https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog daily 0.75 2023-06-13 https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2023/6/13/round-trip monthly 0.5 2023-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/f7f7fc9f-3698-45fc-9438-41529e1922cd/Lee+Elder.jpg BLOG - Round Trip - Make it stand out Lee Elder won four straight Skyview Opens in the 1960s before moving on to a long career on the PGA Tour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/e1a5d1a8-9f91-4075-822b-8e60ba9b78fc/Lee%27s+Blog.jpg BLOG - Round Trip - Make it stand out New pin flags and tee signs pay tribute to designer Donald Ross, whose thoughts on the importance of municipal courses are displayed on a plaque outside the clubhouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/847df964-d0e2-45af-870a-176a8330cca7/11+Green-2.jpeg BLOG - Round Trip - Make it stand out Your heart's pumping after climbing to the green of the par-four 11th hole; the back nine winds through the steep topography of the Beverly Hills neighborhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/b77391bc-0d61-4523-b812-366235ac23c6/Map.jpeg BLOG - Round Trip - Make it stand out The original layout of the Asheville Muni had the nines reversed; the front nine later became the holes along the Swannanoa River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/8f52a392-92d1-4545-b57b-aea258433c2a/16+Green.jpeg BLOG - Round Trip - Make it stand out One of the most significant changes to the course is the 16th hole, where the fairway and green have been resodded and new bunkers built around the putting surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/52716e7b-1547-4cda-b67f-a95fe591b2f1/Ashevlle+Postcard.jpg BLOG - Round Trip - Make it stand out The clubhouse sits in the distance as a golfer putts on the second green in this vintage postcard from the Asheville Municipal Golf Course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/7dfd0b19-112d-4fff-95cf-7b6192b38afa/Golf_ad.jpg BLOG - Round Trip - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/d076c9d9-a40f-4019-a0d2-c64d0f724bdc/Map.jpeg BLOG - Round Trip - Make it stand out This original layout of Asheville Muni and the surrounding Beverly Hills community had the nines reversed; https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2023/5/9/saddle-up monthly 0.5 2023-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/302de56f-7e79-4e9e-b513-d1b579621c10/Lead+Image.jpg BLOG - Saddle Up - Make it stand out Mist in the morning—12 holes of Beau Welling-designed golf at The Saddle complement the Tom Jackson-designed big course at Old Edwards Club. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/083bbcb7-c452-421c-80f8-edb3dfe1e6b9/2nd+Image.jpeg BLOG - Saddle Up - Make it stand out The “Saddle” name and logo were derived from the shape of the mountains in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/dcb78bf9-50d8-4e52-a006-f76fa7f29bcc/Bottom+Image.jpeg BLOG - Saddle Up - Make it stand out You don’t need a full bag of clubs on The Saddle, but you’ll need something to carry about 180 yards on the longest hole on the golf course. https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2021/7/13/i-miss-i-miss monthly 0.5 2023-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1626213791782-9LYUPLTI15FPI8U5C1GX/Putting+Photo+Orr.jpeg BLOG - I Miss, I Miss... - Make it stand out Stroke length back and through, clubface direction and tempo are all measured in David Orr's putting studio at Pine Needles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1626214026743-XVJKM4LBD4IRAFP0KJUL/Mat+1.jpg BLOG - I Miss, I Miss... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1626213894613-XEOQVWZS0NIK8450NPXW/Orr-LP+2017.JPG BLOG - I Miss, I Miss... - Make it stand out David Orr looks at the data on my stroke during my first putting overhaul in late 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1626214102745-D6N8VCMAJBNYKDBY71U2/Mat+2.jpg BLOG - I Miss, I Miss... - Make it stand out The Perfect Putting Mat allows golfers to practice putts from two to eight feet; the surfaces runs about 13 on the Stimpmeter when placed on hardwood flooring. https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2021/7/14/sams-playground monthly 0.5 2023-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1626280669341-VRDBIRA7PFEPNKYFBOIH/Hallway.jpg BLOG - Sam’s Playground - Make it stand out History abounds in the hallways at Starmount Forest, including these shots of Sam Snead and Ben Hogan from