Put the finishing touches on this at about 2am. Blauvelt CC, is a little longer than my preferred designs, but the owners insisted on a tournament quality track. 7100, but with a few extra tees to stretch it out more, if needed. I love how 14&17 turned out through the mounds of

POD #34.Tournament Players Club at Sawgrass- Stadium Course- PVB, FL.Pete Dye- 1980. One of the most well known, and most expensive public courses in golf. Deane Beman’s vision for the future of professional golf. Pete Dye was tasked with building a Tournament Specific Course

A teachable moment just occurred. If your wife or girlfriend tells you she is going to get microblading to her eye brows, just say OK. Don’t ask what? Don’t ask why? and for all that is holy do not ask what’s the cost! You will live a long and fulfilling life without those.

POD #33.Gullane Golf Club- Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.Gullane #1- lost in time - 1884.Gullane #2 -Willie Park - 1898.Gullane #3 - members - 1910. A rich golf history dating back as far as 1840. The town and the course are one. Men, Women, (Gullane Ladies GC was found in

POD #32.The Captains Golf Club- Brewster, MA.Cornish/Silva - 1985 -36 Holes. “Call me Ishmael” is the start to a classic New England seafaring tale. This course is dedicated to the brave son’s of New England who sailed the high seas. The two courses are appropriately named, Port

POD #31.Bayou Oaks at City Park - South.NOLA darlin’!!!.Rees Jones -2017. Built on what was originally Cypress Swamp (see Wood pump). A total of 4 courses (N/S/E/W) existed on site. Then, Aug 29, 2005, Katrina devastated the entire area. (I saw it in 2006 -terrible) Up to 12-15ft

A little something I just finished….no sleep again. Trying for a central Texas/Carolina meets Heathland, vibe. Fescue/native grasses, rolling terrain, 6 classic hole designs/features. A short course, putting course, some cabins. Added elevation charts and darker shadings to

POD #30 - Public course week. Bethpage State Park - Red Course.Farmingdale, NY.AW Tillinghast -1936. Bethpage State Park was created by NYS Park Commissioner Robert Moses as part a work relief project during the Great Depression. The Red, Blue and Black were built together. The

When your daughter asks what golf course this is, and you tell her it’s in Scotland, not too far from Edinburgh, where we visited. She tells me to wait……her Loch Ness monster needs to be home in Scotland. 🥹

POD #29. Augusta National Golf Club.Augusta, Georgia .Dr. Alister MacKenzie w RT Jones- 1933.Significant changes made by the following:.Perry Maxwell (1,4,7,10 greens), Robert Trent Jones (11&16), George Cobb (2&7 greens), George Fazio (10th tee) John LaFoy (tees & 13 green), Joe

My heart goes out to all those affected by the flooding in the Texas Hill Country. Our close friend’s daughter was at a camp nearby and they were lucky to avoid tragedy. But, we cannot say the same for others. Little girls lost in an instant and will remain forever young. Today,.

POD #28.Fishers Island Club, FI, NY.Seth Raynor -1926. Always amazed how they built the course. Looking at it logistically, on that island, getting equipment and people there in 1920’s. Mind blowing to me. Note- original plans called for two golf courses, east end and mid

A gentleman asked if I could draw his home course. Since I am up, figured I would try. It was no walk in the Garden, as it recently completed a renovation this May, the club website has not been updated, and I have never played it. Can anyone guess this classic layout “the old

POD #27.National Golf Links of America,.Southampton, NY.CB Macdonald - 1911 - the founding father of American golf course design. On July 4th, as American’s, we celebrate our country’s independence, so it’s only appropriate that today, this is choice. “Those who think it is the

RT @joe3jax: @ChipJohnson01 here was the one I did over a week ago. Used crayons and a pencil to define the lines. Smaller plot of land, 1….

POD #26.Friar’s Head Golf Club, Riverhead, NY.Coore & Crenshaw -2003. Several years in the making, when it debuted, to much curiosity in the NY metro area, it was a change to the design philosophy for the area. IMO, this is the seminal course of the golf course design revolution.

Good news, we copyrighted the name for this course; .The Sparkill Club (spar-kill) it’s is old Dutch roughly meaning Spruce Creek. As a tribute to the few spruce trees along the creek. 🌲ŞÇ. Logo in the works. More good news, we have hired a director of hospitality, accounting.