A new year, a new start. Everyone is in the deep freeze so far this year, but we do have golf to be played. Televised golf gave us a look at the PGA West Stadium Course, a long-time fave of mine. It has been softened and over-seeded leading to putting green surface area reductions.
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Last year took me to Ohoopee Match Club in Vidalia Country Georgia for the inaugural Bernard Darwin Matches. I found it a ready-to-go destination with plenty of infrastructure in place, leaving for little to want.
2018 also took me to Silvies, OR, one of the biggest surprises ever with its four (technically) courses and a sense of away quite unlike most anything else. These far and away were my 2018 highlights.
I hope to bring both of these to life soon and revive this nearly left-for-dead blog.
On the Classic side, Shoreacres and Lawsonia Links top the list for 2018. Shoreacres remarkable for the freestyle design from Raynor, eschewing the obvious templates in lieu of originality. Lawsonia Links, perhaps the last hidden Gem in America has undergone a Forse-led renovation that might make it the most under-rated Classic Course around. Ron Forse and I had two long telephone call discussions about this course (And a couple of others near to us both), Ron is über-high on this course and is justifiably proud of his firm's work there.
Cheers, and Happy New Year
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