With golf showing for the holidays (and me tiring of writing about Tiger), I thought I’d take the time to reflect on some of my experiences in 2009.
As anyone who reads this blog knows, I have a passion for golf design and great golf courses. This year was a spectacular one for me in that [...]
Course Preview: Turnberry GC (Brampton, Ont.)
Opens: May, 2010
Designer: Cam Tyers/Doug Carrick
Let’s call Turnberry Golf Club, the new course designed by Carrick Design just off Highway 410, exactly what it is — a grand experiment.
Sure this is the same team behind Eagles Nest, one of the best public courses to open in Canada in recent years. [...]
Course Review: St. George’s Golf and Country Club (Etobicoke, Ont.)
Designer: Stanley Thompson
On Friday, with the weather a little frosty for mid-October, I drove down to Etobicoke for a round at St. George’s Golf and Country Club, which will host next year’s RBC Canadian Open. Though I’ve written about it extensively (including a chapter in my book, [...]
Course Review: Hamilton G&CC
Designer: Harry Colt
Note: A previous review of Hamilton appeared before the 2006 Canadian Open.
I had the good fortune to make my now annual fall trip to play Hamilton G&CC in Ancaster. I love the golf course — it is among my Top 5 in Canada and I was intrigued at seeing the [...]
Course Review: The Links at Monck’s Landing
Designer: Scott Kuschnereit
It is nice to get invited to play new golf courses, but frankly over the past few years there have been so many that it is hard to keep up. Last summer Scott Kuschnereit wrote me a note about visiting his club. The problem was that it [...]
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