Course Overview: Cypress Point Club (Pebble Beach, California) Designer: Alister Mackenzie Writer’s note: This overview was written several years ago. I repost it given the recent comparisons between Cypress and Cabot Cliffs. One...
Category - Golf Course Reviews – USA
Every so often you happen to chance upon a a little jewel of a golf course and for whatever reasons, great hot dogs, a friendly face greeting you, the owners dog welcomes everyone with a wagging tail or a real fun little track to...
A recent road trip this summer from the beautiful shores of Vancouver Island, Canada where we live to the equally beautiful shores of Lake Huron introduced us to a magical golfing opportunity. Included in the list of the top 25...
I’d never met Tom Doak — at least until last week. Sure I’d spoken to him on the phone, gone back and forth by email, and even received a signed copy of the Confidential Guide to Golf Courses in the mail once. But I’d...
Course Review: Los Angeles Country Club North Course (Los Angeles, Calif.) Designers: Herbert Fowler, George Thomas, William Bell Overview: Every so often a restoration of a course will breathe new life into a tired facility. That seems...
Course Review: Streamsong (Polk County, Florida) Designers: Red – Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw; Blue – Tom Doak Opens: December, 2012 Overview: First there was Bandon Dunes. Then there was Bandon Dunes East (Cabot Links and the...
Yale’s terrific 7th hole. Course Review: The Course at Yale (New Haven, Conn.) Designer: Seth Raynor Rarely have I come to a course expecting it to be a fine example of golf design, only to find it to be truly extraordinary. But...
I’ve been in NY for a couple of days, doing a great tour that has so far included Knollwood, Quaker Ridge, Yale and today at Fishers Island. Yale has been the real surprise of the trip — a remarkable golf course that is on a massive...
Here’s a repeat performance from a blog I wrote last year on playing Pebble Beach — one thing I’ve thought about a lot since last March is the cost. I’d bet that after playing Pebble Beach, no one is moaning about the...