the mid-1900s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1626280728126-3A22ZBMJ3UB00TRF5TV9/Hole+Marker.jpeg BLOG - Sam’s Playground - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1626280627570-0D3AW7SPWB17LYE8RL47/Bag-Clubhouse.jpg BLOG - Sam’s Playground - Make it stand out The stately white clubhouse sits amidst the leafy fairways of Starmount Forest Country Club in Greensboro, a co-host along with Sedgefield of the Greater Greensboro open from 1938-60. https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2020/10/28/flagged monthly 0.5 2020-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1603900636745-BHA2BK7ALWYLOS3RD9MX/Bandon.jpg BLOG - Flagged https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1603900666631-XJOMKFNDVYKPV7K5DKDQ/Josh-Bag.jpg BLOG - Flagged Josh Smith carries the very first FlagBag, stitched from various hole flags at his home course of Orinda Country Club. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1603900437088-VMW0C6YC1VY3W190SQAJ/LP+Lead.jpeg BLOG - Flagged Pin flags from Eagle Point, Old Chatham and Old Town grace one side of this customized golf bag, shown resting on the weathered steps of the Pinehurst clubhouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1603900604164-RUQ23H0LNSJY2SGXOEL1/LP+Secondary.jpeg BLOG - Flagged Meanwhile, Pinehurst No. 2, Palmetto and Grandfather are displayed on the other side of the bag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1603900769083-8BTA09A5VVHCXP5ZR6LS/Seminole.jpg BLOG - Flagged https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2020/8/11/full-circle monthly 0.5 2020-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1597160849952-CRTY0IODTPG7OSPENXGJ/Screenshot+2020-07-11+at+5.17.41+PM.png BLOG - Full Circle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1597160894083-Q6PR7B225TFQKGATSGBB/Screenshot+2020-07-11+at+5.18.06+PM.png BLOG - Full Circle A good day's work: Nearly six miles and 800 calories burned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1597160982336-HVXM3I8799A8SPL47Y9B/Grandfather.jpg BLOG - Full Circle Walking rounds are up significantly at Grandfather Golf Club in Linville during the summer of 2020, and why not, with views like this one on the 18th hole? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1597161032514-4UB4JA2N6JSX1GZLLNY3/McKee+Statue.jpeg BLOG - Full Circle William McKee founded Wade Hampton Golf Club with the idea it would be a great walk, and he's immortalized on the first tee with this statue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1597160795764-6K3CP0WNVAPXAD07E5TY/17_Finley.jpg BLOG - Full Circle The cool shadows of the woods to the left of the 17th hole provide a welcome respite during the home stretch of a round of summer golf. https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2019/9/3/finding-peace monthly 0.5 2020-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1567523321341-SZSWRN01FH40LF4QI2PA/The_Dunes.jpg BLOG - Finding Peace Longtime Dunes Club member Tommy Brittain troupes through paths maintained for the convenience of the club's substantial contingent of walkers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1567523356163-S2YLG7Z1VE2SFXBP1LO9/Secession.jpg BLOG - Finding Peace Secession Golf Club in Beaufort, S.C., has two golf carts for use by those with medical exemptions. "My job," says Director of Golf Mike Harmon, "is to make sure we never have three." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1567523382276-F5DAGFA1TD5QQVSPWXW0/Bag_Pinehurst.jpg BLOG - Finding Peace Pinehurst Resort & Country Club is among many top golf venues around the country having relaxed walking restrictions in recent years. Now members and resort guests can walk any course, any time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1567523259176-1EQ6CEDVU9S6045FM2XZ/CCNC.jpg BLOG - Finding Peace The author walking the third hole at the Country Club of North Carolina Dogwood Course, where long ago the club established a policy to promote and allow walking at all times. https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2019/7/29/push-cart-nation monthly 0.5 2020-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1564404392679-5TW6J3KGW0N0I7UQWPH7/Trolleys-Old_Town.jpeg BLOG - Push-Cart Nation More and more clubs are giving golfers all the choices they want to maneuver around a course, including Old Town Club in Winston-Salem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1564406973717-X9J74QN8G3PH85TQG78D/IP+Blade.jpg