I realize that the May Question of the Month was probably only interesting to a certain level of avid golfer, fodder for those golf nerds and course design junkies among us. However, I had no idea the response would be so overwhelmingly one-sided. Apparently, Dear Readers, collectively we love the smooth, deep green color of…
Sunday, my growing band of merry-men completed the second leg of our season-long Kentucky’s Best golf tour, this time crossing Eagle Ridge Golf Course at Yatesville Lake State Park off the list. On behalf of all that have played Eagle Ridge, I’d like to swift-kick architects Arthur Hills and Steve Forrest right in the shins. …
We’ve all encountered the following situation: playing a round following a torrential downpour, several of the bunkers are partially or completely full of standing water. Despite all efforts to the contrary, inevitably, we flub, shank, fly, or roll a shot into one of these sandy bowls of Cholera tea. What happens next? We probably use…
We’re only 18 hours from the Woodford Wag 2014 Charity 5k/2k to raise money for the Woodford Humane Society. Please, if you love animals, care about our community, want to make you and me feel better about ourselves, or just have too damn much free cash flow, please take a second and check out the…
This Saturday I had the privilege to play in the 19th Annual Bryan S. Clark Pi Kappa Alpha Golf Scramble at the Griffin Gate Golf Course in Lexington. I haven’t played in all 19 editions of this Golf Scramble, but I’ve attended more than a dozen, for sure. In prior years I’ve been on teams…
Mark and I snuck out for a quick 18 holes Tuesday afternoon at the Golf Club of the Bluegrass (“GCB”) in Jessamine County. So, I thought I should update my prior post on the former Widow’s Watch Golf Club to detail what I found in 2014. Golf Club of the Bluegrass remains a joy to…
Let’s get this out of the way up front: I had a really good round of golf on Wailea’s Golf Club’s Gold Course, carding my best score since the Hilton Head Island trip in March. It is a fantastic course with a few absolutely great, unique holes, lots of good holes, and several beautiful views…
Saturday marked my initial foray into competitive golf with the first Picadome Men’s Golf Association event of the year, a flighted Skins Game. After a few delays due to extended sewer line work this spring, all 18 holes were finally open at Gay Brewer Jr. Course at Picadome. Instead of a triumphant entrance into competitive…
When I booked my tee time to play the famous Plantation Course at the Kapalua Resort, I must admit I was a little skeptical. I had played seaside links courses, and I’d played courses on top of mountain ridges, so how special could this course on a Hawaiian mountain with views of the Pacific Ocean…
My hope arriving in Maui was that I had learned the lessons of my Hilton Head golf trip earlier in the year. Don’t play too much golf, stay focused on my fundamentals, and remember to have fun and not take any round too seriously. Before I arrived, I resolved to only play three rounds of…
The Bearded Golfer (and Wife) jaunt through Maui has come to a close. Of course the scenery was beautiful, it was nice to have dipped our toes in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in the same calendar year (a first for me), and was generally a fantastic vacation. The three rounds of golf I…
April’s Question of the Month, Would you actually want to live on a golf course, elicited a varied response from you, Dear Readers. Some voters had some strong, clear-cut opinions, while other took advantage of the nuanced options available in the poll. In an editorial note, if I had the opportunity to recreate the poll…