By Robert Thompson | April 24, 2005
The buzz around Bandon Trails , the third course at the amazing Bandon Dunes resort near Bandon, Oregon, is being heard louder and louder every day. While the course, a design by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, has yet to officially open, they’ve had tons of reporters through already, including the likes of Golfweek’s cantankerous ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | March 28, 2005
Note: I recently had a discussion with my good friend and regular golfing companion, Steve Waxman, about why he avoided playing Pebble Beach on a recent trip to Cali. He explained it to me and I asked him to write something up about it. Steve’s the consumate public golfer, without many of the perks that ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | March 25, 2005
Well, it is that time of year again, when amateur golfers sit in front of their TV sets and pray that some of the biggest stars will dunk a ball in the water when they reach the 17th at Pete Dye’s notorious Sawgrass. I’m sure all of us who have played it have tales to ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | December 7, 2004
So what makes Pacific Dunes so great and so hyped? Well, part of it is that the course is a throw back to another era, when land, not bulldozers, dictated how a links would play. A great example is the 10th and 11th (pictured above) holes. Back-to-back par threes is unheard of these days, but ... read more »
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By Robert Thompson | October 14, 2004
A column I wrote on Bandon Dunes…. quite an amazing experience. NORTH BEND, OREGON – Ten hours by car from Vancouver, set along the Pacific Coast, sits *Bandon* *Dunes*, the world’s hottest – and perhaps best — golf resort. It would have been impossible to foresee all the accolades which would be gushed upon this ... 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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