raising. I spent the night before the round at the townhouse of my on...
ABERDEEN, MD – We’ll be live this weekend from Beechtree Golf Club for a gathering of the faithful to pay their last respects to this wonderful Tom Doak course. As reported here, the course will close December 7 and become housing.
The worst acronym for a great golf course…NLE…no longer exists. Now we’ll speak of Beechtree in Aberdeen, Maryland in holy whispers like we do with Lido. Tom Doak wrote this message to Golf Club Atlas.
Play it now, while you still have a chance.
Though much of Devereux Emmet’s design has been altered so that the course would be a challenge to touring professional golfers, the course is still a solidly designed, affordable option for public golfers in greater New York City. Born Salisbury Country Club in 1916, the red – nee the no. 4 course – was one of five Devereux Emmet layouts. it...
The D.C area is up this week. Or I guess I should say DelMarVa. That’s “Delaware-Maryland-Virginia” for those of you scoring at home. It’s like “TriBeCa” – Triangle Below Canal street.
EAST MEADOW, NY – Golf’s greatest gift is that if you look with the right kind of eyes, you can still see the game’s ghosts flitting about, still savor the ethos of altruistic sportsmanship, and not only walk in the footsteps of the greats, but emulate their virtue as well. That’s why spirits of fans and players alike are soaring at the Red...
Thank you, Sal Johnson…and George Bahto. Welcome to Jersey’s rejoinder to Bethpage Black.
For something a little different today, let’s talk NYC restaurant reviews. After all, man cannot live by golf alone, frequently there must be dinner…and a beverage. That and I guess I’m channelling a little Patricia “Golf Girl” Hannigan today. On Saturday, Becca Schack and I did our best “Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen”...