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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 [...]


Golf Course Review: Spyglass Hill

Course Review: Spyglass Hill (Pebble Beach, Calif.)
Designer: Robert Trent Jones
There is no doubt that Spyglass Hill is one of the more polarizing courses in the World Top 100. When I told my playing partner that it was among the elite on the planet, he scoffed. “No way,” he told me. “I don’t think it is.”
It [...]