Sometimes a course appeals to your primal nature and desire to rise to a challenge. When I read this from Black Diamond… Nestled in the rolling hills of Holmes County, Black Diamond Golf Course will challenge your physical and mental game. Meticulous accuracy with every shot is required to even think about playing “bogey golf.” […]
Month: March 2017
Course Introduction – The Atchafalaya at Idlewild
I’ll be honest, there is a (relatively large) part of me that just wants to post this picture, “drop the mic,” and call it good on introducing a Louisiana golf course… What could be more “bayou” than that? Seriously, if that fairway was water that could be a screen grab from every Louisiana movie I’ve […]
Course Introduction – Pleasant Valley Country Club
My real introduction to golf came from Harvey Penick. While reading one of his books there was an anecdote about Jimmy Demaret’s swing that formed both the foundation of my swing and my anointment of Demaret (sight unseen at that point) as my favorite player. Quotes like this from Demaret didn’t hurt the cause “I […]
Course Introductions – Bois De Sioux Golf Course
Bois De Sioux presented an interesting choice for me. One the one hand, I was captivated by playing a course with 9 holes in one state and 9 in another; on the other, I was concerned that I already had a course in one of the states. Ultimately, I couldn’t resist the idea of spending […]
Course Introduction – Mount Washington Course at Bretton Woods
Usually, when a course has been rated by Golfweek magazine the number 1 course in a particular state for 8 years running, the big news to share is about the actual course. However, while Mount Washington is a great course (and we’ll get into that a little bit later), sometimes history take a front seat. […]
Course Introductions – The Prairie Club
I’m just going to start with this from The Prairie Club… Long before the bulldozer there was golf. It was played over the most interesting parts of the terrain, the land creating the golf and not the other way around. Here in the Sandhills, eons have passed since the formation of this place. … If […]
Course Introduction – The Woods
There are times when the simplest things can nudge you in a direction. When I began looking at courses, I had no pre-conceived notions of what “West Virginia golf” should look like. As such, I was just flipping through course tours and looking for something that caught my eye. That’s when I saw this hole […]
Course Introduction – Hamilton Farm
It’s not very often you start a golf course introduction with a picture like this… But Hamilton Farm in New Jersey isn’t your everyday golf course. Take this excerpt from their history page for example… During World War II, Brady’s widow directed the conversion of the stables and carriage house into an emergency hospital and […]
A birdie, a hosel, and a mulligan walk into a bar…
Note: this was supposed to be posted last fall… no idea how it didn’t happen. In any event, these things didn’t just happen, but none of my conclusions have changed, so I’m going to post it anyway 🙂 Sometimes Golf is a funny game.  Not funny “haha” but funny “what the blank just happened.”  Yesterday […]
Course Introduction – Deerfield Golf Club
There’s history, and then there’s history. Deerfield Golf Club in Delaware has it. Originally founded as a private course for the employees of the DuPont Corporation (that’s the same DuPont as “DuPont Circle” in DC, if you are curious) the historic grounds were acquired by the state in 2005, and opened to the public for […]