Today you’re playing for points. You’ll be playing Stableford and you’ll be scoring Stableford. (Consider that these are discrete but related acts.) You know your handicap on this course is going to be eight, so you circle those eight hardest holes on your card. Those circles are good news—each one is an extra chance to…
Category: Legend
Par 500 (Ireland 2022)
We squished eight golf courses into an epic week in across three of the provinces of Ireland. The cards all happened to sum to 500, so it felt like a fitting way to sum it up. Each course warrants an 18 word review: How was the trip? Well, my clubs never made it out of…
Detachment, Zen State of (無心)
Attachment leads to suffering. Or so they say. They often being golfers. A ball at rest of the deck of a driving range has little in attachment. Our brain knows we won’t have to go after it, so our swing knows as well. Our emotions know the result won’t be committed to the scorecard, so…
Homecoming
For a particularly fun patch concept, it was fun to bring it out to the no. 4 fairway and make an assessment. Despite the distraction I think I had my usual result: second shot short, up and down and missed the putt.
Still More On Racetrack Routings
“Limitation makes for power: the power of the genie comes from its confinement.” Richard Wilbur What goes into a golf course design? The shapes of the land. The way those shapes frame the view. The placement of fairways, greens, and hazards. The way those choices frame the view. The setting and surrounds. The flora certainly…
Americanada
Where the art came from.
Sand Valley 2020 – Germfire Edition
As with any trip logo, ideally it marks a place in time too.
Trundle For Bundles
My pal always plays the second par three on Rustic Canyon the same way.
“Enjoy the Ballflights”
YouTube-famous golf instructor Shawn Clement asks a useful question. Why do you play?
13 Point Bolt
And how not to use it.