My Monday at Augusta

Below is an article I wrote after my first trip to Augusta National - the Monday practice round prior to the 2006 Masters. I thought it might be good to give...

My Monday at Augusta

The $6 million par 3 course

Only in Palm Beach, right? Where else could you possibly spend $6 million on a 39-acre par 3 course? Such is the case as the Town of Palm Beach attempts...

The $6 million par 3 course

Trump sues Rancho Palos Verdes, Trump haters trumpet

I’m indifferent on Donald Trump, although I find his claiming to be a golf course architect to be humorous. He recently...

Trump sues Rancho Palos Verdes, Trump haters trumpet
Shadow Creek re-opens today

Shadow Creek re-opens today

After seven months of renovations, the legendary Tom Fazio design Shadow Creek in Las Vegas re-opened on December 19th. The following excerpt from the GolfLasVegasNow.com article notes the changes.
“Our style is to fly under the radar and keep things low key, but we are looking forward to opening on December 19,” says longtime General Manager [...]

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The $6 million par 3 course

The $6 million par 3 course

Only in Palm Beach, right? Where else could you possibly spend $6 million on a 39-acre par 3 course? Such is the case as the Town of Palm Beach attempts to pick up the additional $1.5 million that they have yet to raise to get to the $6 million it “needs” to redo the Palm [...]

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RTJ II announces Green Proclamation

RTJ II announces Green Proclamation

Robert Trent Jones II announced a new “green” proclamation which includes, “ten tenets that have guided the company’s design philosophy and that the firm commits itself to pursuing into the future”. On the heels of Jones winning of the “best new public course” in Golf Digest’s rankings, this is a pretty hefty PR campaign.
Let’s look [...]

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My Monday at Augusta

My Monday at Augusta

Below is an article I wrote after my first trip to Augusta National - the Monday practice round prior to the 2006 Masters. I thought it might be good to give us some spring time hope during the winter doldrums.
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There are very few things in life that live up to expectations and build up. Especially [...]

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My Monday at Augusta

My Monday at Augusta

By Taylor Anderson • December 30, 2008 • No Comments

Below is an article I wrote after my first trip to Augusta National - the Monday practice round prior to the 2006 Masters. I thought it might be good to give us some spring time hope during the winter doldrums.
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There are very few things in life that live up to expectations and build up. Especially [...]

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The $6 million par 3 course

The $6 million par 3 course

By Taylor Anderson • December 21, 2008 • 2 Comments

Only in Palm Beach, right? Where else could you possibly spend $6 million on a 39-acre par 3 course? Such is the case as the Town of Palm Beach attempts to pick up the additional $1.5 million that they have yet to raise to get to the $6 million it “needs” to redo the Palm [...]

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Trump sues Rancho Palos Verdes, Trump haters trumpet

Trump sues Rancho Palos Verdes, Trump haters trumpet

By Taylor Anderson • December 21, 2008 • 2 Comments

I’m indifferent on Donald Trump, although I find his claiming to be a golf course architect to be humorous. He recently filed a $100 million lawsuit against Rancho Palos Verdes over various problems his blames on the city at his redo of the former Ocean Trails Golf Course.
It’s allowed a number of those who dislike [...]

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Shadow Creek re-opens today

Shadow Creek re-opens today

By Taylor Anderson • December 19, 2008 • 1 Comment

After seven months of renovations, the legendary Tom Fazio design Shadow Creek in Las Vegas re-opened on December 19th. The following excerpt from the GolfLasVegasNow.com article notes the changes.
“Our style is to fly under the radar and keep things low key, but we are looking forward to opening on December 19,” says longtime General Manager [...]

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Tiger Woods designs hard to find

Tiger Woods designs hard to find

By Taylor Anderson • December 16, 2008 • 3 Comments

Tiger Woods Design is now on to its third course - it announced in October that it was designing Punta Brava in Mexico along an ocean side setting. The routing plans for the golf courses are nowhere to be found on Tiger Woods Design’s website.
I wonder why that is? To keep people from discussing them? [...]

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Wilmington, North Carolina Golf Disapoints

Wilmington, North Carolina Golf Disapoints

By Taylor Anderson • December 10, 2008 • 4 Comments

I had the opportunity to live in Wilmington, North Carolina over the summer and early fall. It allowed me to play many of the public golf courses in the greater Wilmington area. Being in the southeast corner of North Carolina, along the coast and not too far from the North Carolina sandhills, I had high [...]

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Economy Takes Toll on Golf Courses

Economy Takes Toll on Golf Courses

By Taylor Anderson • December 8, 2008 • 1 Comment

The faltering economy is sparing nobody - and golf courses, which were taking it on the chin in the good times - continue to fall. The National Golf Foundation expects less than 85 courses to open in 2008, the lowest in 20 years. It also expects around 100 golf courses to close. That’s the third [...]

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RTJ II announces Green Proclamation

RTJ II announces Green Proclamation

By Taylor Anderson • December 5, 2008 • 1 Comment

Robert Trent Jones II announced a new “green” proclamation which includes, “ten tenets that have guided the company’s design philosophy and that the firm commits itself to pursuing into the future”. On the heels of Jones winning of the “best new public course” in Golf Digest’s rankings, this is a pretty hefty PR campaign.
Let’s look [...]

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Course Review: Tobacco Road

By Taylor Anderson • October 28, 2008 • 1 Comment

I recently completed mapping all the golf courses that I’ve played in my life. I found that I’ve played approximately 100 different courses. At first blush, I thought, wow - that’s a lot of courses. Then I realized that there are over 17,000 golf courses in the United States - so I’ve played less than [...]

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The “second cut’s” 10th anniversary

By Taylor Anderson • April 16, 2008 • 4 Comments

The Wall Street Journal’s John Paul Newport writes an article discussing the second cut’s influence at the Masters after 10 years. John, obviously somebody who knows his stuff, goes to the guy with the most “street cred” to discuss the issue - Ben Crenshaw.

“My sense is that they’ve widened the fairways a little bit this [...]

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