BLOG - Push-Cart Nation The IP Blade features a "One Fold" mechanism and an ultra-flat design that makes it easy to store and assemble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1564404355756-VOTJMKCJME9CMHWY7E3Z/Trolley-Finley2.jpg BLOG - Push-Cart Nation They love "trolleys" in Great Britain and Europe, and high-tech models like the IP Blade from Big Max Golf are finding their footing in the United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1564404414091-BPH3B7GNF4Z8ZZXQ7FH8/Early+Ad.jpg BLOG - Push-Cart Nation https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2019/6/24/just-let-me-walk monthly 0.5 2020-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1561385137100-M50UVCQYUXBY5E11W5BT/RoaringGap_4.jpg BLOG - “Just Let Me Walk” The stately Graystone Inn, the club's original lodging facility, looms in the backdrop of the uphill, par-four fourth hole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1561385226601-OHBEHQLCIXJF9YYE3PPM/Hayes1.jpg BLOG - “Just Let Me Walk” Hayes Holderness launches a tee shot in Buenos Aires; he’d played golf in five foreign countries the first half of 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1561385322073-94ATABI1420V80C1SUTG/IMG_0047+%281%29.jpg BLOG - “Just Let Me Walk” Each hole at Roaring Gap is named in the old British style: “Do Drop,” for example, on the par-three sixth hole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1561385014746-JTYYNX8UZAJJ5W9U60BR/RoaringGap_Ad.jpg BLOG - “Just Let Me Walk” "Where it's cool" was the theme of this early ad touting the appeal of summer in the mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1561384763470-1W50ZI1SJC81YW3Y4GDZ/RoaringGap_17th.jpg BLOG - “Just Let Me Walk” The view at Roaring Gap looking east toward the seventeenth green, with Pilot Mountain and Winston-Salem in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1561384953788-U9NK2JHE9N6GAB6CLAQI/Apple_Tree.jpeg BLOG - “Just Let Me Walk” Despite its trunk long-ago being hollowed out, this apple tree alongside the fourteenth fairway still bears fruit every fall. Interesting stuff you learn just sauntering along. https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2019/6/21/sense-of-yore monthly 0.5 2020-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1561126610753-B4P4GZ4UABFPPPHPPM0I/OldTown_Double_Green.jpg BLOG - Sense of Yore The autumn colors, broomsedge grass, jagged bunkers and Silas Creek frame the double-green at Old Town Club, the red flag on the left the eighth hole and the yellow the seventeenth. (Larry Lambrecht). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1561126836740-4VCV04WGK4P56LE34028/IMG_0019.jpeg BLOG - Sense of Yore Reynolds family money and land helped get Old Town started in that difficult period between the Depression and World War II. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1561127115277-UJRM7KJPV78X52EX336F/OldTownMap.jpg BLOG - Sense of Yore This map by Keith Cutten artfully shows the arrangement of holes at Old Town, but of course you've got to experience it on foot to get the whole picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1561126695885-UUWPOJJTOA7PY068JDOK/Foursome.jpeg BLOG - Sense of Yore Foursomes walking Old Town generally get around in under four hours; here a group strolls from the seventh tee toward the fairway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1561127028789-MVBRSFLHOD07WB9GOJR9/OldTown_2_A.jpg BLOG - Sense of Yore The latest iteration of the par-three second hole courtesy designer Bill Coore features unkempt-looking bunkers and native Yadkin River sand. https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2019/6/18/urban-oasis monthly 0.5 2020-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1560867676169-YW90KAKLUZ8AF7GLNS35/Kitty-Teddy.JPG BLOG - Urban Oasis Kitty Garner and son Teddy stroll the second hole at Charlotte in this 2007 photo that originally appeared the Carolinas Golf Association's centennial book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1560867712805-UULYHSA0HGD3P89UKC7T/Skyline.jpg BLOG - Urban Oasis The towers of uptown Charlotte loom in the backdrop from the twelfth green against the rolling fairway of the par-five seventh hole at Charlotte Country Club. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1560867899964-ITBAK2T8HY6QE5DDWRM8/Bag.jpeg BLOG - Urban Oasis The clean look: Just a handsome wooden bench on the tee of each hole, letting the wispy accent grasses, stately trees and rolling ground dominate the vision. