The A Position

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Jeff Ritter demonstrates simple tips for more power is this episode of The Golf Digest Clinic! For more information on coaching with Jeff, visit JeffRitterGolf.com Download The Jeff Ritter Golf App FREE! Read more

Every once in awhile I receive an email that brings equal amounts of surprise and wonder. I don’t know how he tracked me down, but last week, a retired 70-year-old in Wilmington, Del. sent me a brief note. “I finished the top 100 courses,” it read. “Thanks for writing the book. I enjoyed it and the courses. There a story today (Sept. 22) in the Monterey Herald.” ... Read more

I’ll come right out and say it. Next to Pebble Beach, my favorite course in California is Pasatiempo Golf Club. In the wake of a 10-year restoration led by Tom Doak and Jim Urbina, Pasatiempo, described by Doak as “the most personal of (Alister) Mackenzie’s designs,” is like a fuzzy photograph that’s been brought into focus by an expert restorer. The golf course, one of the ... Read more

The par-three 18th at Pasatiempo is far from a let-down.   Did you know that in July, 2011, both the PGA and Nationwide Tours in the same week featured golf courses that finished with a par-three hole?  The PGA TOUR was at the West Virginia’s Greenbrier Old White Course while the Nationwide TOUR held its competition at Willow Creek Country Club in Sandy, Utah.   There are no rules ... Read more

The herd of bearded goats that cleared vegetation from the steep-sided canyons and ravines in California’s Santa Cruz Mountain foothills has been gone for nearly six months.  And yet seldom does a day pass without someone asking the pro shop at the Pasatiempo Golf Club where the now-famous critters - - celebrated by The A Position’s Bob Fagan, among other journalists - - could be ... Read more

Today I played the wonderful Golf Course at Yale, outside New Haven, Connecticut. This wasn’t the first time I’d gone around the C.B. Macdonald/Seth Raynor layout, but it was the first time in about 20 years, which got me to thinking about my golf experiences, and yours. The other time I played Yale was in the late ‘80s or early ‘90s. I think. In those days, ... Read more

    The sublime uphill par-3 third hole at Pasatiempo.  It is a difficult hole from any tee.  (Courtesy of Rob Babcock/Pasatiempo Golf Club)   Pasatiempo Golf Club in the mighty redwoods and canyons overlooking the beach town of Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay remains the best example of the genius of architect Alister Mackenzie that is open to the public today.  The dream of Marion ... Read more

Someone had a great idea. Create a package that lets you play two really good courses that couldn’t be more fun or more different, and are only 25 miles apart. You have to go to California to do it, but trust me: It’s worth the trip. The two courses are Pasatiempo and CordeValle, both on Golf Digest’s list of Top 100 public tracks, and both in the ... Read more