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...
Category - Going for the Green
Thoughts and writing on the world of golf and golf course architecture.
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...
When we think of personal comebacks we often think of a professional athlete who had to give it “one more try” like Mohammed Ali or Michael Jordan, closer to home it might be the likes of BC Lions head coach Wally Buono, who just can’t seem to...