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A Review of Ghost Light, By Joseph O’Connor
This review first appeared in The Oregonian on March 19, 2011. GHOST LIGHT Joseph O’Connor Farrar, Straus and Giroux. $24.00, 256 pages Loosely based on the lives of the Irish actress Maire O’Neill (né...
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What Makes Oak Hill Great? An Architectural Assessment
Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York has hosted the Ryder Cup, three US Opens, and now three PGA Championships. It’s always ranked among America’s best courses, in one recent list rising as...
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Carne: A Muscular Links Masterpiece in Ireland’s County Mayo
The very existence of the Carne Golf Links in County Mayo, Ireland, came as a surprise to John Garrity when he first heard about it in 2002. The American course designer, Jim Engh, told Garrity that...
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Carne Golf Links’ New Nine
Carne Golf Links in County Mayo, by general acclaim an exhilarating and formidable addition to the world’s roster of great links courses since its opening in 1995, recently debuted a third nine to...
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A Look Back at the USGA’s First One Hundred Years
Golf: The Greatest Game One Hundred Years of the USGA. An Essay Written for Golf, The Greatest Game, published by HarperCollins in 1994. To commemorate its centennial, the USGA sponsored...
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Review of “Faldo/Norman” by Andy Farrell.
Andy Farrell, Faldo/Norman. The 1996 Masters: A duel that defined an era. Elliott & Thompson, March, 2014 in the UK, May 1, 2014 in the USA, distributed by Trafalgar Square. $24.95. As the...
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Donald Ross and Jack Nicklaus: Unexpected Kinsmen in Design
Nicklaus won the North and South on Pinehurst Number 2 in 1959, launching a life-long attachment to the great Donald Ross design. Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw deserve kudos for their restoration of...
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Frederick Law Olmsted and American Golf
Bill Hawkins of Portland, Oregon has combined a distinguished career as a practicing architect with a parallel life as a writer and champion of historical preservation. The 19th century cast iron...
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Rory Plays the White Tees: A Fantasy in 18 Holes
Heron Lakes is a 36-hole golf complex located in the flood plain near where the Columbia River flows into the Willamette, not far from downtown Portland. Oregon’s second-largest city, Vanport, once...
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Ireland’s Contribution to Chambers Bay: The Role of Turfgrass Consultancy
When the golf course architectural firm Robert Trent Jones II was commissioned to design a new golf course on the vast sandy canvas of an abandoned rock quarry along the shore of Washington state’s...
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