In the world of professional golf, payday is never a guarantee. When the opportunity came up a few years back to play in a corporate Pro-Am, you can bet that my greedy, grubby little hands were eager to get hold of the promised £100 check. Opportunity is a strange thing. I didn’t know it at [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2009’
DAVID STONE- THE HONORS
Tim Liddy, ASGCA, recently visited The Honors Course in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He spent time reviewing this top 100 golf course with a client from Savannah and then spent time with the superintendent David Stone. David, the only superintendent that is a member of the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame, showed Tim his work with the [...]
JOSH CF SMITH- THE WEBSITE
Just want to give you all a heads up on Josh Smith’s elegant new website. Some his work can now be purchased through the site. Josh’s is one of the most talented people I have come across in my time in golf. Check out his site and if you have the means, buy yourself a [...]
THE PRAIRIE CLUB VIDEOS
The Prairie Club has released two videos recently. The one above is of Tom Lehman talking about the design of the Dunes course and specifically the sixth hole. Having spent a great deal of time on this hole including shaping the green, I can’t wait to get back out there and see and play it [...]
CHRIS HUNT’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK- SFGC
Having just visited this fine peninsula town and not having played its namesake and finest golfing track, I thought best to revisit my archives from mid-decade and relive post facto some of the pleasure that is San Francisco Golf Club. This would be Tillinghast’s most notable ‘best-coast’ effort of course, with a little love [...]
RICHARD MANDELL-PART TWO
ARMY NAVY CC- THE 6TH ON THE RENOVATED BLUE NINE
This video (after the jump) is the second half of my interview with golf course architect Richard Mandell. The first half can be seen here. In this section, Rich talks about his project at Army Navy Country Club in northern Virginia. He stresses his firms ability [...]
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