Around the Top 100 World – Day 71 to Day 80 / New York to Ohio

by Gordon DalgleishApril 13, 2012

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Day 71  Drive Springfield/Scarsdale, NY                             Play Quaker Ridge

Drive Scarsdale/Newton, MA

The early morning was spent packing the car for the next 17 days. At 10:30 am I left Springfield and drove 63 miles north and east to Scarsdale, NY, and the Quaker Ridge Club. My host was Jeff Lewis, with whom I had had extensive correspondence but whom I had not met. Because Quaker was hosting the Walker Cup in early August 1997, Jeff checked with the club, and it seemed my play there could take place at the end of the trip when I was at Winged Foot next door. Unfortunately, this proved not to be the case;  Jeff called me in early March 1997 with the bad news that I needed to reschedule because of guest-play restrictions due to the Walker Cup. Luckily, I was able to reshuffle Yale and Fishers Island to slot Quaker earlier than originally planned.

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Brora; golf course in the Scottish Highlands

by Gordon DalgleishApril 12, 2012


My Favorite Course in the UK
Jeff Wallach TheAPosition

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The farther I can get from the obvious trophy courses when visiting Scotland, the more authentic my visits always prove to be (and the less likely it will take more than 3.5 hours to play). I hesitate to mention 120-year-old Brora Golf Club in northern Scotland, and only do so because you are unlikely to venture 52 miles north of Inverness, past Dornoch, to play a …

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New Restaurant Opens in St. Andrews

by PerryGolf StaffApril 10, 2012

Recently opened in St. Andrews on South Street is The Adamson restaurant; a great new addition to the already excellent dining options in St. Andrews.

The Adamson offers brasserie style dining and serves Scottish food with a contemporary twist.  I look forward to dining here and will review further once I have had the opportunity to sample the food and service!

By Denise McKee.  Denise has been with PerryGolf for over 13 years and is a member of our admin team.

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Around the Top 100 World – Day 61 to Day 70 / London to Long Island

by Gordon DalgleishApril 5, 2012

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Day 61  Play Sunningdale (Old)        Play Wentworth (West)            Drive Virginia Water/Rye

Day 61 was one of the longest days of the trip. Having had less than a full sleep, I left Ascot Place just after 7 am and drove 10 minutes to the Sunningdale Golf Club (Old Course rated 39, designed by Park 1901 and remodeled by Colt)(played September 1985). This is one of the few courses where my initial member contact did not respond and Plan B was activated. Club secretary Stewart Zuill arranged for an 8 am starting time. However, the starter appeared at 7:55 am and posted a sign on the message board “Old Course Closed – Competition.” The man then quickly disappeared, so I went into the pro shop to ask about this surprise development. I was told that the first tee was open and I should hit off immediately.

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Video #9: Kingsbarns Golf Links, St Andrews, Scotland

by Gordon DalgleishApril 5, 2012

Kingsbarns Golf Links, St. Andrews, Scotland

Golf dates to 1793 on the site where Kingsbarns Golf Links is found today, overlooking the North Sea 7 miles east of St Andrews.   Everything changed in 2000 when Kyle Phillips reinvented links golf with the opening here of the game’s first “modern classic” links layout. Modern classics are very much like traditional except they’re longer (7,125 yards for Kingsbarns), the fairways are wider and there are multiple sets of tees. It’s an idea you’ll find in many places now ranging from Bandon Dunes to Machrihanish Dunes, Castle Stuart and the European Club.

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Golf travel to England…a hidden gem in Beau Desert

by Gordon DalgleishApril 4, 2012


Fowler’s Beau Desert a Typically Hidden Heathland Gem
Hal Phillips TheAPosition

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Herbert Fowler is one of those architects whose name, curiously, isn’t readily attached to the many great golf courses he laid out and/or substantially retooled. Cruden Bay? That’s a Fowler. Royal North Devon? Fowler’s fingerprints can be found all over this west country masterpiece. Indeed, his renovation of the Old Tom Morris original (a.k.a. Westward Ho!) fairly well accounts for the superb course we know …

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