Palm Creek Golf and RV Resort – Casa Grande AZ It was back in the mid – summer of 2018 that Myra and I decided that we would try an RV holiday. After a 2 day “trial run” that we enjoyed close to our Vancouver Island home we felt we were...
Category - Going for the Green
Thoughts and writing on the world of golf and golf course architecture.
To suggest that Ak Chin Southern Dunes is anything but a first-class high-end golf facility would be a total untruth. Much like Poston Butte GC, another of the high-end Troon managed golf courses we recently played, it is basically located in...
Arcis Golf the management company that oversees numerous courses throughout the US has a varied portfolio of municipal, semi private and private courses in its portfolio.I would imagine a few might reach the height of playability, affordability...
When preparing an outstanding meal, a chef needs the right ingredients to create a masterpiece. For our golfing day at Poston Butte, this is what made the recipe complete. We pulled into the parking lot, which was spotless and were immediately...
Superstition Springs GC – Mesa, AZ Over the course of 4 or 5 years in the early nineties, I attended the Phoenix Open at the TPC Scottsdale as well as played golf at numerous courses in Phoenix, Scottsdale and Mesa. Back then at The Phoenix...
Lake Havasu Golf Club – West Course Today’s round at Lake Havasu Golf Club to describe in one word was marvelous. No, hold on, fantastic. Let’s see I use that one too much, let’s go with extraordinary. If you want to use all three together...
Lake Havasu Golf Club – East Course In the mid-1960s, before Lake Havasu City became a city, a 9 hole golf course was built and later another nine was added. It grew into having two 18-hole courses and under the original owner was named London...
Day 2 – “Jaw Dropping Views” For the second day in a row, the recent cold northern winds that had locals shaking in their boots and snowbirds saying “where are we?” gave way to weather closer to the norm. The sun...
Day 1 – “Desert Paradise” Well, after a relaxing 3-day journey south from our home on Vancouver Island in our motor home, “The Golf Machine”, we made it to our first multi-day destination Lake Havasu City, Arizona. This would...