Tag: Golf

This story was originally published in Pacific Coast Golf Guide, Volume 23. Read the digital magazine here. Piggybacking off the success of an ascending Tiger Woods, golf experienced an unparalleled surge in popularity and growth at the beginning of theREAD MORE

Gamble Sands is a vacation from the diabolical “resistance to scoring” tests that have turned some links layouts into pursuits of pain instead of par. The typical reaction from golfers: “Fun!” “I broke 100 for the first time!” “Can IREAD MORE

Host Kyle Surlow recaps the biggest stories in Pacific Coast golf, including the news that Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is planning on converting the legendary Sheep Ranch into another championship course, designed by famed architects Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw.READ MORE

You know the feeling. You hit a good chip shot, so good that it almost rolls in the hole for a birdie. It just misses, however, and slides 3 feet past. But it’s above the cup. And you don’t considerREAD MORE

Jay Blasi is a golf course architect, whose prominent West Coast work includes Chambers Bay, host of the 2015 U.S. Open, where he was a key figure in Robert Trent Jones Jr.’s design team. Jay also recently completed a complete renovationREAD MORE