Today, members of the sporting press will aim their popguns at the thousand new bunkers (it would seem) and resist distraction from grand new sightlines at the remodeled Sand Point Country Club in Seattle. The re-do was undertaken by David McLay Kidd, whose portfolio of golf architecture (Bandon … [Read more...]
The Firestorm Tour, Day Two: Gamble Sands unveiled
BREWSTER, Wash. -- It was a question David McLay Kidd was ready, maybe even eager, to answer. Yes, Gamble Sands is a true links golf course. "As a Scotsman, I have the right to defend it," said Kidd, architect of Gamble Sands Golf Course in Brewster, Wash. , the newest course in the … [Read more...]
The Bandon experience, Day 1: Bandon Dunes
Along about the time we were getting serious about making plans, weighing dates and times and all the minutiae, one of us had a medical episode. It wasn't serious, though it could have been, and it was timed so badly I had to laugh. This is the same guy who often says, We gotta do these things, … [Read more...]
Golf tours with tips and tippling
LAYING UP MIGHT BE the smart play on a given hole on a given day at a given golf course. Playing it safe, however, is not in the business plan for Charlie Thurston's entrepreneurial golf venture. Thurston, a 45-year-old PGA professional, recently fell victim to a downsizing at Spokane Country … [Read more...]
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