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Mayfield Sand Ridge (Mayfield) 19/05/2022

19^th

Mayfield Country Club had two relatively obscure Englishmen at the wheel when the course was first laid out. Although the sentiments of Golden Age architecture that sprea...

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Bandon Dunes (Sheep Ranch) 09/05/2022

Gem

Bill Coore, in particular, has been hailed as a prime router of golf courses, the skill of not only fitting 18 holes into a particular piece of property but also identify...

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Bandon Dunes (Bandon Dunes) 28/04/2022

2^nd 30^th 34^th 68^th

Bandon Dunes, as you have been told seven-million times, is a marvelous success because it’s built upon the sandy linksland soil of southern Oregon. You are perhaps less...

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Pumpkin Ridge (Ghost Creek) 28/04/2022

16^th

Standing at the tee for No. 16 on the Ghost Creek course at Pumpkin Ridge, I only briefly searched my mind for what hole this short par three, surrounded by a pearl neckl...

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Apple Valley 20/04/2022

51^st

John Chapman’s legacy, if he had his choice, would probably have been his role as a missionary, spreading his Christian ideals across the American Midwest, with particula...

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Sugar Bush 08/11/2021

64^th

There are stories of great putts and then, for the rest of us, there are tales of great two-putts. Although I would prefer it that my greatest two-putt had occurred durin...

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Sands Point 12/10/2021

41^st

I wouldn’t go as far as to say either A.W. Tillinghast or Pete Dye were the “best” golf course architects, however few have combined oversized personalities with strong d...

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Bethpage (Black) 11/10/2021

7^th 27^th 28^th 57^th

“Going viral” has never been my preferred version of journalism, so I humbly beseech you read the entirety of this post — and maybe a few other of my posts to hopefully c...

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New Albany (West & North) 30/09/2021

47^th

Ranking the West/North route at New Albany Country Club is a difficult one for me, as I’m not convinced it’s the pair I should be rating. The club itself has always sold...

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Zanesville 24/09/2021

74^th

As a resident of Ohio’s largest city, I occasionally lapse into undermining the wherewithal of residents in cities of less than 750,000. For example, my hopes driving out...

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Tartan Fields 23/08/2021

58^th

Arnold Palmer has a...vibe, shall we say, when considering his vast portfolio of course design work. It’s always dangerous to generalize, especially with someone who has...

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Springfield 13/08/2021

14^th

Defining the top three Donald Ross courses in Ohio is a fairly simple exercise...perhaps Andrew Green’s restoration of Scioto will bring it into contention with Inverness...

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Broadmoor Country Club 30/07/2021

9^th

If one is driving along Interstate 70, they will have a number of opportunities to play a Broadmoor by Donald Ross; I, an Ohio native, opted to stay closer to home and tr...

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Davenport 29/07/2021

1^st 96^th

At some point during elementary school, I learned that the Mississippi River originated at Lake Itasca in Minnesota; as it’s unusually hip these days to deny established...

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TPC Deere Run 28/07/2021

23^rd

I feel like there’s a signature photograph for almost every PGA event, an image that reflects either the spirit of the course or the spirit of the region where the event...

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Shelter Harbor 13/07/2021

1^st

A staff member spoke proudly about Shelter Harbor following my round, touting that Dana Fry considered it his second-best design, behind only Erin Hills. I don’t believe...

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Rhode Island 13/07/2021

4^th

I was appalled to find the rodent at the top of the Rhode Island Country Club shield was a muskrat. “That’s no muskrat,” I told my host. With that slight, sleek body? An...

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Brookside Golf & Country Club 30/06/2021

40^th

I cracked open my fourth can of Coke at around the No. 13 tee and downed it summarily, the last of 156 grams of sugar ingested during a walk at Brookline Golf & Country C...

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Maketewah 16/06/2021

36^th

I reached down and pulled my birdie putt from the cup on No. 7, and found a clumsy insect struggling to claw its way up the vertical surface, despite having wings. Yes, I...

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Kenwood (Kendale) 15/06/2021

28^th

“As we were driving in, Dad mentioned that they had a lot fewer trees than we do.” I present this quote from my mother — not to draw attention to the fact that the parent...

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