Another example of the fine dunes at Royal Montrose, with my friend Steve standing in the background.
Black Horse GC – Seaside, CA
If you say Monterey to any golfer worth a sleeve of balls, the first two words out of their mouth is usually Pebble Beach...
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Morro Bay Golf Course – Morro Bay CA
On our way to Carmel, CA, we booked 4 days at an RV resort in Cayucos, CA located right on the central California coast. In this...
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15th at Kingsbarns
Kingsbarns’ famed #15 on a wonderful sunny day last April. I managed to eagle the ninth at this sublime course to shoot 35 from the tips in what was our final round of the trip. Too...
Royal Montrose Diminishing Dunes
Royal Montrose’s diminishing dunes
Scotland's disappearing dunes?
On a recent Golfclubatlas.com thread, the discussion centered around which golf course had the best dunes. It got me to thinking about the great links I’ve seen (Cruden Bay, Old...
Jeff Mingay online!
My friend and budding golf architect Jeff Mingay is now online with a fine looking website. Check it out here. Way to go Jeff!
PGA revamps Ryder Cup points
Doug Ferguson, who is likely the best golf beat reporter in the world at the moment (and a good guy as well), reports on the changes to the Ryder Cup qualifying system. Apparently it took a...
Canadian Open returns to Hamilton in 2006
This is good news for Canadian golf, given the interest in Hamilton when the event was held there in 2003. Hopefully the PGA Tour pros will remember it, though I’m not as certain of...
Review: The National Golf Club of Canada
Architects: Tom and George Fazio The National is clearly one of Canada’s great golf courses, with an ingenious routing, difficult greens and remarkable conditioning. First opened in...
Marlene Streit makes the Hall of Fame….
Word on Streit is she’s the best: Canadian has won all the prestigious amateur titles Robert Thompson On Golf No one recognized the self-described “grey-haired little...