[Editor’s Note:Â This is the second of three installments on Jay Peak. Part One, a thumbnail sketch is here. Part Three, the people that you meet, is here. Part Four, a brief summary of recent history and a look at the future will drop soon.] MOUNTAIN GAZETTEER Jay Peak has two main areas – Tramside and Stateside, each with their own base lodge and...
[Editor’s Note:Â Hooray for winter! Everywhere of note is making snow, and to celebrate the start of the season, our Border War Series is back. One man goes to 20+ places in New Hampshire and 20+ in Vermont and tells you once and for all who wins. This week we’ll be posting stories about Jay Peak! So let’s get right to it. It”s shred-tastic!]...
NORTH CONWAY, N.H. – Cranmore Mountain Resort’s plans for a sparkling new combination base lodge and condominiums proceed apace. The new Fairbanks Lodge – slated to open next fall – features over 30,000 feet of lodge and gathering space in addition to 15 two-story lofted residences on its upper levels. Daily services will also include season...
BOSTON, MA – Now this is how to start winter:Â a bombogenesis outside and the largest east coast ski and snowboard expo inside. Thank you, Old Man Winter. Thank you, Snowbound Expo. It’s the third week of November, and winter seems to be arriving in a timely fashion. Buffalo, New York was so paralyzed by 80 inches of snow, the NFL took the precaution of...
It’s here, finally, our own Golf News Net iHeartRadio channel – both live and in recorded format. My own weekly show started months ago, but finally, the tech launched both live and for streaming. Jay Flemma Sports Report is on your dial! Tune in here for live shows. Click here for an archive of my past shows from the U.S. Open, Open Championship...
That roar you hear isn’t thunder; it’s the ovation from skiers and boarders across the country, but especially in the northeast celebrating Pacific Group Resorts’ winning bid to operate Vermont’s Jay Peak, jewel of the Northeast Kingdom and a bucket list destination for any serious skier or boarder who truly wants to test his or her mettle...
Super Eight and Counting – Maine’s Sunday River is an American Classic —by Jay Flemma special to JF.com and NASJA— NEWRY, ME – ” You can’t help but love plucky, authentic Sunday River, the winter resort that just keeps getting bigger and better with every passing decade. A little bit rustic, a little bit opulent...
I’ll be hosting Golf Course Trades’ short webinar series on one of my all time favorites and an instant and forever classic:Â Bayonne Golf Club. Arguably the greatest build of the 21st century, architect owner Eric Bergstol designed an Irish-style links on an old waste disposal site overlooking New York harbor. Few people could manage the ludicrous...
As always, huge thank you to Golf Course Trades for making my Ballyhack article shine. What a course! (And that’s by my standards!) There are elements of National Golf Links of America, St. Andrews (Old Course), and many other epic American and UK links. Click here for the piece. From the article: While fairways are wide off the tee, greens are treacherously...
It’s almost enough to make you feel sorry for him. Almost. At least as sorry as you can for a multi-millionaire athlete with James Bond’s good looks, an astronaut’s brain, media savvy, a mission in life, and grillion-dollar talent:Â the fall of Bryson DeChambeau from being the PGA Tour’s “it boy” capable of vaporizing every golf...
It’s always an honor and a pleasure to write about golf architect Mike Strantz, “The Maverick” to his friends. Caledonia and True Blue are both instant classic and bucket list courses for any well-traveled golfer and student of design – amateur or otherwise! Special thanks to all the folks a both courses, and of course to the Golf Course...
Minnesota’s Giants Ridge is renovating both its winter and summer sports facilities. Already one of the Midwest’s premiere golf destinations with two courses designed by award-winning architect Jeff Brauer, the resort is committed to projects all across their 35-trail, 500-foot vertical mountain and beyond. “We regraded the novice area this past...
2022 Update – Magic for the Win [Editor’s Notes:Â As we go to press, Magic, like most of the northeast, is just exiting a bad stretch of warm weather. However, hope is on the horizon; a nor’easter is on the way, plus lake effect in some areas. Magic may well be in sterling shape by the weekend. Keep a sharp eye and ear on the weather and stay...
As always, Golf Course Trades did a marvelous job with my Arizona golf story. We even got the cover of the print version, I’m told. (WOO HOO HOO!) Arizona is indeed a golf reverie from which you don’t want to wake. Everyone needs to experience this unique golf ecosystem. I’m not usually one on natural setting, but there is power in the rocks and...
Torrey the Prediction Cat lost his first opportunity to surpass Ernesto the Prediction Iguana in lifetime overall prediction percentage on this website. Torrey’s 1-3 record overall and 0-2 tally in teasers dropped him to 5-5 overall this playoff season, and 2-3 in teasers. The UNDERS in the Saturday games killed everybody, but the late flips on Sunday helped...