Merion GC — Brilliance in a small package
Throughout my golf writing career, which is rapidly approaching 20 years, I’ve spent a lot of time taking the opportunity to see the best golf courses. In fact, I’ve traveled all over the world to do...
View ArticlePredator Ridge’s Ridge Course — Carrick’s best?
The more I play design Doug Carrick’s Ridge Course at Predator Ridge, the more I’m convinced it might well be the designer’s best work. It is a great deal of fun to play, it has enough challenge to be...
View ArticleReturning to Sagebrush
In some ways driving up the laneway to Sagebrush is very familiar. After all, I’ve been to the course numerous times, first when it was in construction, and later to test my game against its devilishly...
View ArticleFirst Calgary, then Toronto — golf courses hit by flooding
They are calling it the most rain to ever hit Toronto in one day. Judging by some photos found on Twitter of Weston and Islington, I’m not shocked. I hear some courses — like Scarboro — came through it...
View ArticleGirls in bikinis, guys in flip flops — the future of private golf?
Last Thursday I sat on the patio at Squaw Creek Golf Club, one-third of the Avalon Lakes course group in Ohio near the Pennsylvania border. If you didn’t see the golf course from we were sitting, you...
View ArticleCourse review: Glen Abbey Golf Club
Course review: Glen Abbey GC (Oakville, Ont. — 1976) Architect: Jack Nicklaus Overview: It has held a boatload of Opens, and been witness to some of the great shots in Canada’s golfing history. But is...
View ArticleCabot Links debuts in world Top 100
Golf Magazine unveiled it list of newcomers to its world Top 100 golf course list yesterday. Along with Donald Trump’s course in Scotland and a Coore/Crenshaw design in China, Cabot Links, located in...
View ArticleThe art of selecting a golf architect and Hamilton Golf and CC
I have a fondness for Hamilton G&CC. It is on a magnificent property, full of fascinating dramatic holes and intriguing green sites. The 5th hole is as good a short four as is found in Canada, and...
View ArticleCabot Links gets $8.25-million loan from NS government
Interesting to see the news that Cabot Links received a $8.25-million loan from the provincial government to complete work on new hotel rooms and the second course, Cabot Cliffs: The government...
View ArticleCourse Review: Cabot Cliffs (Inverness, NS)
Review: Cabot Cliffs (Inverness, NS) Designer: Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw Overview: Cabot Cliffs is the most exciting and significant golf design to open in Canada since Highlands Links opened 74...
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