2014

Chimney Rock Golf Club – Bayard, NE

Pride; Professional; Passion; and Perfection. These words describe what we encountered at Chimney Rock Golf Club. Ed and I quickly motored our way to the second hole to bypass the crowd at Hole…

Crestview Golf Club – Waldport, OR

Driving south down the 101, our GPS directed us through a Post Office parking lot. It must have been the most direct route because we did find Crestview Golf Club with…

Annapolis Golf Club – Annapolis, MD

We traveled over 2,000 miles to play Golfweek’s #15 ranked 9-hole hole golf course from it’s 2011 ranking. Our anticipation grew as we drove through a well-appointed neighborhood that looked like…

Apple Valley Golf Course – Fairmont, WV

Two local golfers stated that Apple Valley Country Club is wide-open and very long. This 9-hole track measures 3561 yards from the blue tees and plays to a par of 38.…

Bobby Nichols Golf Course – Louisville, KY

I wanted to play Valhalla…but they did not want me. So what was the problem? Just a few issues…1) It’s a private golf course; 2) The PGA had some major…

The Course at Sewanee (The University of the South) – Sewanee, TN

The next time someone tells me that a 9-hole golf course is not a “real” course, I will politely refer them to The Course at Sewanee. This 100-year-old beauty received an overhaul…

Waynesboro Municipal Golf Course – Waynesboro, PA

Waynesboro Municipal Golf Course is located on the Pennsylvania/Maryland border in the shadows of two historic Civil War battlefields. As I worked my way around the course, I thought I heard…

Riverview Country Club – Keosauqua, IA

If you build it, they will come. I emerged from the eight foot tall corn stalks and walked on to The Riverview Club in the Villages of Van Buren. In my version of Field…

Raton Country Club – Raton, NM

Wagons, ho! As you step back 200 years and explore the Santa Fe Trail National Scenic Byway in Northern New Mexico take time for a detour to play Raton Country…

Falcon Valley Golf Course – Lenexa, KS

It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old men are scoring. As Ed and I traveled this day in eastern Kansas and western Missouri, the sun was shining – except for the two hours…