Paako Ridge, Golf Digest's Best New Affordable Public Course of 2000, is quite long from the tips and regular tees. Yes, a golf ball carries farther at its 6,500-foot elevation, but Paako also plays long because both nines work up mountain foothills for several holes before playing down...
Anji Phoenix International Golf Course is a 27-hole (7218 yards) high-standard hill course located in the south of Fenghuangshan Mount, Anji, Zhejiang province, only 48km from Hangzhou, 220km from Shanghai. Designed by renowned golf course architects, Mi
We could hardly get our tees in most of the tee boxes and gave up on more than one occasion. On top of the above, Rick (maybe a starter..maybe a bouncer?) seemed annoyed on both occasions we dealt with him. Asked him where to go after the front 9 and he vaguely pointed in a ...
The new look Medal has the men of the White Tees and all of a sudden you are looking at the golf course through rose tinted glasses. It looks a bit less intimidating. Especially for today’s scribe who has been known to slice a drive off the blues on the 5th onto the practise puttin...
Designed by Clyde Johnston, Old South Golf Links measures 6,772 yards from the longest tees and has a slope rating of 129 and a 72.4 USGA rating. The course features four sets of tees for different skill levels. Johnston designed Old South Golf Links in keeping with the beautiful Low...
If there’s grass growing actively, it’s still okay not to mow the tees, fairways, and putting greens for a few weeks. After this, aggressive measures must be taken to clean or even re-grass the field to return to its normal playability state. Usually, grass should be mown at least...
George Thomas conceived of the idea of a “course within a course” when designing Los Angeles Country Club in the early 1920s, creating various tees for different holes that changed the angles of play and even the par values on different days. That’s part of the concept of Blessings in...
Tees Track Rounds Scorecard Course Details Year Built 1962 Golf Season May 1 to Oct 30 Architect Ian Andrew Rentals/Services Carts Yes - $20 GPS No Pull-carts Yes Caddies No Clubs Yes Practice/Instruction Driving Range Yes Bunker Yes Golf School/Academy Yes - "Royal Ashbu...
Comprising both elevated tees and greens, with undulating fairways, which are severe in places, this is a golf course which provides a real test to the best players out there. The real stand out feature has to be the two par-6 holes—the 4th and 13th, a whopping 878 and 861 yards res...
Jutting out into the Irish Sea just beside Dublin, Portmarnock is surrounded by water on 3 sides, making for spectacular views and changeable winds. The layout is such that every shot is potentially played with the wind coming from a different direction, however, from the tees to the greens ...