A relatively new course conjures the golf of 130 years ago MACHRIHANISH, ARGYLL, Scotland — If I have ever before used the phrase “wild and woolly” to describe a links golf course, please forgive that exaggeration. I wrote too soon; that is, before playing Machrihanish Dunes Golf Club, a place where the phrase is apt….
A long journey is rewarded by an inspired, and inspiring, golf course MACHRIHANISH, ARGYLL, Scotland — We had already been on the road for 24-some hours, flying from Seattle on Wednesday morning to Dallas to London to Edinburgh, Scotland, and now it was late Thursday in a new time zone and we were three hours…
Seeking the enduring spirit of golf in Scotland, from Old Tom Morris to David McLay Kidd (and Donald Trump) Golfers don’t simply take a trip to Scotland to play courses there. They make a pilgrimage. That word conveys the historic nature of the game there, the bucket-list allure. Wrote the late James W. Finegan in…
Squaxin Island Tribe, owners of Little Creek Casino Resort, invest with ‘seven generations’ in mind. SHELTON, Wash. — On the 14th hole at Salish Cliffs Golf Club, a 383-yard par-4 from the white tees, the golfer faces an intriguing second-shot decision from 170 yards or so. To reach the flag the shot must carry, to…
Under Three Rivers Casino Resort ownership, bigger changes still envisioned. FLORENCE — Four years after the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, owners of Three Rivers Casino Resort, purchased Ocean Dunes Golf Links, the deal has produced measurable short-term gains for the golf course, with grander improvements envisioned. With the investment by…
If you’ve ventured to this coastal resort north of Seaside over the years and played Gearhart Golf Links, just two blocks from the Pacific Ocean, and if you’ve even stayed in an old hotel overlooking the course, because there’s been a hotel on site going back decades …
Five mornings a week, Pete Scholz stops into the Starbucks on Mohawk Boulevard or Coburg Road and spends an hour reading, studiously, as if preparing for a test.
At 50, the golf course remains an almost ‘spiritual’ place
At Tokatee, the pro and his family found more than a job, they found a home. BLUE RIVER — Head professional Dan King is “the face of Tokatee,” according to general manager Mark Giustina. King has been that since taking over the Tokatee Golf Club pro shop in 1995 upon the retirement of Mickey Sullivan,…
Eugene Country Club’s Chris Gaughan and his staff prepare the course for the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Golf Championships
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