This is a preview post for the Gillespie 9, the short course that is part of the Bobby Jones Golf Club here in Sarasota, Florida. Gillespie 9 is planning to open on May 31st, Friday. I had a chance to spend some time with Richard Mandell, the project architect and John Sparrow the General Manager […]
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In this short post, I want to focus on the greens fees and the mobile app available for Bobby Jones Golf Club Here is the video for this post on YouTube. https://youtu.be/H0nt3Q3UhQM And, when the course opened, I posted an overview of Bobby Jones Golf Club where you will find a little Sarasota golf
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After nearly 4 years, the Bobby Jones Golf Club has reopened. The restored golf course is stunning. Here is a YouTube video of this post. Check it out and please subscribe. And here is a post with a Bobby Jones Course Review of all 18 holes with comments from golf course architect, Richard Mandell. https://youtu.be/MYXGuTYdYZM
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This story Clipped Wings was originally published by The Golf Supplier on 9/9/2020 Here is a link. Clipped Wings I have been lucky enough to play Winged Foot once. But that is another story you can read here. While I don’t remember too much about the golf course from more than 25 years ago., I know
Winged Foot Once I have been lucky enough to play Winged Foot once. A college buddy had a client cancel at the last minute, and I was the lucky sub. They sent a car to Battery Park City on the southern tip of Manhattan for me, and then we picked up my buddy in Midtown,
Multi-Tees Recently our golf league played a round at Lakewood National Golf Club. We had to choose which tees we would use, and generally, we try to pick one over 6,000 yards. At Lakewood National they have six tees, that’s 6, and not sixty, LOL. Multi-Tees! The Arnold Palmer designed Lakewood National names the tees
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There are times golf reminds me of religion. Hogan’s Ghost. Like most faiths, the golfer’s sabbath is usually a weekend event, and the more devout congregate multiple times a week. For instance, the clubhouse is the church, and the head pro is the pastor. After that, even a trip to the sacred grounds of Augusta
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