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Category Archives: Course reviews
Greenhorn Creek says “why not” to tee options
The “Play It Forward” idea comes up, er, short at so many golf courses. Usually the most forward tees aren’t rated for men and are too long for most women. At Greenhorn Creek in California’s Gold Country, the slogan might … Continue reading
Did he say women shouldn’t play golf?
On a high-testosterone tour of the High Sierra last week, cigar smoke filled the fresh mountain air as golf media filled with delusions of grandeur took to the tees (and bunkers, weeds, trees and ponds). As one who enjoys playing … Continue reading
COURSE REVIEW: Half Moon Bay Ocean Course
GottaGoGolf Magazine reviewers evaluate courses for their appeal to the average woman player. This review appeared in the May 2011 issue. Half Moon Bay, a cute coastal town about 25 miles south of San Francisco, boasts two golf courses, the … Continue reading
Who’s traveling for women golfers?
When GottaGoGolf Magazine surveyed its prospective readers, golf travel coverage rated highly with almost all women who love the game. And no wonder. Research has shown, again and again, that women make the household spending decisions and women choose the … Continue reading
The Augusta of the LPGA
A few observations from the Kraft Nabisco — but, keep in mind, my brain is completely fogged over with infaturation for this gorgeous golf course, the Mission Hills Country Club Dinah Shore course. The last time I felt this way … Continue reading
Posted in Brittany Lincicome, Course reviews, Karrie Webb, Kraft Nabisco, LPGA, Women's golf, Yani Tseng
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Freeing the swing
I’D LIKE to know what kind of underwear the ladies of the LPGA Tour wear. Today I was forced to again play 36 holes – the first 18 at one of my favorite courses anywhere, Whitehawk Ranch. It is as … Continue reading
Sand in my shoes
TODAY AT Timilick, a Johnny Miller-John Harbottle design that was originally to be a private course for the homeowners, I shot a 42 on the front nine. My index is 20.1. I shot a 54 on the back nine. What … Continue reading
Posted in Course reviews, golf vacation, Women's golf
Tagged golf vacation, Tahoe golf, women's golf
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Playing 36…and 37 and 38 too
AS A POSTSCRIPT to yesterday’s musings about real men playing from the forward tees, this afternoon I played Edgewood — with Kirstin Cattell again, and Lynn DeBruin, and when Terry Knight joined us we asked if he wanted to come … Continue reading
Real men play the forward tees
ON A BEAUTIFUL morning in Truckee, Calif., three ladies waited for the man in their foursome to tee off from the back tees — known as the “three stars” at 6,417 yards at Northstar-at-Tahoe (the big boys play the course … Continue reading
Sharp Park: The name actually fits
DAY 2 OF the golfathon took me over to the foggy coast, where Sharp Park generally offers its players disgraceful golfing conditions at prices they like. My friend April Kenyon joined me for all 18 holes (plus a yummy 19th … Continue reading