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1560872349236-E9IJBM80FJM36AAXCO0O/Vinny+Giles.jpg BLOG - Urban Oasis Vinny Giles won the 1972 U.S. Amateur at Charlotte, the first of four USGA championships held at the club. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1560883689945-7SQ4XZ88SV110PSQBI6O/Eleventh+Hole.jpg BLOG - Urban Oasis The par-three eleventh hole as viewed from green to tee requires a full carry across water. https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2019/5/15/escursione-de-italia monthly 0.5 2019-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1557926676642-0PDXHTO8217BR513BCYB/IMG_2257.jpg BLOG - Escursione de Italia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1557926449001-L814XQYHSRFKBCDVQ0HR/IMG_2705.jpg BLOG - Escursione de Italia Wandering the narrow avenues of Florence amid leather shops, coffee and gelato bars and pizza parlors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1557925923328-TX9NABV66BISNCW8TWX0/IMG_2560+2.jpeg BLOG - Escursione de Italia The Paces amid the flower boxes along the waterfront in Varenna (top), and the view from the top of one building overlooking the canals of Venice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1557927352016-CZPWAKC0LT8XRVUJKNLU/IMG_2339.jpeg BLOG - Escursione de Italia One of the highlights strolling the village of Varenna was finding Villa Monastero, an 1800s mansion with acres and acres of terraced gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1557933183951-T5HYPOTD516NB8PILN62/IMG_2670.jpeg BLOG - Escursione de Italia Sundown from one of the bridges crossing the Arno River in the heart of Florence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1557926885837-AB30ILLY2T1JDF5VZF4L/IMG_2832.jpg BLOG - Escursione de Italia Train travel was an adventure and overall a great way to traverse the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1557927307682-97BEAZUXDU159YLEYHGS/IMG_2696.jpg BLOG - Escursione de Italia Death by pastry: Everywhere we went we found a scrumptious assortment of sweet treats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1557926512672-FE0IR8OX65DZLBCO2S4U/IMG_2975.jpeg BLOG - Escursione de Italia The “money shot” from Vernazza, looking down onto the pastel-color buildings from the trail leading northward to Monterosso. https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2019/4/30/walk-in-the-woods monthly 0.5 2020-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1556665191398-Q1VKAOSM2VDK5HR8UXOV/Howard+Lee.jpg BLOG - Walk in the Woods Howard Lee walking off the seventh tee down one of the paths maintained for the benefit of walkers. "I just think as long as someone my age can walk, it would be a sin not to do it," Lee says. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1556665143651-V34PQBSQ52XKGN1P1M2P/Drone_18.jpg BLOG - Walk in the Woods The eighteenth green with the clubhouse in the background ... nice aerial photo from Ryan Montgomery of the home hole at Old Chatham Golf Club. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1556665242332-2ICSES9P1SK1W857UBRT/Fifth_Green.jpeg BLOG - Walk in the Woods An embankment surrounding the green of the par-four fifth hole is a blaze of springtime color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1556665293627-PM18UEQQECR2VV7EB20H/Bag-Vert.jpeg BLOG - Walk in the Woods With no homesites or other recreational amenities, Old Chatham's golf course plays through corridors of hardwood and pine forests and feels to its members "like a walk in the woods." https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2019/1/7/the-dogwood-state monthly 0.5 2020-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1546873612141-GOT1YBP4FBV7AWNY57QM/CCNC+Walk.jpg BLOG - The Dogwood State https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1546873569957-YNH54KPQ82QGIXLB43BF/Dogwood_4th.jpg BLOG - The Dogwood State Typical of the beauty of the Dogwood Course at CCNC is the par-four fourth hole, bordered by water to the left and the rear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1546873303765-WGQFAN9XI05DXZK60RB4/IMG_7081.jpeg BLOG - The Dogwood State After a dreary and sodden December and first week of 2019, the sun bathing the fifteenth green at CCNC was a wonderful sight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1546873096391-ZJQUMWYX9V1KK2ZTPZQU/Lee-Pace-7485.jpg BLOG - The Dogwood State The view from the par-three third hole during the fall of 2017, one year after the Dogwood