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While my friend Tim invited me up to Pinehurst for the weekend, he told me that we could play at Forest Creek if I could get there early enough on Friday. I was having an outpatient medical procedure on Thursday that required me to be put under, so I told him that I would try… Read more

Well, there is much that can be said about the Black course at Bethpage State Park on Long Island, including people sleeping in their car in the parking lot to get a tee time all the way to how difficult the course is. In my case, I was able to secure an advance tee time… Read more

Ferry Point was a last minute addition to my trip to New York. I had a free afternoon before heading to Bethpage State Park, so decided to squeeze the round in. The course is at the base of the Whitestone Bridge and has spectacular views of downtown Manhattan from all over the course. Oh, and… Read more

Royal County Down is unquestionably one of the best golf courses in the world. I played the course as part of a trip to Northwest Ireland in 2011. The first tee/Starter: Chuck having to play out of the bunker backward. The only water hazard on the course. It is really odd and seems out of… Read more

We played Royal Portrush in June 2011 as part of our trip to Northwestern Ireland. This was before the renovations that were made prior to hosting The Open Championship in 2019. The view from the 1st tee. On this particular hole, I hit my approach long and right (almost on the 2nd tee box) and… Read more

Peachtree is one of those truly special places that you must play if you have the opportunity. The story is that Bobby Jones was playing at East Lake one day and became so frustrated with the pace of play that he got fed up and decided to build a new course. So, along with Dick… Read more

The final course that we played during our 2009 trip to Bandon was the Pacific Dunes course. Considered by many to be the best of the courses at Bandon, I can report that it did not disappoint. Since this was the final course on our trip and we needed to head directly to the airport… Read more

Bandon Trails is considered by many to be the least interesting course at Bandon Dunes, but I disagree. It actually might be the most interesting from a golf architecture perspective – it just doesn’t have the awesome coastal views that the other courses have. Of course, I am usually biased to Coore & Crenshaw designs… Read more

Next, we headed down to Bandon for 3 days at Bandon Dunes. The first day, we played the Bandon Dunes course. The deer don’t seem fazed at all by Gil and his caddie. Definitely not where I wanted to be. Read more

The Witch Hollow course is the private, members-only course at Pumpkin Ridge. Tyler had pulled some strings and was able to get us afternoon tee times here. Witch Hollow is probably most famous for being one of the courses where Tiger Woods won one of his US Amateur Championship titles. View from the 1st tee… Read more