Well, Dear Readers, your responses to the July Poll Question confirm that collectively, we are quite the group of degenerate gamblers. However, our preference for how we lose money to our friends is as varied as all the games available on a Las Vegas casino floor. By the slimmest of margins, the classic Nassau proved…
The Big Blue Course at the University Club of Kentucky is a long, fun, difficult golf course with a relatively short, but interesting, history in Central Kentucky. After 20 years, this unique original remains one of the most memorable and memory-making daily fee courses in the Lexington area. Originally designed by Danny McQueen, the University…
The second leg of the central Ohio trip took us to the Players Club Course at Foxfire Golf Club in Lockbourne, Ohio, just south of the Columbus metro. Coming off a wonderful day at Longaberger G.C., it would be unfair to almost any golf course to stand up in comparison. However, the Players Club has…
*Starting Jan. 1, 2016, Longaberger Golf Club has rebranded itself as Virtues Golf Club, severing any affiliation to the Longaberger Basket Co. The season-long Kentucky’s Best Golf Tour took a detour through Ohio in July to visit a friend from law school and check out Longaberger Golf Club located about an hour east of the…
One of the most commonly misunderstood, ignored, or unknown rules in golf is the proper order of play, especially on or around the green. Most of the rounds of golf I play are of the “casual” variety, and I prefer to play with other “ready-golf” disciples, so the order of play and pitch perfect etiquette…
The 4th of July holiday weekend brought searing heat to the Bluegrass region, under which many of our golf courses began browning up around the edges. Fairways got faster and greens got firmer as the breeze got warmer. And Weissinger Hills Golf Course was no exception. Located just two minutes from Interstate 64 in Shelbyville,…
The midpoint of 2014 has come and gone, so it’s time for a brief look back at the best and worst of my golf world. The best and worst of the first half of 2014: Best Investment: Golf lessons. I’ve flirted with getting down to a single digit handicap this spring, which is probably a…
This is a guest column by Jenny King, the Head Coach of the University of Akron Zips Women’s Golf Team in Akron, Ohio. Congratulations! You just entered yourself in a golf tournament! So what now? That initial excitement when you press “Submit” after registering online or once you seal the envelope filled with your entry…
Thursday evening, I had the incredibly gratifying and humbling experience whilst walking nine holes at my home course to start the holiday weekend. Cramming five days of work into four long days had worn me down, and I needed to get out to walk some of the stress away. This was the third consecutive evening…
In July, we Americans celebrate the annual remembrance of our forefathers throwing off the shackles of King George’s Imperial Tyranny and forging a new nation founded on beliefs in liberty, freedom, and republican democracy. We celebrate this most American national holiday by eating hot dogs (German), shooting off fireworks (Chinese), enjoying the 1812 Overture (Russian)…
In a plurality decision, Dear Readers, most of us, as a group, don’t like having an entire side of the golf course taken away from us on the tee. That is the not-quite-overwhelming result of the May Poll question. Personally, I have to agree. If there is a particular place or direction I absolutely cannot…