All this week on the Golf News Net Radio Network the Jay’s Plays show will have architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr., Tour and travel expert Bruce Moulton. Then starting later in the week we spotlight architect Keith Foster and his work at such places as Philly Cricket Club, River Bend, Eastward Ho! and more. PCC head superintendent Dan Meersman joins us as well...
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...
In his fifty years as a designer Bob Jones, Jr. could hold the golf course architects’ record for frequent flier miles. “I can’t even calculate how many times I’ve circumnavigated the globe,” he stated, a look of exhaustion crossing his face merely recalling the experiences. “Even back in the ’70s and ’80s I’d fly...
JF: How disappointed are you that you didn’t get the 2016 Olympics Course gig down in Rio? RTJ 2: I’m not disappointed – I’m supportive of golf being successful in its re-emergence in the Olympics. However, the sand is running out of the hourglass, and everyone will have to get started soon if they want the proposed new golf course to be a...
Back 9 has run my article on the new bunker on 18 at Chambers Bay – Chambers Basement! Enjoy!
Quintessential golf architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr. will be honored tomorrow night at the 2012 Ellis Island Medals of Honor ceremony, a high recognition given to remarkable Americans who exemplify outstanding qualities in both their personal and professional lives while continuing to preserve the richness of their particular heritage. Over 100 Americans descended...
On Wednesday the Olympics are expected to do what they always do, greedily chase the last dollar on the table and create a massively expensive venue that will go to waste once the games end. Expectation runs high that R&A Head Peter Dawson has pressured the decision makers to choose the “team” of Jack Nicklaus and Annika Sorenstam to build the Rio...
While I get a few more interviews and course reviews finshed, here’s some great insighta o Chambers Bay from Robert Trent Jones, Jr., who by this time next week = may pull a come from nehind victory in the Rio primary:) (I.E. The Olympics election…err…selection…) JF: Now those hummocks look like berms that Seth Raynor did at flat courses like...
Day 1 – The Road to Chambers Bay Warm clothes? Check. Laptop? Check. Clubs? That’s a big check! And we were off to Seattle for the Walla to Walla Tour – golf in Washington state during the first week of January. The weather report called for highs between 45 and 25 degrees, with lows in the teens, but no snow, thankfully. So I added four layers of...
So I’m 2/3 done with my NW trip to open the year. Great fun so far. I’ll more post pics when I get time, but for now I’ll get the ball rolling. Chambers Bay was really wonderful. I really like Whistling Straits, I love Arcadia Bluffs, I really love Pac Dunes, but Chambers may be my fave of that crop. Fave holes included 1, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 17, and...
Finalists selected to design the 2016 Olympic Golf Course – Tom Doak, Gil Hanse, Hawtree, RTJ II, Nicklaus/Sorenstam, Norman/Ochoa, Player, Thomson. Story to come later tonight.
This is his wrap-up of our weekend at the Grand Re-opening.
Good stuff, Tony! Here’s the link to my review.
DORADO, Puerto Rico – Friday, 6:30 a.m. It’s barely dawn, but my gargantuan three bedroom resort condo is already bumpin’ with the country-fried rock of Seattle-based band Radio Nationals and their hit song “Golden.” Twangy Telecaster and wailing Les Paul guitar riffs provide a bold, brazen counterpoint to the mellow baritone vocals. You...
DORADO, Puerto Rico – There’s still no one like former PGA Tour star Chi Chi Rodriguez, the Clown Prince of Golf, a walking one-liner who brings the Sun with him wherever he goes, and one of the key members of Puerto Rico’s Pantheon of iconic athletes. He can make the whole room fall apart with laughter, then shed a tear of joy after hearing him...
DORADO, Puerto Rico – Part I – The high-flying, death-defying, five-ring circus life of a sports writer Thursday, 7:36 a.m. Wheels up out of JFK and I’m frightened to the marrow of my bones. The plane has been shaking and wobbling since it taxied out of Gate B22 and it’s only gotten worse after a slow, tortured climb to 33,000 feet. As you...