Course reopened following an extensive design and agronomic update by Kris Spence. https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2018/12/31/tradition-amp-decorum monthly 0.5 2018-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1546270327553-SAQVK5QC9BN8RQY3ANCZ/Seventh+Tee.jpeg BLOG - Tradition & Decorum The seventh hole is the only par-five on the course, making the 6,770-yard, par-70 layout play longer than the yardage would indicate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1546270032554-FPSJEFBP6DTT4H8LRJO6/Stone+Steps.JPG BLOG - Tradition & Decorum The walk up to the ninth tee at Biltmore Forest is capped by a view five miles to the west to Mt. Pisgah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1546270391563-KA8TUMAJJ3QC5NV5PQEG/Bobby+Jones.jpg BLOG - Tradition & Decorum The great Bobby Jones at Biltmore Forest in the mid-1920s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1546270125893-1PLGGL5F7OWAWM6FE7MP/Sixth+Tee.JPG BLOG - Tradition & Decorum The view from the sixth tee: Downhill to begin with, then uphill to a sharply canted green where three-putts are not unusual. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1546271889455-ML9Y7N2JWFLUGDV45OW4/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - Tradition & Decorum Dating back to the 1920s, Biltmore Forest has been a place where golfers go to relax, have a few laughs and enjoy the beauty of Asheville. https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2018/5/29/grandfatherly monthly 0.5 2018-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1527600701328-S3TTH4WMEY7J9A9XP4HF/LP+Grandfather3.jpg BLOG - Grandfatherly David Nenon and I hoof it up the eighth fairway with Grandfather Mountain in the background; below, Karen Nenon and I cross a bridge on seventeen. (Jim Magruder photos). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1527600789643-S7MMES0W3WURWUPHTIMG/IMG_5028.JPG BLOG - Grandfatherly The view from the thirteenth tee, downhill off the tee, then across the Linville River and back uphill into the green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1527690799532-R43110I1M79OUQ16CGRD/GGCC+Book.JPG BLOG - Grandfatherly Grandfather just released its fifty-year anniversary commemorative book that highlights the vision and drive of club founders Agnes Morton Cocke, Hugh Morton and John Williams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1527602291051-E8TDALZR5KUJVE62HFZ2/LP+Grandfather2.jpg BLOG - Grandfatherly https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2018/5/15/oceans-eighteen monthly 0.5 2018-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1526396491864-EDKPY84UVW3B8ZBGPC56/IMG_4855.JPG BLOG - Ocean’s Eighteen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1526396125065-FE685NI85Y8ZDC3F8FC4/IMG_4842.jpg BLOG - Ocean’s Eighteen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1526396212845-MCNXWH3KN8WYZN1Z3B8V/IMG_4838.JPG BLOG - Ocean’s Eighteen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1526396316879-OAWML4F3G2C5M2MSOJR6/IMG_4836.jpg BLOG - Ocean’s Eighteen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1526396242616-4OUG7X4EMK4DGBQZBFKE/IMG_4857.JPG BLOG - Ocean’s Eighteen https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2018/3/2/the-heart-of-golf monthly 0.5 2018-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1520028596865-149RP9G9FKPJ2VJ1T52V/Feature+Image.jpg BLOG - The Heart of Golf Two views of the eighth hole at Yeamans Hall, from the camera lens of Larry Lambrecht (above) and a vintage postcard (below). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1520075360789-7BTF2Y306Q5CVX7637OF/Eighth+Vintage.jpg BLOG - The Heart of Golf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1520083714963-NSEHEGFJD3VAIW4ONFBW/Gate+Vintage.jpg BLOG - The Heart of Golf Yeamans Hall opened in the fall of 1925, the golf course tucked behind a handsome entry gate about ten miles north of the Battery in Charleston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1520028993894-V2ULS2F9JV392YQGKYCI/Putting+Green.jpg BLOG - The Heart of Golf Wide fairways, draping oaks and old-school features like beveled wood flagsticks are part of the visual landscape at Yeamans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1520028698012-UNAD6R1RZXCTKYUDRBTY/Bag.JPG BLOG - The Heart of Golf The fun of walking Yeamans Hall is inspecting quirky design nuances like the “Dragon’s Teeth” mounds on the twelfth hole. https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2017/12/29/an-inside-job monthly 0.5 2017-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1514567788642-WVYIKBM9NCYLI1R2W53H/IMG_3829.JPG BLOG - Putting's An Inside Job David Orr watches Justin Rose on the practice green at a recent Masters Tournament. