"Riding high I got tears in my eyes, you know you got to go through hell before you get to heaven." - Steve Miller I'm at the Eighteenth tee of my home course, by myself. Looking out to the course below and beyond, it's colder than I thought it would be, but the weather looks … Continue reading 2020 Recap →

6,415 yards, 129 slope from the Blues In Allentown, Pennsylvania, sits Lehigh Country Club, designed by William Flynn and opening for play in 1927. Set among the banks and hills on each side of Little Lehigh Creek, the masterful routing is a grand tour of the Lehigh Valley, on display all while you play a … Continue reading Lehigh Country Club →

6,680 yards, 134 Slope from the II tees It's almost embarrassing how little I knew about Philly Cricket as recent as six months ago even though, a) it's one of the closer golf courses to me; b) it's a widely heralded Tillinghast course, the only one in our area, really; and c) this site is … Continue reading The Philadelphia Cricket Club – Wissahickon Course →

6,235 yards, 126 slope from the Two tees Cinnaminison, New Jersey is the home of Riverton Country Club, a well preserved Donald Ross course that is locally heralded yet not known all that much beyond the area, for reasons unknown. The course started as nine holes back in 1900, then in 1915, Donald Ross was … Continue reading Riverton Country Club →

6,552 yards, 134 Slope from the Blues Growing up in Southern California and having those beaches at my disposal, I always shudder a bit when my family wants to go to the "Shore." For us, this means out towards Atlantic City, then south to Ocean City and beyond. My wife grew up in it so … Continue reading Spring Lake Golf Club →

6,781 yards, 135 Slope from the Blues In Bethlehem, PA is the esteemed Saucon Valley Country Club, boasting three well regarded golf courses; the Old, the Grace and the Weyhill. We focus on the Old here, which was designed by Herbert Strong in 1921, then was worked on by Perry Maxwell and Tom Fazio. The … Continue reading Saucon Valley Country Club – Old Course →

6,763 yards, 135 slope from the Blues In Wilmington, Delaware, The Dupont Country Club opened in 1921 and was originally tied to the DuPont family. In fact, one of the clubhouses on the property used to be a DuPont residence. The club has comprehensive facilities, which includes three golf courses and four practice facilities. The … Continue reading DuPont Country Club – DuPont Course →

6,359 yards, 138 slope from the Blues In Elverson, PA, which is about 45 minutes west of Philadelphia, Stonewall is comprised of two golf courses, the Old and North, both of which were designed by Tom Doak. The Old was started by Tom Fazio, but Doak was brought in early enough to implement his own … Continue reading Stonewall – Old Course →

"I didn't like your movie, dude!" - David McLay Kidd I've wrote about this before but it bears repeating for a number of reasons. Years after Bandon Dunes established itself as a bastion of North American links golf, open to the public nonetheless, which revolutionized the resort golf model and golf design in several ways, … Continue reading Kidd’s At The Craps Table →

6,444 yards, 138 slope from the Black tees In Avondale, PA, Hartefeld National is a Tom Fazio design built in 1995. Initially opening as a public course, it eventually turned private in the early 2000's. The course was widely acclaimed early on for its top shelf conditioning, intimidating forced carries from hilltop to hilltop over … Continue reading Hartefeld National →