Grand Cypress-No Apologies
Sometimes, lost in discussions about golf courses and sites and design, is the understanding that golf is, fundamentally, a sport. We wield specialized equipment, wear standardized uniforms of a sort, and take what skills we have onto prescribed playing courts of roughly the same dimensions and durations. With this in mind it’s not misguided to view golf courses as stadiums, or manufactured athletic fields.
This idea obviously inspired the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, but there the concept was catered more to the spectator’s experience. I always think of the original 27 holes at...
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If you want to get a taste of major championship golf in the state of Florida, there’s only one place to go: Palm Beach Gardens.
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Chattanooga—You Wouldn’t Think Great Golf, But…
In 1969, during a CBS evening news broadcast, Walter Cronkite reported that the EPA had just named Chattanooga “the dirtiest... -
For the Love of Lahinch
What makes one golf course adored, and another merely respected or admired? As with all such matters of the heart, definitions defy description. You might... -
Wild Horse Golf Club-Doing Design the Right Way
This is the story of how a few people in a very small town...
The Stonemont Course at Stone Mountain Golf Club outside of Atlanta is what you expect from stock, mid-century Trent Jones: a straight-forward, thick-waisted course full of tree-lined doglegs, big elevated greens pinched in front by bunkers and yes, the runway tees. There’s a welcome what-you-see-is... Full Story
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Stone Mountain Lakemont Course
I’d love to be able to give the Lakemont Course at Stone Mountain Golf Club a higher score—parts of the property... -
The Champion-A Classic Vintage at PGA National
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Dye Stays a Step Ahead at Southern Hills Plantation
I thought Southern Hills Plantation might have a chance to win national acclaim when I first heard, around 2001, that Pete Dye...
Self-expression, you might say, has become a national pastime. On social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Yelp! and foursquare-where we opine before all who will listen on subjects ranging from the political to the popular to the private-the importance of our insights... Full Story
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The Checklist-Hair
Quick, who was the last man not wearing a hat to win one of golf’s majors? Do you remember how long ago it was... -
The Checklist-The Beatles
Hemingway, we think, said that everyone should read Huckleberry Finn... -
The Checklist-The Twin Blade
Question: What’s the closest, most satisfying shave you’ve ever had? Was it from a Norelco? With the bizarre-looking neon-colored disposable that...