I thought Southern Hills Plantation might have a chance to win national acclaim when I first heard, around 2001, that… Read more »
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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 »
Time to Focus at Smyers’ Southern Dunes
On one hand it’s easy to recommend Southern Dunes because, between the ropes, it’s a Central Florida original. This… Read more »
Belleview Biltmore, er, Pelican Golf Club
We’ll never know how good this course originally was (for many years an amenity for the historic Belleview Biltmore… Read more »
Nothing Conservative About The Conservatory at Hammock Beach Resort
The Tom Watson-designed Conservatory Course and its elaborate “Crystal Palace” clubhouse, amenities to the Hammock Beach Resort, a few… Read more »
Inside the TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course
Inside The PLAYERS Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass Talk about inauspicious debuts. In 1982, when the PLAYERS Championship switched venues… Read more »
Dye Another Day? TPC Sawgrass Dye’s Valley Course
You might think that the Valley Course would be a lot more comparable to the adjacent Stadium Course than… Read more »
Making the Most of New Smyrna Beach
I never saw this course prior to the 2007 bunker and green renovation but it couldn’t have been very interesting… Read more »
ChampionsGate-International–Stranger in a Strange Land
The International Course at this 36-hole complex a few miles southwest of Disney World was conceived to emulate the look… Read more »