The first edition of this season’s Upping My Dye-Q series takes a look at the Tim Liddy designed Rock Hollow Golf Club “Who are you, and what do you do?” The direct inquiry by the local I encountered in the pro shop after completing an early-spring loop around the Tim Liddy designed Rock Hollow GolfContinue reading “IN PRAISE OF RESTRAINT AT ROCK HOLLOW G.C.”
Category Archives: Community Golf
MORE MUSINGS ON GREATNESS
While listening to a podcast with Ron Whitten, long-time architecture editor with Golf Digest, I was struck by how similar his early experience of falling in love with the game’s playing fields was to my own. In his youth, Whitten visited both Canal Shores (then known by another name) and Chicago Golf Club. Each courseContinue reading “MORE MUSINGS ON GREATNESS”
THE YEAR THAT CANAL SHORES BECAME A GOLF COURSE
Part 23 of the Journey Along the Shores series takes a look at improvements to course presentation Prior to this year, Canal Shores was a place where it was great fun to play golf, but it wasn’t much of a golf course. It was a novelty that captured our hearts. This year, Canal Shores becameContinue reading “THE YEAR THAT CANAL SHORES BECAME A GOLF COURSE”
REVERSE JANS RECAP
Part 22 of the Journey Along the Shores series looks back at the annual gathering of the Honourable Company of Reverse Jans Golfers Canal Shores is about coming together, having fun through laid back competition, and caring for a special community asset. That is the spirit in which the Honourable Company of Reverse Jans GolfersContinue reading “REVERSE JANS RECAP”
Journey Along the Shores – Part 21 (Burn Baby Burn)
There’s a new boss at Canal Shores – a Burn Boss, that is – and his name is Steve Neumann. Steve is the Chair of our Grounds Committee as well as the Eco Committee that recently completed creation of the Ecological Component of our Master Plan (click here to see the Eco plan). Being aContinue reading “Journey Along the Shores – Part 21 (Burn Baby Burn)”
Geek Dad’s Diary – Part 1 (The Best Birthday Gift)
What is your perfect day of golf? That is one of many questions that golf geeks pose in casual conversation, and it does indeed elicit thought provoking answers, especially when one’s buddies are well traveled. There’s the obvious: “Getting the magic invite to experience Cypress / Pine Valley” or “Attending Sunday at The Masters”. There’sContinue reading “Geek Dad’s Diary – Part 1 (The Best Birthday Gift)”
Journey Along the Shores – Part 20 (Spring Project)
Our Superintendent Tony Frandria and Assistant Superintendent John Lee have worked wonders to continue the improvement of our putting surfaces. However, there is not much that they can do when those surfaces have shrunk to a size much smaller than originally intended. Such is the case on our 17th and 18th greens. It is alsoContinue reading “Journey Along the Shores – Part 20 (Spring Project)”
Journey Along the Shores – Part 19 (All About the Trees)
Over the past several years, countless hours have been spent in the field and in meetings to assess the state of our tree population, and to chart a course forward toward making that population larger and significantly healthier. Our findings will not be a surprise to anyone who has taken the time to look closelyContinue reading “Journey Along the Shores – Part 19 (All About the Trees)”
GCA Video Archive – The Courses of the Americas
This page was previously dedicated to the golf courses of the Americas. Videos include course tours, aerials, feature stories and more. U.S. Open venues are presented here, but the rest of the videos have been compiled into YouTube playlists and linked from their respective pins on the GeekedOnGolf Global Guide Map. Future updates will beContinue reading “GCA Video Archive – The Courses of the Americas”
MY MUSINGS ON GOLF
If you are reading this blog, and you are not my wife or parents, it still surprises me a little that you are here. When I started GeekedOnGolf, I didn’t expect that it would ever be more than a collection of musings about my rediscovery of the game 20 years after my junior playing daysContinue reading “MY MUSINGS ON GOLF”