There’s not many places in America where cultures collide as much as Las Vegas, Nevada. Where else can can you find your typical meathead in a muscle shirt, moms pushing strollers, glammed-up fashionistas, dorky dads, the black socks and sandals senior crowd and a large international contingent of all kinds sharing the same space. Only in Vegas.
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Back in June of 2007 (which now feels like decades ago in golf years) Pinehurst 2 was the first Top 100 course I played. I happened to be in North Carolina on business and decided to swing on over to Pinehurst in order to play a U.S. Open course before my big trip to Shinnecock Hills the following month. Looking back, I have to laugh at my innocence that day back in 2007.
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Its a beautiful sunny day with a perfect temperature in the upper 60s, I’ve arrived by boat to one of the most beautiful spots I’ve ever seen and I’m about to play one of the world’s top rated golf courses. This is one of those moments in my life where I ask myself the question “How in the heck did I get here?” In this particular instance “here” is the 1st tee at the Fishers Island Club located on Fishers Island, NY.
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The first thing most people notice about Old Sandwich Golf Club is the unusual name. To hear the words “old” and “sandwich” combined conjures up images of a leftover hoagie abandoned in the back of the refrigerator or maybe a PB&J in brown bag tucked in the back of a middle school locker. In the golf universe the words “old sandwich” mean a top rated Coore & Crenshaw course located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. So why exactly would a golf club choose to name themselves Old Sandwich?
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Boston Golf Club is located in Hingham, Massachusetts which is about a 45-60 minute drive south of Boston towards Cape Cod. The actual distance traveled is only 16 miles which says a little something about the infamously bad Boston traffic. After a long and fun day at Myopia Hunt Club Kyle and I began making our way to Hingham at about 8:30PM.
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As would be expected of a town as old as Boston there is a plethora of great golf. At the time of this writing there are four Top 100 ranked courses in Boston and the surrounding areas as well as numerous other great courses that merit carving out time for a visit. The most famous of all the great Boston golf courses is surely The Country Club located in the town of Brookline.
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My girlfriend Brook is the most patient and understanding woman I know. People ask me all the time how she can tolerate me playing all the golf that I do. Just this past week alone I was asked that exact question four times. I have to admit that it’s a complete mystery to me. I’m writing this in early October 2011 and to date I have been on 10 out of town golf trips and have two more scheduled for an even dozen this year.
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In the process of playing Golf Digest’s Top 100 I have learned many new things. I’ve learned the least expensive way to rent a car and get a hotel room, the quickest way to get through airport security and most recently I learned a little bit about the geography of Arizona. When I first started planning to go to Arizona to play Stone Canyon back in April 2010 I thought I would try to play Estancia and Forest Highlands on the same trip. I quickly discovered that Arizona is not all sun and fun in the winter.
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Estancia Golf Club in Scottsdale, AZ proved to be one of my more difficult courses for me to play. I went to Arizona to play Stone Canyon Club in April of 2010 and had hoped to play Estancia on the same trip but was never able to connect with a member. I had a couple of soft leads that developed over the 2010 golf season, but nothing that really materialized into a solid opportunity which made me a little concerned about my chances of playing the course.
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Oakmont Country Club is one of the most famous courses in all of golf. There have been 19 National Championships contested over the golf course at Oakmont Country Club including five US Amateurs, three PGA Championships, two US Women’s Opens and EIGHT US Opens with a ninth coming in 2017. There is no question that Oakmont Country Club is a favorite among the golf magazines that rate courses as it is always ranked in the Top 10 and quite often in the Top 5.
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