Part 25 of the Journey Along the Shores series recaps our off-season projects Much like the modern PGA Tour, the work season at Canal Shores never ends. Long after players have hung up their clubs in Chicagoland, our staff and volunteers keep plugging away on course improvements, deterred only by blizzards, bitter cold or torrentialContinue reading “THE WRAP-AROUND AT CANAL SHORES”
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TILLIE’S TALE AT SOMERSET HILLS
An in-depth look at the A.W. Tillinghast designed Somerset Hills Country Club Somerset Hills embodies a rare opportunity for golf architecture aficionados and players alike. For the design enthusiast, it is a course to be studied closely as an integral step in the progression of one of America’s greatest architects, A.W. Tillinghast. This pivotal workContinue reading “TILLIE’S TALE AT SOMERSET HILLS”
FAIR IS A FOUR LETTER WORD AT FRENCH LICK
The second edition of this season’s Upping My Dye-Q series takes a look at The Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort The devilish designer himself greets visitors to The Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort. A statue of the creator of nearly one hundred golf courses over a decades-long career stands by theContinue reading “FAIR IS A FOUR LETTER WORD AT FRENCH LICK”
ROUTING PERFECTION AT SAND HILLS
A look at routing and the creation of Coore & Crenshaw’s modern masterpiece, Sand Hills Golf Club Sand Hills Golf Club is generally considered to be a modern masterpiece. Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw’s design has been credited as the original spark that lit the fire of the minimalist movement in golf course architecture, andContinue reading “ROUTING PERFECTION AT SAND HILLS”
EVENT-FULL SEASONS AT CANAL SHORES
Part 24 of the Journey Along the Shores series dives into our growing volume of activity and events With each passing year, Canal Shores gets busier. The course is seeing more play and it would seem that the Evanston-Wilmette community has gotten markedly golfier. That is terrific progress from my geeky perspective. However, the activityContinue reading “EVENT-FULL SEASONS AT CANAL SHORES”
WHERE ENTHUSIASM LIVES – CAL CLUB
An in-depth look at the course and culture at California Golf Club of San Francisco En·thu·si·asm – /in-TH(y)oozē-azəm/ – definition: intense and eager enjoyment – root: Greek en theos, roughly translated as possessed by spirit, or inspired. Lofty language, but fitting to describe the membership at California Golf Club of San Francisco, as well asContinue reading “WHERE ENTHUSIASM LIVES – CAL CLUB”
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”
MY FAVORITE TEMPLATE
An in-depth look at Macdonald’s Leven template with Brett Hochstein and Jon Cavalier When it comes to golf course architecture, it doesn’t get much geekier than MacRaynor templates. It should come s no surprise that I love the templates, and the one I love most of all is the Leven. In an age when lengthContinue reading “MY FAVORITE TEMPLATE”
WHAT MY KIDS TAUGHT ME ABOUT ARCHITECTURE
My son Jack is 15 years old and my son Henry is 7 years old. This season, I officially became one of those lucky golf geek dads whose kids are golf-crazed. We play most of our golf together at Canal Shores, but we also had outings over the summer at Kingsley Club, Champion Hill, andContinue reading “WHAT MY KIDS TAUGHT ME ABOUT ARCHITECTURE”
5th ANNUAL NOREASTER – BACK TO LONG ISLAND
After two years in Boston, our group was longing for a return trip to Long Island, and Friar’s Head. Planning began over the winter, but took a detour. Two of the original four members of the Noreaster crew, Brian and Shawn, weren’t able to make the trip this year. They are good dads, and hadContinue reading “5th ANNUAL NOREASTER – BACK TO LONG ISLAND”