“This is an Emmy winner right here. You can write ‘Tony’ all over this.” – Bobby Knight. Can you say “Bonds on Bonds…” Quick! Call John Eisendrath over at ESPN! We have a winner that’s riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight up their alley! Here is the...
“This is an Emmy winner right here. You can write ‘Tony’ all over this.” – Bobby Knight. Can you say “Bonds on Bonds…” Quick! Call John Eisendrath over at ESPN! We have a winner that’s riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight up their alley! Here is the...
The cool thing about websites is you can see who’s checking you out and what they were looking for. Take this for example. While doing a routine check on what people were googling when they found me, someone was searching…get this…”Fossil Trace golf cart girls...
ESPN thoroughly disgusted me and betrayed every ordinary citizen ever burdened with any kind of addiction when they rolled out Charles barkley to offer “expert analysis” on, get this, he gambles too much money when he loses. Could someone point me to any poignant analysis in...
I dont have time to do a full blown piece today, but two quick things need to be addresses. First, in case anyone is confused from OLD pictures of CC Charleston…those wings you see? On either side of the bunker. Those were MEANT to be the green when Raynor designed it and will be...
Hat’s off to Sal Johnson at Golf Observer for doing a great job with my Tobacco Road – Pulp Fiction piece. It’s here. I’m particularly keen on the photo captions…like “They had a hi-fi phono. Boy did they let it blast!” Enjoy…I had a lot of...
Picture caption: “Mmmm! This IS…a tasty burger! I’ll have a new piece up on Golf Observer soon comparing Tobacco Road to the movie Pulp Fiction. Here are some excerpts: In his book Grounds For Golf, Geoff Shackelford once compared great golf courses to epic films. For...
After a long absence, the Open returns to the home of the Beatles. With only two Opens contested at Royal Liverpool – referred to by many as simplky “Hoylake” – in the last fifty years it feels we’re rolling up on a magical mystery tour. As this will be...
This came in from Lydia in Richmond: Dear Jay, I really like reading your golf reviews. Definitely keep them coming, but you had me ROTFLOL [author’s note: that’s “Rolling on the floor laughing out loud…” different from HOGMP which is “Hang on, getting more...
The first pic is from the second fairway through the “shortcut to the green. Now there’s a line of charm!. The second pic: this critter played through on 10. Third: A great view of the ninth fairway up to the clubhouse. Fourth, the gorgous par-3 7th. Finally, the view down the...
I have yet to unpack and have work at law office AND writing table to do, but what a threesome. Bulls Bay is my favorite of the three. Part True Blue and part its own idiom different from any other strantz work, the course is now a monument to his living memory.I love the hilltop...
Three bits of housekeeping today while I go get clobbered at Harbour Town. (Well that’s my guess. I played great at Pinehurst and Bulls Bay…86-87. I didn’t break 90 at Wild Dunes and I don’t wanna know what I shot at Kiawah. I got humbled. Great course, but...
Have you ever heard of Daniel Island, SC? Tennis fans probably have as it hosts the Family Circle Cup Tournament every April, but even though my geography is solid, I had not. But when a friend recommended I stay here as a base of operations for the Charleston leg of my trip, he hit the...
For all my new readers, welcome to your first feature on the Honor Roll. Old readers love this feature because it’s that place where I take time to praise the accomplishments of truly superlative individuals who set the bar higher for all of us in any field of endeavor. My friend...
A GREAT CADDIE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE You only have two choices playing Pinehurst No. 2 – take a cart or hire a caddy. Of course, I recommend being old school. (To quote David Carradine in Kill Bill 2, “and you know I’m all about old school.”) Pinehurst is all...
WILD DUNES GOLF CLUB – LINKS COURSE 10001 Back Bay Drive Isle of Palms, SC 843.886.2180 800.845.8880 Architect: Tom Fazio Par – 72 Excitement Level – 8/12 Difficulty – 6/12 Cost – $130 Peak, $45 replay and twilight Yearly memberships – No Design –...
