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”...
First, New York City finally approved RFPs for the Ferry Point project, a planned 18 hole public golf course located in the Bronx on a site not unlike Bayonne across the river in New Jersey. Don’t get your hopes up, though. Between the Parks Department wasting money on improvements at city public courses and the massive amounts of money and time wasted...
You’ll remember The Knoll Club won a Jazzy for Best Public Course this year. The stats and overview are here. Here’s a deeper analysis of some of the great holes designed by Charles Banks, many of which are also featured at such classics as National Golf Links of America and Yale: Lets get something straight from the start; The Knoll will eat you...
THE KNOLL COUNTRY CLUB – WEST COURSE Knoll and Greenbank Roads Parsippany, NJ 973.263.7110 www.knollcc.com Architect – Charles Banks, Restored by George Bahto Par 70 Excitement Level – 10/12 Difficulty – 11/12 Design – Seven stars Natural Setting – Four stars Conditioning – Five and 1/2 stars Cost – $65 peak Yearly...
With the names of Tom Doak and William Flynn involved in the design of this course, which dates back to 1897, it can’t help but be good. From Golf.com: Not many new public courses can claim a champions’ roster that includes Walter Travis, Babe Zaharias and Don January or claim the first American to win the U.S. Open as its former head pro (John J...
…millions of $$ spent tipping and untipping and not a sliver of grass to be seen…and these people had all that time and money to try to improve the NYC public course. This is a ghastly and grotesque failure of leadership. Someone at the Parks Department needs to actually have worked in the golf industry because they are made to look like rubes making...
The end of the PGA TOUR season means that the remainder of the year will be spent reviewing more courses. First, the team here at AWITP will join forces with Tony Korologos of Hooked on Golf Blog and The Golf Space for a three day event at fabled Black Mesa Golf Club, which I reviewed in this piece for Golf Observer. Black Mesa is one of the three most important...
Quick memo from the sports desk today: 1. My Lederach Review is up at Cybergolf. One clarification…for all you newbies, my scores for “Excitement” and “Difficulty” are on a scale of TWELVE. However the star system for all other categories is out of SEVEN. So Lederach get 6 out of 7 for design, etc, but 8.5 out of 12 for difficulty...
LEDERACH GOLF CLUB 900 Clubhouse Drive Harleysville, PA 215.513.3034 www.lederachgolfclub.com Architect: Kelly Blake Moran Par: 36-35=71 Excitement Level – 8/12 Diff. – 8/12 Design – Six stars Natural Setting – Three stars Conditioning – Four and ½ stars Cost – $75 peak, $45 reduced on weekends, weekdays $50/$35 Yearly...
There was a time not long ago when heading down to DC, all you had to play was Back Creek in Delaware or the $150 Pine Hill on the Jersey side of the state line near Philly. In the last few years, however, everything has changed for the better. Located just a few miles from each other and only 75 miles due west of NYC on I-78, Morgan Hill (Kelly Blake Moran) and...
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...