French Creek Golf Club in Elverson, PA is often overlooked when people discuss Philadelphia golf. Located across the street from Stonewall, the course occupies much more difficult terrain than its neighbor. Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner did a clever job of routing the course to create a fun, playable course. This video (after the jump) [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2009’
HIDDEN CREEK AT OUT AND BACK
Tom Dunne at Out and Back has a good slide show of Coore/Crenshaw’s Hidden Creek near Atlantic City, New Jersey. Created by photos Tom took while touring the course with Bill Coore, the slideshow shows the course in early season form.
I have only been around the course once, but I found it to be yet [...]
THE HORSE COURSE
I really like this video by Geoff Shackelford about figuring out the land plan at the Prairie Club. It was great having Geoff, Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner out in Valentine for at least part of the summer. Their final product, the spectacular Horse Course, interacts with the canyon in way that highlights the unique [...]
JIM URBINA & OLD MAC (PART TWO)
In the second part of my interview with Jim Urbina from this past February out in Bandon, Jim talks about the bold features that the team incorporated into the design at Old Macdonald. The greens are some of the wildest that I have ever seen on any golf course. The sixth hole at the National [...]
TPC POTOMAC (A.K.A. TPC AT AVENEL)
I traveled out to the old TPC at Avenel last week to see the recent changes that have been made. They are now calling the place the TPC Potomac at Avenel Farms. While it is a mouthful, the new name, when shortened to to TPC Potomac, is quite an improvement and so is the work [...]
CHAMBERS BAY- PART TWO
In the second part of my interview with superintendent Dave Wieneke, he discusses the wall-to-wall use of fescue on at Chambers Bay. A mature strand of fescue will play very fast, allowing for the bump and run shots that the course calls for, but achieving this level of density and health takes time. Chambers Bay [...]
CHRIS HUNT’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK
I felt a strong inner call for soul purification this week, and in that vain, what course would spring to mind ahead of the overtly honest and aged Mildenhall, that famous 9-hole sandy flatland in Middle Earth England that was originally staked in the late 19th century. So it is in a field, and yes, the [...]
WHAT THE F!
I played golf today at a course in the Virginia suburbs that shall remain nameless. This is what we found on the second green. To say that the hole was cut a little close to the edge would be a masterful example of understatement. The photo does not show that the hole is on top [...]
HOTEL 1000 – SEATTLE
The Hotel 1000 is located just a few blocks south of Pikes Place Market in downtown Seattle. The rooms are modern and sleek and the service is outstanding. But that’s not why it is showing up on this golf website. The Hotel 1000 is the home to a Golf Club which consists of two golf [...]
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