Fast greens, weird weather and no pars – been a while since I was shutout on pars
This Forbes story on Bill Holst is fascinating. I was already impressed with his accumulation of golf courses (Gopher Hills, Red Wing, Clifton Highlands, Lake City and Troy Burne), but never knew about the caviar.
Would love to see more local reporting with stories like this…
Number 12 tee @ The Wilderness at Fortune Bay. Rained on about 15 of the 18 holes, then the sun came out…
The courses are both still beautiful, but the pace of play (and the management of the pace of play) was the worst I’ve seen up here
Better overall condition this season compared to last year (hole four on top, hole three on the bottom)
Second round leader Bailey Tardy qualified at Somerset Country Club in Mendota Heights, winning a four-hole playoff against Jennifer Chang of North Carolina back on May 22 (after Chang three-putted on the 18th in regulation). Medalist at Somerset was Amy Olson of Fargo, who missed the cut this weekend in California, shooting 79-77-156 (two shots in front of Michele Wie West and three better than Annika Sorenstam).
Lots of flying friends, beautiful weather and very, very dry conditions in Jordan
Wonderful outing to The Meadows at Mystic Lake (along with the Minnehaha Cafe and the Meadows Bar and Grille). Huge thanks to Paul Miller for the invite – great work on the finishing holes!
Looking forward to the architect’s discussion on the new Meadows updates
Getting a little brown in Bloomington – great to catch up with Cody and Leitner
#10 at Dahlgreen in Chaska, Minnesota – neither of us had a shot at par today (before the winds and light rain moved in)
Just a lovely, warm summer afternoon with the Nive Man in Northfield
As I’ve been watching the U.S. Open today at Los Angeles Country Club, it reminded me of the latest Golf Digest rankings that I linked to recently. LACC’s North course is ranked #16 and hasn’t really been seen by many people until this week. Turns out it was just a few blocks away from my last visit to L.A. and I didn’t even know it.
Going back to the rankings (Top 100 and Next 100), I went through again and found the ones I’ve played:
- #84 Interlachen (pictured)
- #96 Pasatiempo
- #127 Streamsong Red
- #138 Hazeltine
- #148 Atlanta Athletic Club Highlands
- #151 Streamsong Blue
Six out of 200 isn’t a very good ratio, but I don’t really see it changing much anytime soon. Cypress Point Club (#3) is my biggest dream course, but Southern Highlands (#161) and Streamsong Black (#178) probably have the highest likelihood of happening. Oh, would still like to hit Shadow Creek (#27) too…
We don’t often play new courses – this was a nice 100-year-old traditional track across from the lake (good conditions and very good value). Shot an 89 from the tips ⛳️
