Before playing Mystic Dunes, I had no idea that Champions Tour Player and NBC golf analyst Gary Koch was in the design business. I wish that I still didn’t. A friend set up the game and I had no idea what I was getting myself into and even after the decent first hole, I still [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2009’
I’M ON A DOAK
I didn’t think there could be anything more ridiculously obsequious to Tom Doak than the myriad of write ups and videos on this site, but this video by Jim Colton of wegoblogger31 is over the top. It has quickly made its way around the internets, but I have decided to post it now that it [...]
LIBERTY NATIONAL
Geoff Shackelford has done a great job of scouring the press for player reaction to the awful looking Liberty National (here and here). I was pretty amused by a quote from co-designer Tom Kite that were in an article in the New York Daily News by Hank Gola. On Liberty National’s lack of critical acclaim, [...]
SPREAD THE WORD 2
William Ecenbarger writes a great article for The Philadelphia Inquirer about Merion’s superintendent Matt Shaffer and the club’s preparation for next month’s Walker Cup. Some great quotes from Shaffer:
Merion is an old-fashioned golf course in a modern world. Television has changed everything. Appearances are all that matter. At Merion, we are less sensitive to matters [...]
POSTCARDS FROM EUROPE-SPAIN
July 13th – 19th, 2009
Open de Espana Femenino, Panorámica Golf Club, Castellon, Spain,
It is market day in Barcelona. The steel roll-away cages have been pulled up and white aprons are being drawn around the waists of the young and old, skinny and pudgy. The fruits are piled high in a multitude of colors, textures, and [...]
PARAISO DEL MAR GOLF CLUB
EDITOR’S NOTE: This piece is written By Quentin Lutz, head of Qonnect Partners and the youngest person to play Golf Magazine’s World Top 100. Quentin formerly worked for Arthur Hills in business development.
The Paraiso del Mar Golf Club, the first of two planned golf courses for the Paraiso del Mar development in the city of [...]
COMMON GROUND #3/#4
I am on the road, so I will keep this brief. This video features Eric Iverson of Renaissance Golf talking about the third and fourth holes at Common Ground in Denver. It shows the holes during construction and this past spring after the courses opening.
For a more general discussion of the course, see here.
BALLYNEAL 2009- BACK NINE
The back nine at Ballyneal is every bit as good as the front, if not better. While it may not have any holes as good as the seventh, I believe that top to bottom it is one of the best nines in golf. To me the tenth is a great par four that rewards the [...]
OLD MAC #11- THE ROAD HOLE
Another great video of Old Mac. I won’t editorialize too much, but I do think it interesting that both the road hole green and the redan (11 & 12) at Old Mac do not have any bunkers behind them. It certainly makes for manageable recovery shots even though there will be less chance for a [...]
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