YGCC – Private Course/Public Feel Long before golf courses had 6 separate tee boxes, multi-tiered greens and 10-foot-deep bunkers the game was a much simpler challenge. It was also perhaps much less stressful and the investment in golf...
Category - Going for the Green
Thoughts and writing on the world of golf and golf course architecture.
Whether it’s a 9-hole Par 3, an 18-hole championship layout, a 36-hole resort facility or a municipally owned and managed course like The Links at Coyote Wash, golf courses have one thing in common. They provide an environment and venue...
Wild about the ‘Cats Home The interest of those we meet has happened on past reviews trips, so it was no surprise that it occurred repeatedly in our time in Tucson. One of the bi-products of being a golf writer and on these trips more...
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starr There are a number of traits that place a golf course in a certain category or pedigree. Being the host course for a PGA Tour event is one of them. Now when your course hosted a PGA tour event like the Tucson Open...
The Conquistador Course We set off for Day 2 at El Conquistador Golf and Tennis with great anticipation of what would hopefully be a repeat of our first day there; golfing déjà vu really.Upon arrival it all started swimmingly, the guys at the...
El Conquistador – Canada Course We left Casa Grande Saturday and made the short 75-minute drive down I-10 to our next destination Tucson, AZ. On travelling days, even short ones like this, we opt not to golf and during NFL season we never...
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...
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...