2023

Tega Cay Golf Club (Cove Course) – Tega Cay, SC

Tega Cay is Polynesian for “Beautiful Peninsula” so that explains the address of Molokai Drive. Tega Cay Golf Club was about first and last. This was our first 9-hole course played in South Carolina…

Oldham County Country Club – Vega, TX

Is there really an Oldham County Country Club in Vega, TX? GPS didn’t acknowledge such a course. GPS found no results for their address. No one answered the phone. I drove Main…

The Greens Golf Course in Burns Flat – Foss, OK

As I entered the gate to The Greens Golf Course in Burns Flat, my initial thought was “this is not going to go well”. What would you be thinking if you saw the sign…

Baxter Springs Golf and Country Club – Baxter Springs, KS

The “Mother Road” is calling and I must answer. Baxter Springs Golf Course is located on that short stretch of Route 66 that skirts the borders of Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas. The…

Betty Allison Junior Golf Course at Oscar Blom – Springfield, MO

This has to be one of the longest golf course names I have ever played – Betty Allison Junior Golf Course at Oscar Blom. I can almost play the entire 1407…

Tower Tee Golf and Recreation – St. Louis, MO

A respite was greatly needed as I traveled Old Route 66 from Springfield, IL to Springfield, MO. My mind thinks I’m still 25, but this 70+ year old body tells…

Bergen Golf Course – Springfield, IL

As we travel south on I-55 and Old Route 66 from Chicago, four things intermingle as we stop in Springfield, IL and continue “Grabbing my Sticks and Golfing Route 66”. They…

South Shore Golf Course – Chicago, IL

And so it begins…“Grabbing my Sticks and Golfing Route 66”. The first stop on this Chicago to Albuquerque trip is South Shore Golf Course and what a stop it is. As I passed…

Blair Academy Golf Course – Blairstown, NJ

We entered the campus at 2 Park St. and followed the signs directing us to the Blair Academy Golf Course…except these two blind old men could not locate the pro shop…

William F. Larkin Golf Course at Colonial Terrace – Wanamassa, NJ

We are heading ‘down the shore’. Time for some birdies, bogeys, beaches, beer, and The Boss. As Springsteen would say, “Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ” as we start the birdies and…