Here’s a story on Bandon Dunes’ latest — Old Macdonald — that appeared earlier this year: Dream Golf Adds a Historic Element Famed Bandon Dunes Resort opens a fourth...
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Scotland: How to crack the Old Course
Eleven years. That’s the last time I had the good fortune to play the Old Course in St. Andrews. Yes, it is where golf started...
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Teeing off on the 18th at Old Course
Here’s video of my playing partner Sal’s tee shot on St. Andrews Old Course, 18th hole, from our trip in July 2008...
Read More Golfing the U.K. — London By Train
By Robert Thompson At 6 a.m., and Londons ritzy Sloane Square is just starting to bustle with bleary-eyed commuters heading to...
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Postcards From Long Island Continued: Friar's...
I’ve always been fascinated by golf course developers who know exactly what they want. Far too often those that build golf courses haven’t a clue beyond the concept that a...
Postcards From Long Island: Ken Bakst, Bill Coore and...
It is always a real pleasure to get a chance to meet and speak with the best in the business — regardless of whether we’re talking high-finance, technology, entrepreneurism or...
Public Links Increase Lure of British Open
Here’s a timely story from my first trip to Scotland, published in the National Post in 2003: ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – Standing on the first tee at the Old Course at St. Andrews...
Securing the Old Course: Try the ballot
Writer’s Note: I wrote this story after my first experience in Scotland, and specifically at The Old Course. The notion is that the course is impossible to play without shelling out...
Kohler buys Old Course Hotel
Found this in the Scotsman — interesting, given Kohler’s home run at Whistling Straits. New owner’s plans for Duke’s Course MIKE AITKEN HERB Kohler, the owner of...
Top courses in the world…
With a baby in the house, I realize there is little chance I’ll play anything further in Golf magazine’s top 100 in the world. But it has been a good year nonetheless…...