I recently passed a milestone number of golf courses played: 700 in my life so far. So I updated my all-time top 10 and broke it down a couple of other ways for @GOLFPASSgolfpass.com/travel-advisor…
Gil Hanse on @GolfChannel Live From the PGA Championship just now:
“We would rather compromise green speeds than compromise great architecture.”
A-freakin’-men.
Official motion to add a The Country Club to the U.S. Open rotation. The history, the golf course, the Boston fans. Just an ideal place to hold a golf tournament.
Tech is fun and often helpful, but I hate when it threatens the physical culture of golf.
Imagine thinking golf cart GPS is a worthwhile alternative to a great yardage book. Could never be me.
The PGA Tour’s stiff-arming of the USGA and R&A’s attempts to make golf more sustainable by moderating the distance the golf ball travels will go down as one of the most selfish, short-sighted and misguided moves by any major sports organization in its history.
TOT HILL FARM G.C.
Asheboro, N.C.
Mike Strantz, 2000
$110
After significant, loving investment (new Zoysia greens, 1,500 felled trees +++) by new ownership, Strantz’s most polarizing design has shed years of neglect. Finally, it’s the quirky jewel it was always meant to be.
I’ve seen enough: hold the PGA Championship at Southern Hills every 4 to 6 years.
Bunkers that are real hazards, wind, slopes greens, guys BOUNCING BALLS INTO GREENS! (in the U.S.!)
If you genuinely have greater affection for a golf ball than you do for, say, The Old Course, please do the rest of us a favor and just play on a simulator.
CABOT CITRUS FARMS (KAROO)
Brooksville, Fla.
Kyle Franz, 2024
$165
Course #607
Tons of cheeky contouring on and around huge greens, some of the most extensive bunkering you’ll ever see, split fairways galore and newly-open vistas make for an intense but rewarding trip.