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 […]
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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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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This Bobby Jones course review covers every hole at Bobby Jones Golf Club. And the post includes notes and comments from the project manager and golf course architect, Richard Mandell. This is a follow up to the overview post I did when Bobby Jones Golf Club opened in December 2023. Here is a video of
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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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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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This weekend is the official debut of Charlie Woods at the Father-Son PNC Championship in Orlando. Charlie and Tiger – Blame your Parents? This young lad has a silky smooth swing with a turn that makes me wince. The kid looks like a winner, and I am certain he will have a carer in golf
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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
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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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,