TPC Boston update and Oakmont nails one more tree
Geoff Shackelford has two articles of note on golf courses changes to significant courses.
The first is an update on TPC Boston which is being reworked by talented architect Gil Hanse (with Brad Faxon serving as player consultant) and the article couldn’t be full of more good news on the improvements that Hanse has inserted into [...]
Hooters: a “mainstay” on Tour
Well, the PGA Tour tournament is in my backyard this week and I caught this gem in the local paper yesterday.
Kris Cox, who is playing in the TPC at Sugarloaf tournament for a third year, said his extracurricular activities when he’s in Duluth are limited to eating at some local barbecue places and maybe [...]
Sugarloaf’s 13th gets the big time
While the 288-yard par 3 at Oakmont is getting a lot of attention for how long and hard it will play, the par four 13th at TPC Sugarloaf - just 22 yards longer - is getting some attention for how short and easy it plays. Sugarloaf is hosting this week’s PGA Tour event - the [...]
Westchester out (for now) and Liberty in
The times, they are a changin’ - and so are the golf courses that the PGA Tour will be stopping at over the next couple of years. After the Forest Oaks to Sedgefield move that has been discussed here over the past few weeks, the change from the regular stop at Cog Hill, it was [...]
Slow play solution: PGA Tour considers cut change
Slow play is becoming a serious problem - but one that nobody wants to deal with. At the top of the list setting the example are professionals - some of whose plodding has become beyond absurd. Take, for example, Sean O’Hair’s marking, remarking, remarking, adjust, remark, adjust, read putt, adjust, remark strategy he employed on [...]
Paul Azinger doesn’t like you
Paul Azinger doesn’t really want to deal with you. The GCSAA blog followed Fred Klauk, the superintendent for TPC Sawgrass, for a few hours on Wednesday going through his routine. Something of note occurred at the 4:10 mark. (Abate is assistant superintendent Jim Abate.)
4:10 p.m. — While waiting for the rep to deliver the club, [...]
It’s deja vu all over again
Well, the talk all week leading into the Players Championship were “firm and fast”. If I had a nickel for every time I heard that phrase the past month regarding TPC Sawgrass, I’d have half the check the winner’s going to pocket. (By the way, when are we going to see “firm and fast”?)
Get ready, [...]
The TPC arms race
TPC Sawgrass just spent $60 million renovating its fairways and building a nice new palace to the PGA Tour - which cost twice the original budget.
TPC Atlanta - at an ancient 12 years old - has been undergoing improvements including replacing its rough - all of its rough.
TPC Boston, younger still than Atlanta, is undergoing [...]
Media not so wild about the FedEx Cup?
The Jacksonville Times-Union golf writer - who apparently doesn’t want to associate his name with the article - made this interesting statement.
The media need to quit fighting the FedEx Cup points race. It’s the Tour’s basic competitive structure, but I’ve had writers swear to me they will never mention in their game story what a [...]
More on Sedgefield vs. Forest Oaks
As previously mentioned on this site, the Sedgefield versus Forest Oaks debate is getting hotter. Ed Hardin of the Greensboro News-Record advocates the move in light of the continued success that the Wachovia Championship is enjoying in neighboring Charlotte.
In a way, this is all so hard to understand for us in Greensboro. Everything is so [...]
