By Robert Thompson | July 14, 2010
In 2003 I went to Scotland for the first time — the tour consisted of rounds at Stonehaven (while my wife was traveling with me), Belleisle, Turnberry’s two courses, Kingsbarns, The Old Course, The New Course, Murcar, Cruden Bay, Dornoch, Brora and finally the King’s Course at Gleneagles. When I returned I wrote a cover ... read more »
Tagged: Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Belleisle Golf Club, Brora Golf Club, Carnoustie Links Hotel, Cruden Bay, Cruden Bay Golf Club, Donald Steel, Golf Course Preview, Jack Nicklaus, Jean Van de Velde, kingsbarns, Kingsbarns Golf Links, kyle phillips, Murcar, Murcar Golf Club, Pete Dye, Royal Dornoch Golf Club, Swilcan Bridge, the British Open, The Open Championship, Tom Morris, tom watson, Turnberry |
By Robert Thompson | December 22, 2009
With golf showing for the holidays (and me tiring of writing about Tiger), I thought I’d take the time to reflect on some of my experiences in 2009.
As anyone who reads this blog knows, I have a passion for golf design and great golf courses. This year was a spectacular one for me in that ... read more »
Tagged: ancaster, bandon dunes, bandon dunes resort, British Open, Cape Breton, Highlands Links, IMG, macdonald, national golf links of america, old macdonald, pacific dunes, private club, Richard Zokol, Rod Whitman, sagebrush, ScoreGolf, St. George's, urbina |
By Robert Thompson | February 15, 2009
While I’m prepping for a trip to LA to visit TaylorMade’s facilities this week and hang out at the Northern Trust Open on Tuesday, I’ve posted some more travel and architecture articles over on our travel site.
Go here to read my take on Florida’s East Coast and Ocean Hammock, and here to read an article ... read more »
Tagged: kingsbarns, kyle phillips, northern trust, ocean hammock, Scotland, TaylorMade |
By Robert Thompson | July 18, 2007
How can you truly review one of the wonders of the golf world? Thats the issue when it comes to North Berwicks West Links, undoubtedly one of the worlds great golf experiences. Quirky? Yes. Remarkable? Surely.
The first issue is finding the course ” it is a hard left off the main road as you enter ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | July 16, 2007
Admittedly this is more of a photo essay than a review — after all, how does one review a course like Prestwick, from which so many great golf concepts have been drawn?
The course starts with one of the more daunting shots in golf — gorse left, out of bounds and railway tracks right. Now the ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | May 21, 2007
Review: Carnoustie Golf Links
Location: Carnoustie, Scotland
Designer: Alan Robertson (later alterations James Braid)
The Scotsman had an interesting story this past week on Carnoustie, site of this year’s British Open.
In Scotland, it is all about Carnoustie this year, specifically whether the course, which hosts the British Open in July, will be set up as difficult ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | September 25, 2006
While I prepare to get around to writing up some of my thoughts on my recent trip to Scotland, I thought I’d point you to Ian Andrew’s blog. Ian, a golf architect of some repute, came along on the trip with me to Europe and is busy writing the details of each visit. He’s already ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | January 4, 2006
Course preview: The Carrick, Loch Lomond, Scotland
Doug Carrick is among Canada’s leading golf architects, having created Angus Glen, Bigwin Island and Eagles Nest, among others.
In the past two years he’s had the chance to branch out a bit — including a project called, interestingly, The Carrick next to the Loch Lomond course in central Scotland. ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | April 25, 2005
Review: Crail, Balcomie Links, Crail, Scotland:
One of the world’s oldest golf courses, Crail is sublime, strange, wonderful, whimsical and weird — all at the same time. It is also one of the truly great golf experiences to be experienced anywhere.#1 — Boathouse, 328 yards
The opening hole is steeply downhill, a strange opener and a precursor ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | February 23, 2005
How can you truly review one of the wonders of the golf world? That’s the issue when it comes to North Berwick’s West Links, undoubtedly one of the world’s great golf experiences. Quirky? Yes. Remarkable? Surely.
The first issue is finding the course — it is a hard left off the main road as you enter ... 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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