As I tweeted during the round, Engh the architect is an artist. There are at least 12 holes at Tullymore that would make for a great golf calendar. I shot these pictures with my iPhone, and then used Instagram's "Hefe" filter to add some effect:
Results for September 2011
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On the road again: Tullymore Golf Club
Last week I was in Michigan. I flew into Grand Rapids and drove roughly an hour to Stanwood where I stayed and played at Tullymore, a Jim Engh design that opened in 2001. It has been as high as 15th on our list of America's 100 Greatest Public. This year it dropped back to No. 36.
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Dream Trip to Scotland: What they learned
They played 20 rounds on 16 courses in 11 days for $4,000. Two brothers, separated in age by almost 13 years, sampled the best golf Scotland has to offer.
Kevin Daly, 39, struggled to find his game. Mike Daly, 51, the sage Navy veteran of hard travel and no sleep, had some low rounds in extreme conditions. After 1,000 miles of cars, boats, trolleys, twisted ankles and broken tees, I spoke to the Daly brothers about their favorite courses, the best value, tips to planning a dream trip to Scotland, and what’s next on their brotherly bucket list.
Dream Trip to Scotland, Day 11: Carnoustie
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 11:
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Bandon Preserve: the scorecard and more
The embarrassment of riches gets richer. And so does the avid golfer who travels to Bandon Dunes.
That’s what I thought after I finished a recent tour of Bandon Preserve, the new 13-hole par-3 course scheduled to open May 1, 2012.
Built by the design team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, Preserve will be a $100 green fee with a $50 replay rate, which also applies if you first play any one of the other four courses at the resort. (All profits will go to South Coast Conservation, which develops and implements conservation strategies for marine, freshwater and terrestrial conservation in the area.)
From the desk of Bill Coore, here’s an exclusive look at Preserve’s scorecard:
Golf on 9/11/01: The round I won't repeat.
In September 2008, I shared my story of 9/11, which includes some history of Bayonne Golf Club (pictured). As I post this entry from a plane -- flying from San Diego to New York -- gone, but not forgotten, are Ward Haynes, Davis "Deeg" Sezna, and everyone else who died on that horrific day.Ten years later, colleague Ron Whitten shares his story of 9/11, playing Kinloch Golf Club and Major Lester George.
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Dream Trip to Scotland, Day 10: Crail Golfing Society
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 10:
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A quick Q&A with Jaira Chaffee, a caddie at Bandon Dunes
Jaira Mae Chaffee, 20, is going to be a freshman at the University of Oregon. Four years of her tuition will be covered by the Western Golf Association’s Evans Scholars Foundation, which has awarded over 9,000 college scholarships to caddies from modest means.The youngest of nine kids (by three minutes -- she’s a twin), Chaffee has just finished her third summer as a caddie at the Bandon Dunes Resort. Not much bigger than a golf bag, Chaffee grew up in Bandon and is as sweet as a summer sunset on the southwestern coast of Oregon. When I stood over a six-foot par putt at Pacific’s seventh hole, I was seeing no break. “I see left edge,” said Chaffee.
“Now that’s a good read,” said B-Ray, one of Bandon’s veteran caddies. “She takes after her father.”
Chaffee’s dad has been caddying at Bandon Dunes for 10 years. “Sometimes we get in the same group,” says Chaffee, “which is a lot of fun for me. My dad and I are very close.”
Throughout my five days at Bandon Dunes, I talked to Chaffee about being raised in a big family, pillow fights, football games and riddles:
Dream Trip to Scotland, Day 9: St. Andrews
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 9:
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Erin Hills Post Game Review
Colleague Ron Whitten was a spectator at the 111th U.S. Amateur (Aug. 23--28), which was played at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisc. Whitten, who helped design the course with Mike Hurdzan and Dana Fry, filed this report:
Dream Trip to Scotland, Day 8: Cruden Bay
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 8:
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