6,583 yards, 134 slope from the Silver tees The history of the game in the United States is enshrined in Long Island. Fortunes were made and golf courses built on tremendously ideal land for the cause, sandy soil and an abundance of coastal proximity. The Creek is among those historical treasures that has remained so … Continue reading The Creek
Category: Seth Raynor
Essex County Country Club
6,617 yards, 132 slope from the Blues There's Essex County Club in Massachusetts and Essex County Country Club in New Jersey. Both are rather old with interesting histories and the result of complete renovations by famous Golden Age designers. The club in New Jersey that is the subject of this review is the oldest country … Continue reading Essex County Country Club
Fishers Island
6,556 yards, 144 slope from the Blues The boat rises and falls in relaxing rhythm with the lapping waves. The man rests along the foredeck with his feet kicked up, indifferent to the world. Elsewhere, we're in a Subaru station wagon with someone we just met. I forget the name of the driver but do … Continue reading Fishers Island
Elkridge Club
6,194 yards, 128 slope from the Blues This review is making history. It is the longest time span between the round and putting pen to paper. More than eight months ago, we drove down to Elkridge Club in what started a prodigious Summer of golf. Most of it was like that day. A drive to … Continue reading Elkridge Club
North Shore Country Club
6,603 yards, 136 slope from the Black tees This round marked a sad occasion. No rhyme, reason or rationale behind it but like the fickleness of the game, there are times when it seems ripe for change. It may have not been the right decision and some times, I wonder what may have been, but … Continue reading North Shore Country Club
Morris County Golf Club
6,511 yards, 139 slope from the Champion tees In Morristown, New Jersey, Morris County Golf Club was founded in 1894 with its golf course designed by Seth Raynor in 1916. The club was an early member of the USGA, joining in 1895 while Tom Bendelow designed its first iteration of the course in 1897. The … Continue reading Morris County Golf Club
Wanumetonomy Golf and Country Club
6,309 yards, 128 slope from the Black tees After years and years and years and years. And years. And years of talking about it, Golfadelphia finally made it to Rhode Island for a round of golf. The state is full of spectacular golf and I could have stayed for weeks on end but my travels … Continue reading Wanumetonomy Golf and Country Club
Fox Chapel Golf Club
6,237 yards, 135 slope from the Back tees Course: The Seth Raynor masterpiece sits in pastoral suburban Northeast Pittsburgh and opened for play in 1923. Brian Silva restored several of its features in the 1990's and today, it presents as grand and bold, showing just how splendid golf can get. The template features are vibrant, … Continue reading Fox Chapel Golf Club
Somerset Country Club
6,429 yards, 133 Slope from the White tees Course: Designed in 1919 by Seth Raynor, then by Stanley Thompson in 1948/50, Robert Bruce Harris in 1958, George Cobb in 1976, Geoffrey Cornish in 1979/90, Cornish and Brian Silva in 1985, Rees Jones in 1990/2002, Stan Gentry in 2002-18 and James Duncan this year, is Somerset … Continue reading Somerset Country Club
Lookout Mountain Golf Club
6,613 yards, 128 slope from the Blues Course: Â Lookout Mountain Golf Club is located in Lookout Mountain, GA, which is a mountain ridge where Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia intersect and juts up almost 2,500 feet, providing spectacular views of the Tennessee Valley and almost seven states. Â The mountain was used during the Civil War as … Continue reading Lookout Mountain Golf Club
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