A Black Bear in Orlando’s Badlands
Black Bear is located north of Orlando in a kind of rural badlands full of scrub, sand, pockets of wetlands… Read more »
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Hills is the High Point at LPGA International
LPGA International provides a good lesson why resorts and clubs should hire different architects when building more than one… Read more »
The “Rees-ification” of LPGA International
The Champions Course at LPGA International is Rees Jones at his stereotypical worst with all the repeated perimeter bubble humps… Read more »
In Spite of Myself, I Like Burnt Pine
For reasons that I cannot explain, all the vertical features and child-like doodle bunker shaping doesn’t bother me as much at… Read more »
World Woods and Fazio Make Each Other Look Good
What does it say about Tom Fazio that the finest work to come out of his studio might be a… Read more »
Julington Creek Serves No Surprises
The Champions Club at Julington Creek is the kind of course that’s hard to say much of anything about, good,… Read more »
The Sea Remains the Same: The “Old” Ocean Hammock
The Ocean Course at Hammock Beach Resort, originally called just Ocean Hammock, surprised a lot of people when it opened in… Read more »
Grand Cypress-No Apologies
Sometimes, lost in discussions about golf courses and sites and design, is the understanding that golf is, fundamentally, a sport…. Read more »
Dye Stays a Step Ahead at Southern Hills Plantation
I thought Southern Hills Plantation might have a chance to win national acclaim when I first heard, around 2001, that… Read more »
The Slammer & Squire, Slighted
Slammer & Squire, the original course at World Golf Village, is overshadowed by the companion Palmer/Nicklaus collaboration, King & Bear, which… Read more »
