PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA – The greatest compliment I can pay a golf course is that I choose to return to play it over and over. That is a short list, let me tell you. On the public side Bandon Dunes Resort, anything by Mike Strantz, (that covers Pinehurst, Williamsburg, and Caledonia/True Blue in Myrtle), New Mexico…there’s a few others. On the private...
Sawgrass and World Woods and the PGA Golf Club (Dye Course…) Woo hoo hoo!
I’ll be back down there at Quail Ridge, Delray Dunes, and many more for another week of writing and golf. See everyone on the other side of the holiday.
Tiger had a few poignant observations during his pre-tournament presser for the Players. Congratulations to Laura Hill on getting to moderate the discussion with the assembled media, (and by the way break a leg – that’s good luck – to Beth Murrison when her turn comes at the U.S. Open). “Q. How different has this comeback been for you than the...
Here’s Tony Korologos’s diary of his round at Sawgrass and review. Besides being a world-class drummer and music producer, Tony runs the Golf Space and plays to a two handicap…except when he dumps three in the drink at 17, (I’ve done that…I also made three by getting up and down from the 18th teebox!!!). And as for those pictures of him...
Tot Hill Farm Golf Club in Ashboro, NC is hosting the first annual Mike Strantz Memorial golf tournament. The club’s annual “Custormer Appreciation Tournament” has been renamed in Mike’s honor and will be contested on November 21 as a 3-player Texas style Scramble/best ball hybrid event designed to also pay homage to the colorful spirit of the...
When in Georgia for the Masters, you’ll of course bring your sticks to play. While the normal option of Wednesday golf is out because of the par-3 tournament, Tuesday and Saturday morning are good choices;you won’t miss any serious action. Even though it’s a little rough around the edges in spring conditions, there is no better option for public...
Atta boy, Gary. Get after those price gaugers…especially in a recession. $158 for us, less than halfcfor locals? Not on our watch. Cross Melreese off your list in Miami.
Here it is.
Enjoy…and run down there to play it.
So Mom and Dad sat through a whole week of dismal weather at Hilton Head last week, but things cleared starting wed, when they went up for a few days in Myrtle Beach. For those of you keeping score, dad is 84 and mom is 73…Mr. and Mrs. Havekamp…only with some game:) ..and instead of “That’s a peach hun” it’s “will you...
Jennifer Maples – daughter of Dan Maples the famous golf designer, and granddaughter of Ellis Maples – has this solid value for a golf package running from Nov 1- 16: 3 rounds of golf at Tobacco Road, The Pit, and Beacon Ridge, and 2 nights lodging at the Comfort Inn Pinehurst for $249. Click over to maplesgolf.com for more info or call 800.889.5323...
I’ll write longer pieces over the next few days, but Masters week was made even more memorable by two excellent days of golf not far from fabled Augusta. About ninety minutes away, Mike Young designed an excellent, affordable public course, Long Shadow G.C. in Madison, GA, just one mile off Route 20, the Interstate that connects Atlanta and Augusta. With...
Once again the tour bus will be revving, the keyboard will be clicking, and we’ll be bringing you the best travel destinations, along with pro tour and NCAA coverage all spring and summer long. The first stops will be in Georgia to coincide with the Masters and the Golf Writers Association of America events. We’ll be live from not only Augusta, but...
Remember Crazy Eddie? His prices were IN—SAAAAAAAAAANE! He ain’t got nuthin’ on Jennifer Maples, the Queen of Golf vacation Values. So lets get this straight. In shoulder seasons she can get you three rounds at Village of Pinehurst-area courses like Tobacco Road, Tot Hill Farm and the Pit plus cart and two-night hotel suite (SUITE!) at a decent...
So I sent my mom and dad to Caledonia Golf and Fish Club yesterday and mom made me spit iced tea all over my laptop. You remember they went to The Hideout in Naples, Fla. last year and reported back? Well, Mr. and Mrs. Havekamp are back with their own inimitable golf course reviews. Dad: “The greens were massive! They had to be 50 yards long and the last one...
Lightning has struck twice in he same place. Hurricane Hugo tore apart the seaside holes at Wild Dunes Golf Club on the Isle of Palms in S.C. in 1990. Now wind and tides and their corresponding erosion have once again destroyed part of the coastal holes at this Tom Fazio design on which Mike Strantz worked. Part of the 18th green fellinto the sea and the hole...