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McArthur 08/04/2012

7^th

Golf in Florida is something that I have many qualms about. Yes it is wonderful to be able to play in shorts during the winter and have the opportunity to sharpen your ga...

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Boston 05/10/2011

6^th 69^th 79^th

My school of thought and preference for golf course architecture for a young man can be described as old school in the mildest way. I have a fondness for tradition, histo...

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Yale 12/09/2011

2^nd 68^th 78^th

The Course at Yale occupies one of the greatest tracts of golfing real estate that I have ever witnessed. The land for the course was donated to the University by Mrs Ray...

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Shoreacres 14/07/2011

2^nd 33^rd 37^th 72^nd

The North Shore of Chicago is home to an area of wealth, luxury and outstanding beauty that would comfortably stand alongside anything any of the other lavish US suburbs...

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Beverly Country Club 07/07/2011

7^th

On a recent golf trip to Chicago, Beverly was somewhere I arranged to play at very short notice, after my scheduled round at Medinah came a cropper. Naturally I was disap...

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Trump International Golf Links - Ireland 01/07/2011

2^nd 6^th 39^th

But for European legislation and a very rare species of Snail, Doonbeg may have been one of the great new links courses of the modern era. The drive through the Co Clare...

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Pine Valley 29/06/2011

1^st 2^nd 2^nd 2^nd

Pine Valley is an experience. It has been without doubt the best day of my golfing life up until now. The chance to finally get to see first hand tracts of land that I ha...

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County Sligo (Championship) 01/06/2011

1^st 7^th 50^th

The short but nonetheless scenic journey that one embarks upon turning out of Sligo and towards “the point” (as locals refer to it) is a very similar setting to the one e...

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Mirage City 24/05/2011

7^th

In February 2006, my family and I headed to Egypt on a golf/sun holiday. Maybe it was my ignorance at the time but I was unaware that the Cairo area was home to any "real...

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Lough Erne (Faldo) 22/05/2011

1^st 4^th

Is a lakeside course a legitimate description for a tract of golfing real estate or is it merely one of the many marketing ploys new projects indulge in? As I drove away...

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Bunclody 02/03/2011

1^st 46^th

The "Sunny" South East, also known as Ireland's Riviera is home to both The European Club and also Mount Juliet two layouts deeply contrasting in styles but nevertheless...

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Morris County 05/01/2011

14^th

Typical of the wealth of top class golf courses in the New York Metroploitan area that if you were place Morris County next to any regional town in the British isles or C...

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La Reserva 02/01/2011

6^th 13^th 73^rd

Only open 7 years and La Reserva can proudly hold its head high when ranked alongside its more illustrious and established neighbours. The place oozes class from the mome...

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Real Valderrama 02/01/2011

1^st 1^st 4^th 100^th

Not as Tough as Pine Valley or Royal County Down,not as picturesque as Turnberry or Kingsbarns, nor does it possess the traditions of Muirfield or Merion, but there is ju...

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Plainfield 09/12/2010

3^rd 57^th 66^th

Plainfield Country Club, one of Donald Ross's greatest designs is not located in your stereotypical "Country Club Neighbour-hood". Similar to Pine Valley or Augusta on yo...

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Killeen Castle 02/12/2010

1^st 29^th

"An American Country Club" in Co Meath, that exactly how I would describe Killeen Castle. From the moment you set foot on the property to the very second you leave you ar...

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Somerset Hills 30/11/2010

2^nd 24^th 25^th 50^th

When people think of New Jersey, or often than not the images of swamps, the sopranos and industry spring to mind and for the parts of the state that many get to see this...

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Rathsallagh 25/11/2010

4^th 58^th

One of the sleeping giants of Irish Golf which if it received only the slighest amount of air time that its neighbours such as Carton House received, it has the potential...

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Carlow (Deerpark) 23/11/2010

1^st 32^nd

Carlow Golf Club is all I respect and enjoy about a traditional club. Its course is exemplary, excellently conditioned,very well laid out, no frills, a good shot is rewar...

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Powerscourt (East) 21/11/2010

6^th 62^nd

Powerscourt possesses two golf courses the East and the West. Both parkland encircling the much celebrated Powerscourt, owned and run by the Slazenger family, famous for...

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