I was fortunate enough to make it out to Cherry Hills this year to see the work that Renaissance Golf completed last fall. Cherry Hills has never been my favorite course. When I lived in Denver, I attended a caddy orientation class there but opted to loop at Denver Country Club because I liked the [...]
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COMMON GROUND
The game of golf is at a crossroads. We can chose to continue develop costly and overdone courses that are too difficult and too expensive to play or we can look for new solutions. At Common Ground Golf Course near Denver, Tom Doak and the rest of the Renaissance team have reworked an uninspiring and [...]
BALLYNEAL 2009- FRONT NINE
Kye Goalby and I snuck out to Ballyneal for two rounds of golf recently. It was the first time out there in over a year and we were anxious to see the how things were evolving out in the Colorado Sand Hills.
Every time I visit Ballyneal, I am reminded about what a great place it [...]
JOSH SMITH
The first time I met Josh Smith was in Valentine, NE. I had just hit a grouse with my sweet PT Cruiser rental. The grouse had gone through the grill and completely disabled the car. I pulled up in front of the hotel after the lone taxi in the area had come fetch me forty [...]
CAPE KIDNAPPERS
The setting of Cape Kidnappers is so spectacular, I’m not sure it matters whether the golf course there is any good. But this website is devoted to golf course architecture, so that’s the direction we’ll go.
Apart from the scenery, my first impression after playing Cape Kidnappers was that the topography is quite severe. For anyone [...]
PETE DYE GOLF CLUB- BACK NINE
This is the second part of my review and video on Pete Dye Golf Club. Normally when a course takes sixteen years to build, the end result is not good. Pete Dye GC though proves that sometimes the wait is worth it. The back nine is not as strong or compelling as the front, but [...]
SHISHKINE GOLF & TENNIS CLUB
On the Isle of Arran there are a number of golf courses, but none better than Shishkine Golf & Tennis Club. This Willie Park design consists of only twelve holes, seven of which are par threes, but it packs serious golf holes and amazing views into its truncated routing. While the course affords some of [...]
CASTLE STUART- BONUS MATERIAL
This week is Open week, so we are all Scotland all the time at PB Golf. Here is a little more material about Castle Stuart, which opened this week on July 13th. It is a stunning looking course and I am sure it plays as well as it looks because it is the product of [...]
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