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Soleta Golf Club

Nick Price designed Soleta Golf Club east of Sarasota.

When I play a golf course for the first time, I ask myself, “Could I play this track every day?”  Soleta Golf Club is a new Nick Price-design winding through pristine sandy ‘scrubland’ 20 miles east of Sarasota.  While I had doubts along the way, Soleta is the ideal course to play multiple times a […]

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Gillespie 9 Preview

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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Miakka Golf Club Groundbreaking

Today I attended a groundbreaking ceremony at Miakka Golf Club.  The site is about 30 miles east of Sarasota or the Sarasota Bradenton airport.  The golf course is scheduled to open in late 2025. The space is expansive. The property is enormous, with 1100 acres Dedicated to golf, with two miles of river frontage on the

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World Champions Cup Summary

Final day at some point one of the 3 teams will be hosting this cup, claiming the inaugural World Champions Cup.  In this World Chapions Cup summary post, I will talk about the golfers, and the golf course, but mostly about the format. A Three team match that is a hybrid between stroke and match

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Small But Mighty

Aerial view of Palm Beach Par 3 Golf Course seen from the Atlantic Ocean and included in article by Michael Duranko of GolfToons titled 'Small but Mighty' originally published in The Golf Supplier.

Bigger doesn’t always mean better The Golf Supplier originally published ‘Small But Mighty’ about the Palm Beach Par 3 Golf Course on 12/9/2020 as part of the Travel section. See other articles by Michael Duranko. The Palm Beach Par 3 Golf Course is stunning. Family-friendly and challenging to any golfer, regardless of skill set.  When

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Where the Golf Gods Relax

Picture of The Greatest Par 3 in the World, hole number 6 at Cruit Island Golf Club included in the article Where Golf Gods Relax by Michael Duranko of GolfToons.

The Golf Supplier originally published ‘Where Golf Gods Relax’ on 10/21/2020 as part of the Hidden Gems series. Here is a link and a link to ‘Clipped Wings’, a preview to the 2020 US Open at Winged Foot that appeared on 10/9/20. More than just Emeralds. It is unsurprising to find a hidden gem in a country

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Clipped Wings

Winged Foot Hole 1 from the Golf Supplier for Michael Duranko Clipped Wings US Open Preview

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

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Winged Foot Once

Winged Foot Golf Club Entrance sign for GolfToons Golf Blog Winged Foot Once

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,

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