My experience at No. 2 was similar to many before me. It’s an extremely tough track that demands precision and a bit of humbleness in your approach to the greens. The gre...
TPC Harding Park is a fine course that will undoubtedly satisfy your golfing appetite, but it fails to deliver anything close to pulse racing like so many of its big brot...
I had the privilege of playing this course four weeks prior to the Waste Management, when the course had more or less been built out with the stands you see on TV; I’ve b...
This course is the first template course I ever played, and the reason for my love of golf architecture. Those sentimental reasons aside, this is an absolute gem of a cou...
When I first played Fieldstone, I couldn’t believe how a course this good could have escaped recognition, much less word of mouth but I guess that speaks to the quality o...
If Kingsbarns were not next to the Old Course, or even on that side of the Atlantic, I’m certain it would be higher in the rankings. Challenging, fun, and scenic, it is t...
Few courses have left more an indelible impression on me than Erin Hills. If you’ve read about the course’s history and mystique as so many have since its hosting the US...
While it may not be the most architecturally significant, nor the most challenging, Gamble Sands might be the most fun you’ll ever have on a golf course. Situated high in...
Like all Raynor tracks, Fairfield is very fun and very playable. For what feels like a small piece of land, the routing is fantastic, making the most of the topography an...
My red eye landed at 8am and by 11 I was teeing off on one of the hardest golf courses I and many others will ever play… perhaps that is why I required a box of golf ball...
St Andrews is a religious experience.. if you are a serious golfer, it will make you feel complete; if you are a casual golfer, it will make you into a serious one. For t...
One of my absolute favorite courses — if you are lucky enough to score an invite, drop everything and go. The entire experience is understated, and grand all at the same...
The round is long, the greens fee expensive, and despite being public, getting a tee time is no easy task… but Pebble Beach is still very worth it. Few courses match its...
If Shinnecock is the championship course that’s meant to knock you out, The National is the home club you’d want to play everyday and twice on Sunday. It’s hard to come b...
If there is an equal test in golf, there certainly isn’t any greater. Shinnecock delivers on all fronts and surpasses the loftiest of expectations before the round ever b...
Pound Ridge is the answer to a question that starts with “If you give a man a bulldozer…”. I found some holes to be gimmicky, others to be quirky, and many to be downrigh...
Almost as good, as good gets… though I’m certain if I played it once or twice more, I’d hate myself for not having scored it a six. What’s most remarkable about MOC is ho...
Enough has already been said of Whistling that it’s not worth saying again … but what isn’t said is something I personally believe, which is Straits, while every bit a co...
Whiskey Creek is a course I’ve played more than a dozen times… and with each round, I’ve felt the course fall more and more out of favor. That’s not to say it isn’t a goo...
Bulle Rock is as advertised - difficult, good conditioning, and every bit of Pete Dye. It’s certainly worth the price of admission as a daily fee course, and while it mer...