By Robert Thompson | March 28, 2012
Course Review: Teeth of the Dog (1971, Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic) Designer: Pete Dye Overview: I didn’t realize Teeth of the Dog opened in the year of my birth until I started doing some reading in recent days. I guess great things happened in 1971 — or at least a great golf course has ... read more »
Tagged: Casa de Campo, Crooked Stick Golf Club, Dominican Republic, Pete Dye, Teeth of the Dog, Turnberry, Whistling Straits |
By Robert Thompson | April 18, 2006
While I’m in Cuba this week, I thought I’d re-up this story I wrote a couple of years back on the emergence of golf in Barbados. It sits well along side my review of the Green Monkey (http://www.pgatour.com/story/7267154) that I wrote for the PGATour.com in 2004….This is all interesting, considering there will be a PGA ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | April 17, 2006
G4G posts, and the ongoing “blog war,” will have to be on hold for some of this week while I’m in Cuba on a family holiday. While I’m there, I’m going to play one of only two golf courses in Cuba — this one designed by Les Furber in Varadero (http://www.varaderogolfclub.com/en/home.htm) While I’m not entirely ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | January 21, 2005
Course: The Green Monkey Location: Sandy Lane, Barbados Architect: Tom Fazio Opened: 2004 The Green Monkey is one of the highest profile, no-profile courses you will ever find. The course is part of a reported $300-million facelift owners JP McManus and Dermot Desmond gave to Barbados’ the fabled resort. The resort is the discreet destination ... read more »
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A bestselling author and award-winning columnist, Robert Thompson has been writing about business and sports, and particularly golf, for almost two decades. His reporting and commentary on golf has appeared in Golf Magazine, the Globe and Mail, T&L Golf and many other media outlets. Currently a columnist with Sympatico.ca and Ontario Golf, and a contributing writer to ScoreGolf, his blog, Going for the Green, was launched in 2004. 
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