6,630 yards, 136 from the Blues The life of a golf course. They are conceived, that idea then carried and spoken to others until developed into some kind of reality, at which point the business of building them is set in place. They grow, and those who play them grow fond or perhaps even resentful … Continue reading Sleepy Hollow Country Club →

6,680 yards, 140 slope from the Blue/Whites The apex of Summer was upon us. There's a time in each part of the season when it feels like it has been this way with this weather forever and will be this way forever more. Accustomed to the heat, the air conditioning, the trees, grass, flowers in … Continue reading Hudson National Golf Club →

Meadowcreek/Dogwood: 6,339 yards, 129 slope from the Blues Highlands/Meadowbrook: 6,132 yards, 128 slope from the Blues Dogwood/Highlands: 6,357 yards, 128 slope from the Blues One of my favorite movies is the Good, Bad & the Ugly. The final showdown is one of the epic crescendos in Western cinema and watching it as a kid, I … Continue reading Lancaster Country Club →

2,843 yards, 114 Slope The scorecard remained blank. In fact, I forgot about it altogether until that night when I emptied out my golf bag. I took one just before we teed off and had every intention of keeping score, but that all changed as we walked off the First tee into the fairway, the … Continue reading Hay Harbor Club →

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 →

6,454 yards, 130 slope from the Blues It only happens a few times a season, but this was one of those complete games of a day where everything unfolds seamlessly. It starts with getting out of the house and ends with me relaxing at the end of the day, likely with a draw of bourbon. … Continue reading Bidermann Golf Club →

6,712 yards, 142 slope from the Blues A lunch long ago. In a hotel amidst snowy Boston, my travel companion and I deep in discussion on the subject of golf. I was still in the beginning stages of learning the game and course architecture. My companion, much more well traveled. The lunch was first recounted … Continue reading Bayonne Golf Club →

6,466 yards, 128 slope from the Black/Blue Combos Tillinghast intrigues me the more and more I read and talk about him, as well as play more of his courses. He was a prolific writer and I have recently enjoyed his first person accounts of designing this course and that, where he certainly focuses on the … Continue reading Paramount Country 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 →

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