2021

Meadowlawn Golf Course – Salem, OR

Welcome to the 4th stop on the Oregon/Washington, Always Time for 9/McMenamins, Golf/Beer Trail. We were supposed to play Evergreen GC in Mount Angel, but a men’s club outing pushed us…

Oxford Valley Golf Course – Fairless Hills, PA

Welcome back The greens were your ticket out Welcome back To the same old place that you golfed about Well, the names have all changed Since you hung around But those greens have remained And…

Journey’s End Golf Course – Shelley, ID

Journey’s End Golf Course – Congratulations are in order. We finally made it…or did we? Is this the end of our quest to find the perfect 9-hole course? Is this the…

Heart of America Golf Course – Kansas City, MO

Heart of America Golf Course is home to the Tom Watson Golf Academy. So why wasn’t he there to greet Always Time for 9 when we arrived? I’m sure he is a big…

Sand Hollow Resort (Links Course) – Hurricane, UT

How did we turn a scenic 9-hole course into an even more scenic 10-hole course? Was it…Old age? Directional incompetence? Numerical (dis)order? Forgetfulness? Laziness? Forgetfulness? All of these? If you…

Green River State Park Golf Course – Green River, UT

As the group America would sing in their song titled, “A ‘Course’ with No Name”… The heat was hot, and the ground was dry But the fairways were full of roll. Starting temperature…

College Park Golf Course – College Park, GA

Traveling without your clubs is usually not a good idea. Sometimes it is just not convenient to bring them and this was one of those times. Rental clubs at small,…

McCabe Golf Course – Nashville, TN

It was a disappointing start of the day at the Nashville City Golf Courses. We had targeted Percy Warner GC but when we arrived at the course at 3pm, the pro…

Agate Beach Golf Course – Newport, OR

For some unknown reason the golf gods don’t want us to play Agate Beach Golf Course. During a 2019 buddy trip the rain pelted the course, the wind was ferocious, and…

Berry Hill Golf Course – Bridgeton, MO

The plane was so low over the first fairway as it approached St. Louis Lambert International Airport that I could hear the flight attendants review the final landing instructions. We…