In this last video of a three part series, Norman Furtado, the superintendent of Mid Ocean, discusses the challenges and rewards of maintaining a world class course in Bermuda. Mid Ocean is short by today’s standards, but is still plenty challenging, especially when the wind is up as it normally is in Bermuda. The PGA [...]
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MID OCEAN- PART TWO
In the second part of my interview with Norman Furtado, he discusses the course’s push-up greens. They switched the greens over to Tifeagle a few years ago under the advice of Patrick O’Brien of the USGA. I was somewhat surprised that Mr. O’Brien did not suggest the replacing of the greens with USGA greens. (Video [...]
MID OCEAN
I traveled to Bermuda at the end of October right after the PGA Grand Slam. I had long wanted to see this course because of its C.B. Macdonald design heritage. The fifth hole makes just about every list of the eighteen best holes in the world. After strolling the course and playing a round, I [...]
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