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The sixth hole at The Prince with its classic bunkering, bowl-shaped fairway, and infinity green dropping off into the Pacific is one of my favorite par-fours anywhere!
If American Golf has a jungle beast of a golf course, it most certainly is The Prince Course on the north shore of Kauai. Featuring a rating/slope of 75.2/140, it is inspired by the lines of the classic ...
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Picture serrated cliffs, crashing surf, lush greenery, and blossoming flowers amid ribbons of fairway punctuated by bright white flashed bunkering and you begin to appreciate the majesty of The Makai Golf Club in Princeville, Hawaii. (Pictured above is the par-four 6th green and par-three 7th.)
Fashioned by the hand of Robert Trent Jones, Jr., who has been a part-time nearby Hanalei Bay resident since the sixties, ...
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With expansive ocean and mountain views, few places on Earth approach the beauty and golf of Kauai. Shown here is Poipu Bay with its magnificent cliffs and the par-three 17th is in the middle.
Paradise means many things to many people, but for golfers it includes entertaining golf courses, beautiful scenery, and sublime weather. And when you consider that there is life after golf, an offering ...
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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
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An invitation last February to play in the 2011 Bacardi National Par-3 Championship at the Fairmont Southampton found me jetting to that sapphire and turquoise enveloped gemstone of British holdings, otherwise known as Bermuda. As a media guest, I was entered in this fairly new event which was designed to introduce more people to the superb golf experiences on the island. The Bacardi Championship is ...
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Geoffrey Cornish died this morning at the age of 97. I had the great pleasure of meeting him a little over ten years ago for a piece that appeared in Commonwealth Golf magazine in 2002. As a tip of the cap, I present it here without updating. While some details have certainly changed (Brian Silva left the firm, for one example), the essence of the ...
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The designer of the golf course for the 2016 Summer Games was supposed to be announced last Friday but the decision has been delayed until March, the Associated Press reports. The eight firms that have submitted plans are Gary Player Design, Greg Norman Golf Course Design, Hanse Golf Design, Hawtree Ltd., Nicklaus Design, Renaissance Golf, Robert Trent Jones II and Thomson-Perret Golf Course ...
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Contemplating golf in Costa Rica, I think of the Law of Comparative Advantage. Perhaps you remember it from Economics 101. Put simply, it suggests that things be done in the place where they are done best. You could, perhaps, grow rubber trees in Alaska if you were willing to invest enough in greenhouses and heating oil. But why would you? There are tropical countries much better suited to growing rubber trees.
Similarly, ...
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The first thing to know about Costa Rica's Reserva Conchal Golf Club is that it's hard to play there. Not that the course is exceptionally difficult. It's just an ordeal to get on.
Call for a tee time and you'll be informed that Reserva Conchal is a private club and allows non-members to play only if there is space available. There's a pause and then--why, Heavens to Betsy--you're in ...
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