Eastward Ho! Country Club MA, USA Ninth hole, 390 yards; From the highest point on the property, the golfer needs to decide if he is willing to hug the cliff line with his tee ball. If so, he gains a level lie on a plateau some 230 yards from the tee. From there, the play [...]
Feature Interview with Ran Morrissett November, 2005 Interviewer’s Note: I have known Ran Morrissett for over five years now – long enough to appreciate that his knowledge of the world’s finest golf courses ranks among the elite. Perhaps more importantly, however, I have always been hugely impressed with the open-mindedness of his opinions; in a [...]
The Architecture of William B. Langford : Making Waves in the Heartland by Mark Chalfant In this era of obscene power, the likes of which the game has never witnessed, why not strive to induce a little fun in the mix and at the same time present a true test of delicacy and accuracy by [...]
Another Take on a World Top100 Ranking by Matthew Hunt May, 2007 Please note: this is not a GolfClubAtlas.com ranking. Iconducted the worldranking belowbecausemany of the people that post within the GolfClubAtlas Discussion Groupcriticize Golf Digest’s rankings. Because the GolfClubAtlas.com postersare more “educated” than the general golfing public, I thought we would get a very [...]
A Round of Golf Courses: Bernard Darwin as compiled by Thomas MacWood The 19th hole And so we have it, Darwin’s round of eighteen, perhaps not the eighteen greatest courses judged by a cold emotionless standard, but that wouldn’t be authentic BD. Darwin was a romantic. Certainly the golf was very important but so was [...]
The Early Golf Architects: Beyond Old Tom CategoryTwo – The Professionals Now we move on to the professionals. It was a very simple relationship, as the popularity for the game increased there became a demand for two things “ golf equipment and golf courses, and the early profesional architects could deliver both. In fact in [...]
Pennard Golf Club Pt. III by Sean Arble 14th hole, 368 yards, BRAIDS: Braid’s favourite hole at Pennard. Another Braid original (1908); the tee was extended 35 yards in 1984. To borrow from Sir Ernest again, Pennard: A Course with a Great Future was written for a 1926(?) issue of Golf Illustrated. The tee shot [...]
Pennard Golf Club Pt. II by Sean Arble 5th hole, 165 yards, PENMAEN: A village on the slopes of Cefyn Bryn with a magical view of Three Cliffs Bay. This hole was built by Steel in 1991 at the same time the 4th was altered. The members thought the green was too severe with the [...]
Pennard Golf Club, Wales, The Cliffs, The Castle, and The Club by Sean Arble Pennard is not the sort of golfing destination which finds itself at the forefront of many discussions concerning golf. In fact, Pennard is often taken to be Penarth (the home of Glamorganshire Golf Club), a town very near Cardiff on the [...]
Heathlands at The Legends SC, USA Some courses never get their fair share of recognition. Perhaps they are out of the way (Pennard in Wales) or because they live in the shadow of great courses (Lundin or Elie in Fife, Scotland). Other courses just aren’t in an area that is treated seriously as providing top [...]
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