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M. James Ward
The 30+ year golf journalist is a member of the Golf Writer's Association of America (GWAA) and a past member of the Metropolitan Golf Writer's Association (MGWA). Has played over 2,000 courses globally and has covered the various major golf championships since 1980 for several different outlets. For 17 years served as national course rating panelist for Golf Digest and served for roughly three years in a similar capacity with Golfweek. Lives in the greater New York City metro area. Plays to a 3 handicap and has played in USGA Championships. Favorite motto: "You can print money but you can't print time. Once time is gone it's gone." Make the most of every opportunity to play whenever possible.
The 36-hole layout at Troon North was the impetus for all the rest of the privately owned daily fee courses that would follow. Troon North's model is a simple one -- prov...
The comments mentioned by Doug and Adam respectively show the clear contrasts on how Great River is viewed. I fall between the two of them.The main anchor against Great R...
Canoe Brook is a 36-hole complex and is located just minutes from its more illustrious 36-hole neighbor Baltusrol Golf Club. It is at that point the similarities between...
What a juxtaposition between the much heralded and way overrated South Course and its next-door sibling the North Course.The layout is infused with engaging shots and gol...
Credit architect Dan Schlegel for a quality effort. I am not as sold to the same level on the merits of the course as Doug was in his review. The need for power carts is...
The return of the PGA Championship to The Ocean Course next month is fitting because it marks the 1st major championship event played at a Dye designed layout since the r...
My first time at Forsyth goes back about 25 years ago and my experience then was not especially noteworthy. The course had a few moments of note but I did not leave wonde...
I have opined countless times previously that when courses opt to use the word "links" in their title it comes off as being at minimum disingenuous and at worst a bad cas...
It's hard to minimize the off-course views one receives when playing the Mountain Course at Cordillera. The vistas can certainly interrupt your focus on the golf.
The is...
The sum total of Arrowhead is this -- the first four holes really spark interest and then a lull occurs till you reach the start of the back nine. The opening quartet on...
Unfortunately, the Country Club gets far less attention than the nearby Men's Club at Garden City. The layout is helped by the range of internal contours on the greens bu...
The insertion of the word "links" is not something I am enamored with because far too often there's little, if any, legitimate "links" found via golf experiences in the U...
Much of the golf found in the Grand Strand area -- the marketing term used to illustrate the array of golf courses stretching from adjoining Brunswick County in NC and ex...
It's not unusual for golf clubs that have been open for a considerable period of time -- especially those over a hundred years of existence -- to have an assortment of de...
Visibility is the calling card for many courses that dot the broader Grand Strand area stretching from Brunswick County, NC and heading as far south as Georgetown. Unfort...
The previous reviews by Colin and Jeff encapsulate the essence of Cougar Point. In short, the layout is the epitome of functional golf provided at a resort. The more comp...
From a pure facility perspective -- Wickenburg Ranch provides a slew of first-rate offerings. Start with turf conditions -- clearly done well and on par -- no pun intende...
As I mentioned in my separate review of the sister Cholla course -- the absence of housing clearly adds to the experience when playing. The usual circumstances for much o...
The impressive thing about the entire 36 holes at We-Ko-Pa is the absence of abutting housing. Not one measly stick of it whatsoever located near either of the two layout...
The spotlight for exemplary golf is often riveted on the plethora of private layouts that dot the Golf Association of Philadelphia (GAP) region and rightly so. Ditto the...
