Archive for May, 2008

Pine Needles

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Bandon Dunes

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Bandon Dunes is the first course at this great golfing resort that got this whole Bandon concept kicked off.
Pretty Special…

Approach #4
Hole #5
Approach #5
Looking back #5
Hole #6
Hole #12
Hole #16
Summary
Bandon Dunes is an exceptional golf course that has two world class golf courses on either side of it that makes it a tough test to live up [...]

Tobacco Road

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Mike Strantz
I am just back from my annual Pinehurst trip with my normal group of guys.  As we always do we finish up the weekend with a stop at Tobacco Road on our way back north to I95.  As always, Joe Gay and his staff rolled out the red carpet and the course was in [...]

Oakmont Country Club

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Chip - 2008
Tony - 2008
Kevin- 2008
Oakmont Country Club
Situated in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains right outside Pittsburgh you will find the worlds hardest 18 holes of pure brute force golf.
Oakmont is Tom Selleck’s mustache, Arnold Palmer’s forearms, and Roger Federer’s forehand all rolled in to one. It is a beast of a course, [...]

Sebonack

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Pine Valley

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Merion

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Royal Melbourne

Friday, May 16th, 2008

An Aborigine selling Titleists
Have you ever played golf on the other side of the world? No, neither had I until the opportunity arose recently with a trip to Australia. One of my goals before I pass on to the great putting green in the sky is to play the top 100 courses in the world. [...]

Ballyneal

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Ballyneal

Where do I start…this place is on the moon.  You drive about 4
hours east of Denver and take a left on a dirt road!  And drive, and
drive, and pass a cow, and drive…amazing.

By far the most remote course I have even played.  It makes
Waterville out on the tip end of the Ring of Kerry [...]

Augusta

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Chip 2007
Nick 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007

Wow, what an experience, from the Eisenhower Cabin, the Crows Nest, the upstairs bar in the library, the list just goes on and on…where to begin…

One thing can be confirmed. Augusta deserves all the great accolades it gets. I had tried to lower my expectations given [...]