Letter from Portugal/Spain-Part 4

Letter from Portugal/Spain-Part 4

We toured the town of Seville on our way to the Costa Del Sol where we would play a number of outstanding venues including Finca Cortesin, San Roque Country Club, Sotogrande  and Valderrama.   All of these golf courses presented great playable venues with a number of...
Golf Can be Weird

Golf Can be Weird

I had little to no expectations for my round. at the Dunes Course at Monterey Peninsula.  My Titleist clubs were shipped to Connecticut for next weeks tournament  at Shelter Harbor with the University of Connecticut.  I rummaged through the inventory in the Pebble...
Aaron Rai Emerges as PGA Champion

Aaron Rai Emerges as PGA Champion

The movement of the PGA Championship schedule from August to May has really improved the competitive nature of the event as the players didn’t  have to fight intense heat, humidity, bugs and potential violent storms that limit the type of courses that the PGA...
Letter from Spain/Portugal-Part 3

Letter from Spain/Portugal-Part 3

We continue with the trip through Portugal and Spain completing our trip to Portugal at the Old Course-Vilamoura before entering Spain.  The Old Course is a well manicured very playable course, well laid out with very little rough.  It has a private country club feel...
Letter from Spain/Portugal-Part II

Letter from Spain/Portugal-Part II

We moved from Dunas to the next venue in Portugal,  which was the Els Club-Vilamoura redesigned by Ernie Els.  The Els Club was originally designed by Arnold Palmer as a public venue and is now become a private club. The Club similar to  Dunas inasmuch as the makes...
Letter from Portugal-Dunas Golf Course

Letter from Portugal-Dunas Golf Course

We left the chaos in the United States for the calm and peaceful shores of Portugal and the first course we played was Dunas Golf Course near Lisbon.  Relief from US chaos was short-lived as the Lisbon airport is the worst airport I have ever flown into.  It took over...