Our final day, before heading home, allowed us the opportunity to play and review Squamish Valley Golf and CC in a city probably more famous for its exhilarating rock climbing challenge, The Big Chief, than its golf course. To get the ferry...
Category - Going for the Green
Thoughts and writing on the world of golf and golf course architecture.
Day 2 of our short getaway was a much anticipated one for me. Anytime I can return to a course that rates very high on my favorites list, especially now accompanied by Myra, is sure to be rewarding. Also, joining us is a new golfing friend...
Restrictions to travel due to the Covid 19 pandemic meant that Myra and I had to rethink our golf review plans for 2020. We had originally planned on a cross Canada journey to the Maritimes before heading due south to Florida. That gargantuan...
In late November of 2017 Myra and I played for the first the incredible Sandia Golf Course in Albuquerque, New Mexico for the first time. It was very high on our “must return” list. Therefore, when planning our return route from Florida back to...
Located along Interstate 25, some 75 miles south of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is the city of Socorro, NM. Home to the highly regarded New Mexico Tech University and also the lesser known, but locally respected New Mexico Tech Golf Course. On our...
One of the most tasteful pro shops you’ll ever see. Day two playing golf at the beautiful La Cantera Resort and Spa saw us teeing it up on The Resort Course, the former home of the PGA Tours’ Texas Open. Looking back from the...
When Myra and I arrived in the beautiful Monte Vista Historical District San Antonio, Texas, on Friday, November 8th for our 4 day stay, one of our most anticipated planned outings was playing golf at La Cantera Resort and Spa. With a number of...
When you look at the impressive list of courses designed by the iconic master of golf course construction Tom Fazio, dozens of them are sites or former sites of PGA and LPGA events. I have played a few of them including Sea Island GC, The...
Among the 11 sites on The Robert Trent Jones Trail, Magnolia Grove offers 54 holes of golf, 2 amazing full-length Par 72 beauties and an equally rewarding 18-hole course of all Par 3’s aptly called The Short Course. Starts like this on the Par...