Best U.S. Areas for Public and Private Golf
In the U.S., the best areas for public golf are far from the best areas for private golf. The result is something for everybody. It’s almost as if the public and private sectors of American golf don’t meet. That’s one of the great ironies of the country’s golf course inventory: Those areas where the private […]
Extraordinary Courses That Are All the Rage
Architects, developers, an even golfers are learning to rethink how many holes—along with routing rules and acceptable terrain—can make up a golf course At the debut of The Sandbox at Sand Valley golf resort in Nekoosa, Wis., three years ago, developer Mike Keiser was asked why the par-3 course designed by Bill Coore and Ben […]
Characters: Bunker Shaper Jeff Bradley
Bunker shaper Jeff Bradley plays the excavator with a musician’s touch You’d better be good at your craft if your job is to make Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw look like geniuses in the field. Jeff Bradley shapes the bunkers that have made courses like Cuscowilla, Talking Stick, Old Sandwich, Friar’s Head, Bandon Trails, Chechessee […]
11 Holes Where Augusta National Can Add Distance
How the most recognized course in golf is dealing with golf’s most recognizable issue There are not many golf courses as well positioned as Augusta National to survive the distance onslaught. As the world’s best players continue to play a longer game each year, and as golf’s governing bodies now appear to have reached a […]
Modern Classics: Sand Hills
Kudos to the course that cleared the way for what we think of as architecture today Some twenty-five years later, I still remember the sense of wonder that overcame me when I first saw Sand Hills. The drive out there, six hours from Omaha, was mesmerizing, especially the last hour through the namesake Sand Hills—19,000 […]
