Golf

Previewing Machrihanish Dunes
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Previewing Machrihanish Dunes

Opened in 2009, it’s the only course we’ll play built after the 19th century Three years ago, a writing trip brought me to Machrihanish, at the bottom of the Mull of Kintyre, traveling the long and winding road about which Paul McCartney sang. In its isolation on the shore of the North Atlantic Ocean, Machrihanish…

Previewing Machrihanish Golf Club
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Previewing Machrihanish Golf Club

Fell in love with this course three years ago, thrilled to return When Old Tom Morris laid out Machrihanish Golf Club in 1879 he traveled by train, steamboat and carriage to the little village of Machrihanish, on the tip of the Mull of Kintyre, on the shore of the North Atlantic Ocean. And when he…

Previewing Cruden Bay Golf Club
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Previewing Cruden Bay Golf Club

What Old Tom Morris and Bram Stoker have in common …. I knew Cruden Bay Golf Club only by reputation, not that kind that comes out of a world ranking, though Golf Digest rates it No. 56 on that score, but from the recommendations of golf journalists like Blaine Newnham and Tom Cade, who have…

Carnoustie looms
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Carnoustie looms

It was once dubbed “Car-nasty.” Should I be worried? (I am). As Jason and I developed our plan for Scotland, evolving into six courses in six days, this was the course I think he really wanted to play — beyond the Old Course, which was not available to us — from his own sense of…

Previewing North Berwick
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Previewing North Berwick

Our trip in Scotland ends at a wonderful, favorite golf course I fell in love with North Berwick Golf Club when I was lucky enough to play it three years ago, on a trip with good friends and colleagues Blaine Newnham, Tom Cade and Rob Perry, courtesy of Visit Scotland. I loved the history of…

David Fink: An epic comeback win at Bandon Dunes
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David Fink: An epic comeback win at Bandon Dunes

In the 2012 Pacific Coast Amateur, the Oregon State golfer won in dramatic fashion The fog was thick that July morning in 2012 when Oregon State University golfer David Fink teed off in the final round of the 46th Pacific Coast Amateur Championship at Bandon Dunes Golf Course on the southern Oregon coast. He was…

Dan Hixson: Designing golf courses, one hole at a time
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Dan Hixson: Designing golf courses, one hole at a time

The veteran course designer has renovated Trysting Tree in Corvallis, and working on improvements at Laurelwood Golf Course in Eugene Pacific Northwest golf architect Dan Hixson has earned critical acclaim for his designs of new 18-hole courses, starting with Bandon Crossings on the southern Oregon coast and continuing with Wine Valley in central Washington and…

Eastmoreland GC: Still vibrant after a century
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Eastmoreland GC: Still vibrant after a century

Publicly owned Portland golf course reveres its history, and embraces the future On 150 acres, wedged between railroad tracks and a now-stately neighborhood, bordered by rhododendron gardens and a private college, Eastmoreland Golf Course in Portland features tree-lined fairways, sharp dog-legs, and gorgeous par 3s over Crystal Springs Lake. It is a classic course that…

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