PINEHURST, NC – GOLFTOWN, USA While covering the 2005 U.S. Open for my first writing gig, I kept an open mind all week as the world debate raged on whether $375 is too much for a round of golf at Pinehurst No. 2, or whether $240 is too much for Nos. 4, 7, and 8. I listened to the...
I spent the weekend away and forgot to bring all the votes with me, but A.W. Tillinghast defeated Pete Dye and C.B. Macdonald narrowly beat Alistair Mackenzie. So the Final: A.W. Tillinghast v. C.B. Macdonald. Voting ends noon on Sunday. Now, since I am preparing a) for the East Coast leg...
Cybergolf.com picked up my piece on The Rawls Course at Texas Tech. Hats off the Jeff Shelley and team. Of course, I have to throw a flag on myself here – I forgot that Doak’s first course, High Point is also in the same price range as The Rawls Course. See? That’s the...
The pulse of the American sports fan is alive and well over at Steve Czaban’s website, czabe.com. Looking for what sports fans believe in today? Forget focus groups and branding profiles, Czabe is thinking what every red-blooded hard-hitting, hard-farting sweaty, smelly, stinky...
The Jay Train rolls into the Carolinas next week with stops at four epic resorts and three private courses which all have fascinating pedigrees. For the public golfer, I’ll be directly comparing and contrasting the finest resorts Carolina has to offer: Pinehurst No. 2, Wild Dunes...
Pete Dye narrowly defeated William Flynn and C.B. Macdonald held off a furious assault by Stanley Thompson (thanks for voting, Canada!) and join other regional final winners Tille the Terror and The good Doctor. Here are the Final Four matchups: 1. Pete Dye (St. Andrew’s) v. 1. A.W...
Can you say CANADIAN CLUB?! Stanley Thompson ROLLED Donald Ross in the Sweet Sixteen like he was a baby seal! It was a romp…and that’s WITHOUT Rob Thompson’s vote. In the other match of greatest interest, Tom Doak defeated Harry S. Colt by ONE VOTE. Voting for this round...
I was having an interesting discussion about real punk rock, pop-punk rock and golf design with fellow golf course architecture expert Jason Blasberg. He said the band “The Clash” was under appreciated. At first I thought “Not true…London Calling sold a hell of...
We have us an underdog! Mike DeVries, a 12 seed, ousts RTJ! Also I predicted at Houston’s Clear Thinkers, Stanley Thompson beat Fazio. Here are the sweet sixteen matchups. St. Andrews Regional 1 Pete Dye vs. 4 George Thomas (who survived a really close match w/Perry Maxwell) 2...
So Frank Hannigan writes an excellent article discussing exactly how much golf “coverage” has devolved with ESPN and NBC leading the charge. The article is here at Golf Observer. Hannigan, along with Phil Mushnick at the New York Post point out how vacuous and Tiger-philic...
Here are some pix of Lederach and Baltimore CC, West Course. The Lederach review is here: Above and to the left, the first fairway is a harbinger of things to come, as Kelly Blake Moran cants his fairways severely here. Above and to the right, you see from the 2d tee, the rear of the...
Here we go. The double digit seeds that won upsets were Tom Simpson, Rick Smith and Mike DeVries. Send me emails or go to my website or the brackets to vote. The link is here – Voting closes 9PM Sunday night: St. Andrews Regional 1. Pete Dye v. 8 Tom Weiskopf 4. George Thomas v. 5...
I had the chance to catch up with Jim after he returned from his annual vacation to Hawaii with Monie and the kids (Brian 10 and Bailey 8). Here are some of his thoughts. Look for a longer article soon in my column for Golf Observer. Jay: How was the vacation? Jim: Oh it was great. Every...
Here is the link to the bracket! Click here or paste below. Vote on line, by email or at you know where:):) let the debate begin! Voting for round one ends Thurs at 7PM, voting for sweet sixteen will immediately commence and end at 7PM on sat night ST. ANDREWS REGIONAL 1. PETE DYE 2...