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1514566094493-P4C2923VGYBCA5T73HS7/Second.JPG BLOG - Putting's An Inside Job The number one takeaway from my session with Orr was to take a longer, more relaxed and unhurried backswing on every putt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1514571348797-6QPXDS0HGULD720W4A1A/IMG_3830.JPG BLOG - Putting's An Inside Job David Orr's job with LPGA star Suzann Pettersen has been partly technical but also helping her "rewrite her story" and believing she's a great putter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1514566039660-7OB2F3NCA1G9OMBM9QRO/feature.JPG BLOG - Putting's An Inside Job No wonder I don't make a lot of putts; David Orr and his SAM 3-D system prove my putter face is open 2.1 degrees on every putt. https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2017/12/19/working-stiff monthly 0.5 2017-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1513706696865-9FK52UCRBHVF8OARLLDO/LP+Twitter+2.jpg BLOG - Working Stiff Beautiful course, nice follow-through, aye? Actually, a tight right-shoulder girdle affects my ability to rotate my trunk around my lower body past impact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1513703985274-USUB01I9PKJ8WOQK1WVA/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - Working Stiff Half-kneeling long turns are designed to improve upper body rotation against a solid and stable lower body and core. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1513703853400-Y9R4BVJ1UXAIF7HVBKTZ/IMG_3684.jpg BLOG - Working Stiff Walking a golf course and hitting solid shots both depend on a strong lower body; the split squat helps achieve that goal. https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2017/11/3/sedgefield-purists-heaven monthly 0.5 2017-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1509804776603-DQ2HNYYZWV8PUGJK5JRO/IMG_3314.jpg BLOG - Sedgefield: Purist’s Heaven A pair of bunkers guarding the green of the par-four thirteenth suggest approaching from the right side of the fairway--not the left side as your humble correspondent has done here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1509739882637-ZMHI6TGR9FSWHGTOTMTB/IMG_3299.jpg BLOG - Sedgefield: Purist’s Heaven The stately clubhouse that was originally built as a country inn looms behind the ninth green at Sedgefield Country Club. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1509740028076-CXM0FU9CU68HKKVWRNFP/IMG_3311+%281%29.jpg BLOG - Sedgefield: Purist’s Heaven Sedgefield member Dupont Kirven hauls his bag from the thirteenth tee up to the fairway through one of the walking paths cut as a convenience to walkers. "It's more enjoyable and I definitely play better when I walk," Kirven says. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1509740057523-TTWPT3FG3BF5S2E2JC2A/Postcard3.jpg BLOG - Sedgefield: Purist’s Heaven A vintage postcard shows the view from the ninth fairway at Sedgefield, the venue for the PGA Tour's Greensboro tournament from 1938-76 and 2008 to the present. https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2017/10/9/walk-on-the-short-side monthly 0.5 2017-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1507559790623-2UQHJXB1VFAN5PKPM14L/Cradle--JG.jpg BLOG - Walk On The Short Side The Pinehurst clubhouse looms in the background as new short holes wind their way around ten acres. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1507560246338-PHBJH3FWMZXETQ3M6QKA/IMG_3079.jpg BLOG - Walk On The Short Side The view from the sixty-six yard third hole; I flushed my shot but had no idea where it was until onlookers to the rear yelled, "It's in the hole!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1507559578330-3SXYDPGHLD49S6Y8BI8D/IMG_3088.JPG BLOG - Walk On The Short Side Specially designed Sunday bags are available to carry a few clubs around the new Cradle course at Pinehurst. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1507559531785-EP7WBOK190MTQ892M2IW/IMG_3070.jpg BLOG - Walk On The Short Side The venerable "Putter Boy" statue stands in the the middle of a new 75,000 square foot practice green and "Thistle Dhu" putting course. https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2017/9/27/bag-man monthly 0.5 2017-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1506521564503-4HXESKMKIMDDQV8INQ5I/1P9A5603.jpg BLOG - Taking Golf Back To Its Roots An array of Stitch bags lined up at Roaring Gap Golf Club in late August for a company outing.