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Robert Thompson

Going for the Green

Robert Thompson's comments, criticism and opinion on the world of golf.

Posts about: american golf

Postcards From Long Island Continued: Friar’s Head — One Man, One Vision

I’ve always been fascinated by golf course developers who know exactly what they want. Far too often those that build golf courses haven’t a clue beyond the concept that a course will help sell real estate. That’s often been the case in Canada — and led directly to the failure of several high-profile projects where the [...]


Long Island Revisited

I’m spending a couple of days in Long Island, a whirlwind of a tour for two days that will take me to the home of American golf — National Golf Links — and a newer course, Coore and Crenshaw’s highly-rated Friar’s Head, and then off to a couple of lesser known gems, the Creek Club [...]