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By Robert Thompson | June 15, 2010
Here’s a repeat performance from a blog I wrote last year on playing Pebble Beach — one thing I’ve thought about a lot since last March is the cost. I’d bet that after playing Pebble Beach, no one is moaning about the $500 a couple of months down the road. They are only thinking that ... read more »
Tagged: cypress point club, golf magazine, Herbert Fowler, Jack Nicklaus, pebble beach, Pebble Beach Golf Links, Royal County, Shinnecock Hills, Spyglass Hill Golf Course, U.S. Open, U.S. Open Golf Championship |
By Robert Thompson | May 28, 2010
In celebration of Old Macdonald’s opening at Bandon Dunes in a couple of weeks, I’m running a story I wrote on the course that appeared in last year’s National Post Think Golf magazine. Interesting to note that co-designer Jim Urbina has recently parted ways with Tom Doak:
Sitting in McKee’s Pub just steps from the main ... read more »
Tagged: Bandon, bandon dunes golf resort, Chicago Golf Club, golf designer, golf magazine, Jim Urbina, McKee’s Pub, Mike Keiser, Old Macdonald Golf, Oregon Coast, pacific dunes, tom doak |
By Robert Thompson | March 15, 2010
Course Review: Creek Club
Designer: CB Macdonald
I recognize that somehow I’ve managed to make it to Long Island two years in a row without actually writing about significantly about the experience. Which is hard to imagine, really, considering there’s a good argument to be made that the best golf in the world is located in this ... read more »
Tagged: CB Macdonald, creek club, Golf Long Island, New York golf |
By Robert Thompson | February 9, 2010
Course Review: Monterey Peninsula (Shore Course)
Architect: Mike Strantz
The story of Monterey Peninsula’s Shore Course is likely only known to those that are interested in golf design, and the even smaller group that were intrigued by the unfortunately short career of maverick golf designer Mike Strantz. After all, it was the Shore Course which would be ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | February 2, 2010
Course Review: Riviera Country Club
Designer: George Thomas
Jim Furyk once told me that he hated everything about Los Angeles. He disliked the city and wasn’t fond of the traffic. But he came to play the Northern Trust Open (formerly the Nissan…) because of the golf course. “And I don’t even play that well there,” he said. ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | November 4, 2009
I’ve always been fascinated by golf course developers who know exactly what they want. Far too often those that build golf courses haven’t a clue beyond the concept that a course will help sell real estate. That’s often been the case in Canada — and led directly to the failure of several high-profile projects where the ... read more »
Tagged: american golf, coore, course design, crenshaw, fairway, G4G, Gil Hanse, Golf Design, Jack Nicklaus, long island, old course, robert trent jones, Tom Fazio |
By Robert Thompson | November 2, 2009
It is always a real pleasure to get a chance to meet and speak with the best in the business — regardless of whether we’re talking high-finance, technology, entrepreneurism or, in this case, golf. With that in mind, I was very pleased to meet Bill Coore, half of the Coore/Ben Crenshaw design team, while on ... read more »
Tagged: bandon dunes, bandon dunes resort, coore, crenshaw, golf architect, Golf architecture, golf course, Golf Design, Jack Nicklaus, kingsbarns, long island, old course, pacific dunes, Rod Whitman, tom doak, urbina |
By Robert Thompson | April 3, 2009
Course Preview: Old MacDonald (Bandon Dunes Resort, Oregon)
Designers: Tom Doak and Jim Urbina
Here’s the premise so far for those that think Old MacDonald is a child’s sing-song.
Bandon Dunes creator Mike Keiser wants to build a fourth course. And he’s fascinated by the Lido, a now defunct design by fabled golf designer CB MacDonald. He is ... read more »
Tagged: bandon dunes resort, old macdonald, pacific dunes, Scotland, st. andrews, tom doak, urbina |
By Robert Thompson | March 5, 2009
Course Review: Spyglass Hill (Pebble Beach, Calif.)
Designer: Robert Trent Jones
There is no doubt that Spyglass Hill is one of the more polarizing courses in the World Top 100. When I told my playing partner that it was among the elite on the planet, he scoffed. “No way,” he told me. “I don’t think it is.”
It ... read more »
Tagged: california golf, pebble beach, robert trent jones, spyglass hill |
By Robert Thompson | February 26, 2009
Course Overview: Pebble Beach Golf Links (Pebble Beach, California)
Designer: Jack Neville and Douglas Grant.
Interestingly, while it is difficult to actually write a review of Cypress Point, it is much easier to debate the merits of Pebble Beach. For one thing it is public, though with a green fee of nearly $500, it is only ... read more »
Tagged: arnold palmer, pebble beach golf, Royal Dornoch, Turnberry |
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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