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1506527716388-G4JGP7DSOO17OSPL8G3B/tarheel-bag.jpg BLOG - Taking Golf Back To Its Roots The bag's design has new-world features and an old-world simplicity, making it the ideal companion for a walk around a classic Donald Ross-designed course like the one at Linville Golf Club. Customization for school or club affiliations is a Stitch specialty. https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2017/9/12/the-magical-hour-in-linville monthly 0.5 2017-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1505221622758-8FKIWY50ZS38UDV8KE90/Three.JPG BLOG - The Magical Hour in Linville Architect Bobby Weed was careful in rebuilding the third fairway to make sure the antique complexion of the surface was restored intact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1505221585302-VILMK8J3LQ4NNLZB4EP7/IMG_2596+%281%29.JPG BLOG - The Magical Hour in Linville “When we come to Linville, all troubles fade away.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1505221478310-ZOJYJEANEC765W6BGOV8/Thirteen.JPG BLOG - The Magical Hour in Linville The view from the thirteenth tee nearing sunset, one of the higher spots on Donald Ross's 1926 design at Linville Golf Club. https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2017/8/26/deuces-wild monthly 0.5 2017-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1503755237351-9CDBOL54QM6V9N1GEI68/Davis-Coore.jpg BLOG - Deuces Wild Pinehurst No. 2, one of the quintessential walking courses, as Mike Davis of the USGA and architect Bill Coore experience in 2011. (John Gessner photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1503755271223-G1KE5EOQBA3Z55G6LJJP/IMG_2511+%281%29.jpg BLOG - Deuces Wild Twilight is nigh as members of Pinehurst Country Club leave the ninth tee during a Tuesday afternoon "Executive Golf" outing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1503755330191-J0L2850T2UT60D4Y41EP/LP++Bag.jpg BLOG - Deuces Wild The pine straw, hardpan, wiregrass and jagged edges of No. 2 are best experienced with bag slung over shoulder, one step at a time. https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2017/8/13/hope-valley monthly 0.5 2017-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1502650000848-T2A35BBVJCPSCKQT3CED/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - Standing the Test of Time The house on the twelfth hole built by Eddie Cameron of the basketball arena fame was constructed of same stone found in preponderance on Duke's campus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1502649885710-099LP7CXO1IRR9OUAPG2/HV+18th.jpg BLOG - Standing the Test of Time The stately clubhouse now ninety-one years old stands behind the eighteenth green at Hope Valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1502649963427-TPZ6XPBRQJOI01NIX2T9/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - Standing the Test of Time This stone monument pays tribute to Bryon Nelson having won at Hope Valley in 1945. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1502715817556-3Z4JJ1KC4TVAWPD59XDM/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - Standing the Test of Time https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2017/8/6/the-dale-to-the-valley monthly 0.5 2017-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1502058302941-Y25N85CV0ZBRAMFKC3M0/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - Over Hill and Dale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1502112556236-O5ECRUG9ANG8GR7VUS2X/Hillandale_1.jpg BLOG - Over Hill and Dale C.J. Paschall follows the flight of his tee shot on the fifth hole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1502058330741-W1P2LOA8J8EQ9QGA3HH4/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - Over Hill and Dale https://www.goodwalks.golf/blog/2017/7/31/mqr3uz062yuqyuw89d7vfl45ijynp8 monthly 0.5 2017-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594abc2ca5790a48b303ed32/1501513936656-4UG2XQZVV6SFAHDKZLW6/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - A Journey Begins With The First Step Not a golf cart in sight as Bob Dedman, JIm Hyler, Mike Davis and Bill Coore leave the fourth tee at Pinehurst No. 2 during the spring of 2011. 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