How I (affordably) shaved ~18 strokes off my average score in 18 months (part 1) Full Disclosure: I am not a PGA pro, in fact I’m not a certified golf instructor of any kind. If you can get past those things and are curious about a few of the key tenets of my successful 18 […]
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Course Review – Greathorse, MA
Greathorse (Blacks) 6812 yards – 73.9 Rating – 133 Slope – 85 Score Day 28; May 18th, 2017 When I started doing research on courses, one of the things that jumped out at me was the 150+ bunkers (over 8 per hole!) that Greathorse boasted… then I got an email from them saying […]
Course Review – Redtail Mountain, Tennessee
Redtail Mountain (Blues) 6676 yards – 72.3 Rating – 126 Slope – 81 Score Day 19; May 9th, 2017 I’m going to preface this review by saying the day we played Redtail it was cold, wet and foggy, with an emphasis on wet… The main point in starting with that is to let you […]
Course Review – Fox Hopyard, Connecticut
Fox Hopyard (Blues) 6512 yards – 72.6 Rating – 131 Slope – 81 Score Day 17; May 7th, 2017 I’ve always been a fan of target golf, quite frankly, mostly because I’m pretty good with my medium and short irons and terrible with a driver in my hand. While I wouldn’t classify Fox Hopyard […]
Course Review – Ocean Winds course at Seabrook Island, South Carolina
Ocean Winds Course (Mallard) 6473 yards – 72 Rating – 138 Slope – 94 Score Day 17; May 7th, 2017 When I was researching courses to play in South Carolina, one of the first thoughts I had was wanting to play on a barrier island. As I was scanning reviews and pictures of courses I […]
Course Review – The Ledges, Utah
The Ledges (Tips) 7145 yards – 74.2 Rating – 133 Slope – 88 Score Day 4; April 24th, 2017 I’ll preface all of this by saying that I decided to play from the tips at The Ledges, a first for me. At 7145, with a 74.2 rating (133 slope) from there, this was, on paper […]
Course Review – Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Coeur d’Alene Resort (Blues) 66355 yards – 70.1 Rating – 122 Slope – 87 Score Day 47; June 6th, 2017 The Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course is known world-wide for its floating green; and, I don’t mean to take anything away from that hole when I say this, but it was not even in my […]
Course Review – Old Works, Montana
Old Works (Copper) 6776 yards – 71.9 Rating – 125 Slope – 81 Score Day 46; June 5th, 2017 The signature element of Old Works is the black slag bunkers, and you can’t miss them when you are on the course. In fact to me, at first, they kept appearing to be water rather than […]
Course Review – Ravenwood, New York
Ravenwood (Blacks) 6642 yards – 72.1 Rating – 130 Slope – 87 Score Day 32; May 22nd, 2017 Sometimes, less is more. I can’t necessarily point to any one hole or even course characteristic of Ravenwood that makes me so fond of the course; it’s more the sustained quality of the holes, one after the […]
Course Review – Aspen Lakes, Oregon
Aspen Lakes (Whites) 6535 yards – 71.9 Rating – 131 Slope – 85 Score Day 1; April 21st, 2017 One of the first things you notice about Aspen Lakes is the red bunkers. Ground from the local cinder (as a choice by the course designer to avoid shipping in white sand from out of state), […]