Atlantic Golf Club
The story of Atlantic Golf Club begins with Lowell M. Shulman, a highly successful developer of corporate office parks and buildings in metropolitan New York. Schulman was born and raised in Westchester County and started a lifelong fascination with golf in 1940 as a caddie at Winged Foot Golf Club. In the mid-1960s he […]
Quail Hollow Championship, North Carolina
Modern-day Charlotte, the commercial hub of North Carolina’s Piedmont region, is nicknamed “Queen City.” When it comes to the golf, the moniker is especially appropriate, as the Quail Hollow Championship, enjoys a regal status as one of the marquee PGA Tour stops. As it has every year since its inaugural in 2003, Quail Hollow […]
TPC Stadium Golf Courses
In the quarter-century since former commissioner Deane Beman unveiled his concept of a PGA Tour-operated network of fan-friendly golf venues, the Tournament Players Club (TPC) “brand” has quietly morphed into a machine for selling homesites and golf memberships. While certain facilities in the TPC portfolio—including the very first, the TPC at Sawgrass—are praised for their architectural brilliance and tournament-hosting capacity, the […]
Portstewart Golf Club, Northern Ireland
Portstewart, a small town in Northern Ireland, suffered from a large inferiority complex in the late 19th century. Separated by only three miles of rugged Ulster coastline from the neighboring resort town of Portrush, Portstewart had been losing ground to its more fashionable and popular rival since the early Victorian era. When it […]
Dundonald Links, Scotland
With much of Scotland’s linksland already occupied by some of the greatest venues in golf, few new seaside courses have appeared on the game’s home turf since the early 20th century. That drought was broken in 2000 when the acclaimed Kingsbarns opened on the Fife coast, near St. Andrews. Then, with natives still abuzz […]
The European Club, Ireland
If playing a links is an experience to be cherished, what must it be like to actually develop, own and operate such a course? Pat Ruddy’s demeanor indicates it is a pleasant experience indeed. A bear of a man who always has a warm smile, a welcoming hand and a flash of wit, Ruddy […]
The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts
In historical significance, The Country Club takes a back seat to no other. It was, in fact, the very first “country club” in the U.S., dating to 1882, and this suburban Boston club was one of the five founding members of the U.S. Golf Association. And it has been the scene of some of […]
Eugene Country Club, Oregon
In 1899, in a cow pasture outside the fledgling city of Eugene, Oregon, a group of university professors and local businessmen formed the South Willamette Golf Club, forerunner of Eugene Country Club. Like the rapidly developing territory surrounding it, the club, which switched to its current name in 1912, experienced growing pains. After a 1920 […]
Augusta Country Club, Georgia
Like the guy who married Halle Berry, Augusta Country Club is notable for who it stands beside. The Country Club and Augusta National Golf Club share a fence, a famous creek, a valley and a couple dozen members. Their histories intertwine, too, as histories always do in little Southern towns. While the rest of […]
Anglebrook Golf Club, New York
Last hurrahs don’t often get the crowds cheering. Alfred Hitchcock signed off with Family Plot, Stanley Kubrick with Eyes Wide Shut. Sure, Ted Williams homered in his final at-bat, but most Hall of Famers finish with pop-ups. Robert Trent Jones Sr. capped an unparalleled career in course design with Anglebrook Golf Club. His final […]