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...
Category - Going for the Green
Thoughts and writing on the world of golf and golf course architecture.
It’s very rare for me to struggle to describe in words augmented with photos the true essence of what a golf course offers. Today’s round at Lakewood Golf Club was so much more than tee up ball, hit ball, putt ball. If the nature and the...
There are few place that I really want to keep revisiting to play golf as much as Alabama and in particular any of the magnificent courses on the Robert Trent Jones Trail. Begin your round gazing down the fairway on the Par 4 1st with delight...
It was mid-November of 2017 when Myra and I were first introduced to the beautiful Southwood Golf Club in Tallahassee, Florida. To the infrequent visitor it would not appear that much has really changed. The few physical improvements that were...
The lengthy list of golf courses designed and built by the legendary Bob Cupp is as impressive a catalog of any golf course designer in history. This also includes numerous redesigns and renovations. There is a certain exclusive pedigree...
Located a mere mile apart does not mean that two courses look or play the same. In spite of being located in the gorgeous confines of The Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort our Monday venue The George Fazio Course and The Robert Trent Jones...
Looking over the practice putting green to the clubhouse. Teeing it up at the George Fazio course on Hilton Head Island South Carolina Monday morning at 11 AM was not our first introduction to the golf course. When it’s convenient, I will quite...
Again, with perfect weather conditions, but unlike our round the day before at The River Golf Club in South Carolina at least the state we were playing in today was what I thought I had booked – Georgia. Looking up to the clubhouse past...
I’m raring to go, sorry for the selfie. Much like one might expect every art gallery in Paris to be world class so would be the same sentiments golfing in Augusta, Georgia. This is painfully obvious as when you inform people you are bound...