Courses and Travel

Returning to American Dunes

Terry Moore

(Grand Haven, MI) It’s been over a year since I last played American Dunes, the well-publicized design by Jack Nicklaus... Read more »

Odds and Ends From the Vermont Amateur

Tom Bedell

I doubt if the recent VGA Vermont Amateur Championship on July 5-7 could have gone much better. Except for some... Read more »

Elk Rapids Golf Club: a Donald Ross delight

Terry Moore

One of the delights of a summer week  in northern Michigan is playing a local course that’s an absolute delight.... Read more »

The Long (and Winding) Road to Whistling Straits

Tom Bedell

I’ve brazenly appropriated and amended the subtitle to Shane Ryan’s new book for my own above, since he does meander... Read more »

Brattleboro Country Club’s Championship Seasons

Tom Bedell

[July 4, 2022]—“I’ll be working and competing this year,” said Dave Evans, the Brattleboro Country Club superintendent. Evans was referring... Read more »

Golf In Northern Ireland: Clandeboye Golf Club Review

James Mason

Clandeboye Golf Club It’s my last golf day in Northern Ireland and as I drive to Clandeboye GC. I am... Read more »

Big changes (if shorter length) coming to the International Golf Club, Bolton, MA

Tom Bedell

The souvenir cap and the new club logo says 1901, but the website of the International Golf Club in Bolton,... Read more »

Golf In Northern Ireland; Galgorm Castle Review

James Mason

Galgorm Castle I played this course several years ago in the annual Northern Ireland Open ProAm and it’s a course... Read more »

Brattleboro Country Club to host 2022 Vermont Amateur July 5-7

Tom Bedell

The first major tournament of the 2022 season in Vermont, the 116th playing of the Vermont Amateur Championship, will take... Read more »

Masters Notebook, 2022

Terry Moore

Tuesday Rain is expected so the traffic getting to the course was extra heavy. Probably no play this afternoon. Tiger... Read more »

Book Now, Play Later

Tom Bedell

Golf during the pandemic was blissful—open air, companionship, automatic social distancing thanks to spraying our shots all over the courses.... Read more »

Q & A with Dan Pohl, 40 years after he “tied for first”

Terry Moore

Forty years ago, Mt.Pleasant’s Dan Pohl made his Masters debut. He qualified for the prestigious tournament in Augusta by virtue... Read more »

GOLF IN NORTHERN IRELAND: Ardglass GC REVIEW

James Mason

Ardglass Golf Club As I step out of the car I take a deep breath of that fresh, crisp Irish air... Read more »

A Quick 18 at Ardglass Golf Club, Northern Ireland

James Mason

Hitting the Slopes in Northern Michigan

Tom Bedell

It might be right up there with the sale of Manhattan for $24. In 1947 Everett Kircher ran a Studebaker... Read more »