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 [...]
It is always a real pleasure to get a chance to meet and speak with the best in the business — regardless of whether we’re talking high-finance, technology, entrepreneurism or, in this case, golf. With that in mind, I was very pleased to meet Bill Coore, half of the Coore/Ben Crenshaw design team, while on [...]
Course Preview: Old MacDonald (Bandon Dunes Resort, Oregon)
Designers: Tom Doak and Jim Urbina
Here’s the premise so far for those that think Old MacDonald is a child’s sing-song.
Bandon Dunes creator Mike Keiser wants to build a fourth course. And he’s fascinated by the Lido, a now defunct design by fabled golf designer CB MacDonald. He is [...]
I visited Bandon Dunes Resort in June 2004, just a couple of months before my daughter was born. I purchased a child’s Bandon Dunes hat, with the distinctive puffin logo, and both Sydney and my son, Liam, wore it at various times.
Is Bandon Dunes the best golf resort in the world? I have a hard [...]
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