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My Buddies Trip to Bandon Dunes

Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Comments
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My annual buddies trip consists of a small-town pro-am at Baywood Golf & Country Club in Arcata, Calif. I’ve written about it before: close friends and family, one of the toughest 6,200-yard courses in the world (pictured); there’s a lot of catching up, camaraderie and cards. But this summer I turned 40, so I decided to extend the Baywood trip, up the coast for three hours, and add a few days at Bandon Dunes. Such a milestone birthday was good cover and justification for the men on the trip to explain to their bosses and the ladies in their lives (their Bosses) that they needed some extra days and extra dollars. 
 
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Dream Trip to Scotland, Day 7: Castle Stuart and Royal Aberdeen

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 Comments
Kevin Daly is a good friend who's on a dream golf trip to Scotland with his brother Mike. After he sent me his itinerary -- 21 rounds in 14 days -- I asked him to file a series of trip reports, which I'd post to the blog. Here's Day 7:

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Dream Trip to Scotland, Day 6: Royal Dornoch

Thursday, August 25, 2011 Comments
Kevin Daly is a good friend who's on a dream golf trip to Scotland with his brother Mike. After he sent me his itinerary -- 21 rounds in 14 days -- I asked him to file a series of trip reports, which I'd post to the blog. Here's Day 6:

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Dream Trip to Scotland, Day 5: Tain Golf Club

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Comments
Kevin Daly is a good friend who's on a dream golf trip to Scotland with his brother Mike. After he sent me his itinerary -- 21 rounds in 14 days -- I asked him to file a series of trip reports, which I'd post to the blog. Here's Day 5:

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Atlanta Athletic Club: Super Hero Turf

Monday, August 22, 2011 Comments
In the aftermath of the PGA Championship, many of my colleagues are calling Atlanta Athletic Club unworthy, mainly because the championship never generated a marquee leaderboard. Me, I like the fact that the event had a Nationwide Tour feel to it -- a contest of young start-ups, journeymen and past-their-prime tour professionals. It was a refreshing change from the usual dog days summer rerun. It reminded me of Crooked Stick 1991 in that respect.

But what I really liked was the attention that its turfgrass received all week. In newspapers and internet, on CBS and the Golf Channel, even on the PGA Tour satellite radio network (which I listened to on Sunday during an eight-hour drive from SeaTac airport to outskirts of Boise), commentators were generally lauding the perfection of the putting surfaces, fairways and even the rough.

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Dream Trip to Scotland, Day 4: Macrihanish

Thursday, August 18, 2011 Comments
Kevin Daly is a good friend who's on a dream golf trip to Scotland with his brother Mike. After he sent me his itinerary -- 21 rounds in 14 days -- I asked him to file a series of trip reports, which I'd post to the blog. Here's Day 4:

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Fans' Choice: And the winner is . . .

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 Comments
After 711,697 votes and 639 comments, we have a winner in what has been Golf Digest's most successful socially-charged initiative since the launch of our Facebook page.

The final matchup came down to Wolf Creek, No. 28 on Golf Digest's list of America's 100 Greatest Public, and Bulle Rock, No. 59.
  
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Dream Trip to Scotland, Day 3: Machrie Golf Club and Single Malt

Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Comments
Kevin Daly is a good friend who's on a dream golf trip to Scotland with his brother Mike. After he sent me his itinerary -- 21 rounds in 14 days -- I asked him to file a series of trip reports, which I'd post to the blog. Here's Day 3:

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Talking Buddies Trips on ESPN's "Golf Exchange Radio"

Monday, August 15, 2011 Comments
Last week, Russ Evans, host of "Golf Exchange presented by the Honda Classic," had me on his show (ESPN 760-West Palm Beach and 790 The Ticket-Miami/Fort Lauderdale). We discussed Bandon Dunes, buddies trips and the upcoming Buddies Golf Getaway in Orlando, hosted by Hilton HHonors. (Sorry, almost as much advertising in this 'graph as a 10-minute snippet of the PGA.)

Here's the audio file:


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--Matty G.

(You can follow Russ Evans on Twitter @RusEvans and Golf Trip Genius @GolfTripGenius. Follow me @Matt_Ginella.)


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Trip Report(s): Myrtle Beach

Sunday, August 14, 2011 Comments

A few weeks ago two colleagues -- Eric Lebowitz and Alex Myers -- were members of a buddies trip to Myrtle Beach. I asked them to share their thoughts on the courses they played:


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