Top 10 Reviewer has posted between 10 and 19 reviews
Top 20 Reviewer has posted between 20 and 49 reviews
Top 50 Reviewer has posted between 50 and 99 reviews
Top 100 Reviewer has posted 100 or more reviews
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 facility is literally just across from the Mississippi River and includes several different courses on property. The focus is geared towards those looking for a full-...
The opening hole is indicative of what you will encounter for much of the round at Winchester. The "short" par-4 plays directly uphill and turns right in the drive zone....
The main anchor that weighs down The Currituck Club is the sheer number of housing sites that engulf far too many holes. The developers saw fit to maximize out as many un...
Much has been written about Teeth of the Dog and while I concur with the comments of those citing the holes closest to the water there's the counterpoint with the inland...
It's very hard to break thru when the headliners include the likes of Cabot Links, Cabot Cliffs and Highlands Links on Cape Breton Island. Credit Graham Cooke in crafting...
The comments from Tom and Mark are spot on. I have been to Brora on two different occasions and when I played Dornoch for the first time a number of seasoned Scots insist...
The range of golf options when at Cordillera is clearly present. The Valley Course includes the usual Tom Fazio "look" dimensions. The course is appropriately routed so y...
Fortuitously, there still is a Shackamaxon to opine about. The layout faced an uncertain future just a few years back and the possibility of the entire course closing bec...
Piggybacking on what Ethan said in his review -- I played Red Hawk Ridge not long after it opened. At that time the course was free of all the invasive clutter. There are...
Generally, I have found the body of work from Arthur Hills to be focused primarily on how a given layout "looks" rather than a clear and meaningful connection to how a co...
Thunderbird is the quintessential country club from yesteryear. The layout has been updated and the facilities sport an elegant side of things with a desert motif that cl...
From the standpoint of a comprehensive facility Caves Valley operates in first rate manner. The care shown to those going there is clearly top shelf. The rolling terrain...
Totteridge checks all the appropriate boxes and there's significant "teeth" to test players of all levels. The missing link is that the Rees Jones style is once again in...
I echo what Doug opined. The Bedens Brook has a few holes of note and the Dick Wilson design doesn't receive as much attention given the stacked nature of various private...
Before delving into the design discussion for the purposes of transparency I've played the course on three different occasions -- two coming after the Scottish Open was p...
It amazes me how little attention Greg Norman gets as a course designer. The Shark doesn't have the comprehensive portfolio to match other former PGA TOUR superstores lik...
The design came into being during the go-go times of course development in the 1990s. It's fairly straightforward and connects all the usual dots but it's relatively unin...
The amazing element of multi-course complexes is that it's not unusual that the marquee course gets plenty of internal hyping but that a secondary course merits more atte...
The interesting thing about Manhattan Woods is putting on one's sleuth coat to figure out the exact order of the people who have played a role in the design of Manhattan...
There's little for me to add that Mark has already stated. Blue Hill's main issue is that the Bay State is a golf rich location. Attaining a higher status will require th...
