February 2007

Thru a post by Robert Thompson, I found the golf blog of Jeff Mingay.

He deals with golf course architecture and the daily grind to git-r-done.

Jeff Mingay works in affiliation with fellow Canadian golf architect Rod Whitman, and participates in every aspect of golf course design and construction, including feature shaping. Mingay has traveled extensively to study the world’s best courses, and has also worked with American golf architects Mike DeVries and Tim Liddy at projects in the United States and Scotland. A keen student of the history of golf and course architecture, Mingay is a noted writer as well. His expert articles and essays appear in publications throughout the world.

Click thru and check it out.

Did anybody else notice that Kiawah Island had become a walking only golf course on January 1st of 2007 ?

Will this change your mind about going there ?

Will it make you want to go ?

Will it keep you from going ?

Can you believe there’s another Canadian golf blog out there ? Who’d have thought those guys could even play golf ? Isn’t there like permafrost on the ground for like 11 months and 2 weeks every year ?

My new golf blog friend, Sean ” The Wild Man ” Crogie has a great looking golf blog and a unique perspective.

Drop by his golf blog and let him know Mike sent you !

Golfweek Magazine recently released its annual list of Best New Courses for 2006.

Golfweek’s Best New Courses list, which appeared in the October 28 issue of Golfweek, recognizes the high quality that architects and builders have delivered at the top 50 public, private and resort courses all of which opened in 2004 and 2005.

The No. 1 spot on the list was awarded to Bandon Trails, a Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw design that opened in 2005 in Bandon, Ore. Coming in a close second is Massachusetts’s Old Sandwich Golf Club, also designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw. The Arnold Palmer designed Suncadia Prospector Golf Course in Roslyn, Wash. rounds out the Top 50.

The list is derived from the efforts of Golfweek’s course raters. This nationwide team of nearly 400 evaluators regularly surveys over 1,800 golf courses and renders their judgment on the basis of 10 standards of evaluation.

My golf blog friend Bruce Stasch just informed me that his new golf blog, Gold Gear News, which includes some great podcasts is open and ready for business, er … readers.

Stop by and check it out and tell him Mike sent you !

The fine folks at Golf Odyssey have released their Platinum Places, their ranking of the ” World’s Best Golf Destinations for 2006-2007 “.

Golf Odyssey has provided a valuable, best-of-the-best list that spans 18 unique categories, virtually satisfying every type of golf traveller’s desires.

Platinum Places 18 unique categories (with four winners per category) from the more traditional, such as ” Best Overall U.S. Resorts ” and ” Best Golf Vacation Destinations “, to the more innovative, such as ” Best International Courses Where Money is No Object ” to ” Best U.S. Resorts You’ve Never Heard Of “.

The diverse and reader-friendly Golf Odyssey list also has targeted ” Best Resorts for Golf & Romance ” and ” Best U.S. Golf Resorts for Spa Goers ” and ” Best Resorts for Family Foursomes “.

With much of the country still in the throes of winter, Platinum Places tells sun-starved readers the ” Best U.S. Golf Resorts for Beach Lovers “.

Now in its 15th year, Golf Odyssey: The Insider’s Guide to Sophisticated Golf Travel is dedicated to the publication of honest and unbiased evaluations of great golf destinations in the United States and abroad. Independence and confidentiality are the cornerstones of its editorial approach.

Golf Odyssey travels anonymously, pays its own expenses and does not accept advertising from golf courses, resorts or restaurants in order to serve subscribers with objective information and discriminating advice.

If you like to subscribe, it’s around $97 per year, head over to their website. There are free samples available, so at least give ‘em a try.

That headline ought to bring in a few more surfers at least. Maybe I’ll be able to justify it’s use when I point you over towards a site with Hummer golf merchandise.

From this Hummer golf towel, which I dearly love and covet, to polos, bags, umbrellas and all sorts of Hummer memorabilia, you can find almost anything Hummer related over there.

Almost.

Feel free to click thru and see if you can find a Hummer to suit you, er … at least some Hummer toys, er, … I’ll quit now while we’re still PG Rated.

Has anybody else ever seen The Golf Gazette?

I had never seen it before this week, but I’m gonna check it out for a couple of weeks and see if it stays in my RSS feed reader after the 2 week probation period that I put prospects thru.

Let me know what you think of it ?