Course Review: Monterey Peninsula (Shore Course)
Architect: Mike Strantz
The story of Monterey Peninsula’s Shore Course is likely only known to those that are interested in golf design, and the even smaller group that were intrigued by the unfortunately short career of maverick golf designer Mike Strantz. After all, it was the Shore Course which would be [...]
- Spent part of the morning speaking with Martin Hawtree, the designer behind Tarandowah, the new course in Southern Ontario. It was an interesting conversation that focused on his design ideas, especially in relation to bunkering and green contours. As I’ve said before, I think Tarandowah is pretty unique to the area, largely because it [...]
My latest Score Golf column, on the issue of the men’s only lounge at Marine Drive Golf Club, is posted and can be found here.
Jack Nicklaus doesn’t play golf any longer. Or at least not often, and not very well. That’s his admission — not mine. I haven’t seen Nicklaus play since his final round at St. Andrews, and the legend told a media gathering yesterday in the remarkable setting of Ucluelet on Vancouver Island’s west coast that he [...]
Last night more than 100 people showed up at St. George’s for the launch of photographer Mike Bell’s book on Stanley Thompson. The book lists the articles as being written by “Canada’s top golf writers.” That included the likes of Hamilton Spectator reporter Garry McKay, Ian Cruickshank, Brent Long, David McPherson and myself. The group [...]
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