Posts in Tag: hole by hole
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Royal Liverpool GC – Hole by Hole
This is my second post from a fall 2024 golf trip to northwest England organized by Platinum Golf Scotland. In the first post I gave a hole-by-hole description of the Wallasey Golf Club which was a terrific place to start. However, the main attraction in coming to this part of England was to play the […]
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Covered Bridge GC – Hole by Hole
Alison and I recently completed a four day golfing tour of the mid Saint John Valley playing Aroostook Valley and Mactaquac, both great courses, but the star of the trip was undoubtedly Covered Bridge Golf Course in Hartland. While Aroostook Valley is notable for its location right on the United States border and Mactaquac as […]
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Twin Rivers GC Hole by Hole
Up until recently the only golf course I had played on the island of Newfoundland was the great course at Humber Valley which is currently ranked #28 in Canada on the SCORE Golf Top 100 Courses in Canada list. That course was designed by Doug Carrick one of the best of the modern Canadian golf […]
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Humber Valley Resort Hole by Hole
I’ve waited many years to play the Humber Valley Resort, widely regarded as the finest in Newfoundland and Labrador and on a recent visit finally got that opportunity. I can say without reservation that it more than lived up to its reputation. Please join Alison and me in a hole by hole description of what […]
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Algonquin Golf Course – Hole by Hole
The Algonquin Golf Course, an adjunct to the Algonquin Resort in beautiful St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, New Brunswick is one of the most storied in Canada. It first opened in 1894, making it one of if not the oldest resort course in Canada. However its fame as a great golf course dates from the 1920’s when it […]
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West Hills G.C.- Fredericton’s Great New Layout
Prior to the pandemic, many people seemed to think that golf was a sport on the decline with a number of clubs in Canada struggling to maintain a viable membership. All that changed in the summer of 2020 as people realized that golf was one sport that you could play without many Covid restrictions. The […]
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Kingswood Golf Course Hole by Hole
Kingswood Golf Course on the outskirts of Fredericton opened in 2003 to accolades including being named Canada’s best new course and I have wanted to play it ever since. The course was originally named The Lynx at Kingswood Park, but thankfully that overly artsy named was dropped in favour of the more properly descriptive Kingswood. […]
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Highlands Links – Stanley Thompson’s Masterwork
Stanley Thompson is, without question, Canada’s most well known, most prolific and most respected golf architect. The creator of over 150 golf courses, most in Canada, he was a cofounder of the American Society of Golf Architects and even has his own society of dedicated followers intent on preserving his legacy. Beginning in 1924 with Jasper […]
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Brudenell River Golf Course Hole By Hole
This is my fifth post from a recent trip to Prince Edward Island and will feature a hole by hole description of Brudenell River Golf Course. I’ve posted previous hole by holes for Mill River and Dundarave, both of which are simply excellent courses in the best shape they’ve been in in many a year […]