Designs of Greatness
Golf Styles; Golfology: News, Notes, Etc., April 2007 A golf course architect’s best calling card is the courses he has created. Dr. Michael Hurdzan, a principal with Hurdzan/Fry Golf Course Design, has designed over 250 courses. These include Sand Barrens, Swainton; Neshanic Valley, Neshanic Station; and Hamilton Farm, Gladstone in New Jersey. Dr Hurdzan has …. Read More
Keeping the Past Alive
Golf Styles, April 2008 He’s been at the club for almost 40 years and watched the evolution of a local shrine from its heyday as an elite private gold club to one now open to the public. When Kenny Robinson arrive in 1949, Atlantic City Country Club was ye t in its prime – hosting …. Read More
Two Greats: Ridgewood & Byron Nelson
Golf Styles, April 2008 Most people know that golf great Byron Nelson’s roots are in Texas. Fewer are aware that his legendary career has galvanizing ties to the Golden State. Nelson turned pro in 1932, when the national economy was in the grips of the Depression and professional golf was on the decline. Attendance at …. Read More
Success! Somerset County Course Shines
Golf Styles, March 2007 Hurdzan-Designed Track Among State’s Best When the Somerset County Parks and Recreation Commission decided to add another golf facility, there were differing opinions expressed from both sides of the aisle. The county has, for some time, supported a very active recreation program including therapeutic activities, an environmental education center, extensive parks …. Read More
He’s Giving Back to Golf
GolfStyles, February 2007 Gene Mulvihill is the kind of gentle king of an empire. Crystal Springs Golf Resort & Spa, the golf destination resort he has created in the northwest corner of New Jersey, only an hour’s drive from midtown manhattan, has no equal in New Jersey and perhaps in the entire Northeast. Perhaps a …. Read More
A Bow to Tradition
Divot, Garden State Golf, Summer/Fall 2006 Hidden Creek is true to the essence of classic golf architecture. An often heard quote from world-renowned architects Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore about their design of the golf course at Hidden Creek Golf Club aptly describes the property: “The course is laid gently upon the land.” I played …. Read More
A Fine Time in the Maritimes
Divot, Commonwealth Golf, Spring 2006 The golf is excellent along Canada’s coast-and so is everything else for the traveler. The influence of water on Canada’s Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia is everywhere. It affects and defines the land, culture, people, and their way of life. An example is the …. Read More
It Is Easy Being Green
Divot, Garden State Golf, Summer/Fall 2005 How can wildlife, habitat, and fragile exosystem preservation and protection be compatible with golf courses and golf-course community development? I went to southwest Florida to visit, ask questions and see first hand what Bonita Springs, Florida-based WCI Communities is doing to achieve such a balance. Initially I was skeptical …. Read More
Flight of Fancy
Divot, New York Golf, Summer/Fall 2005 Treat yourself and travel in style to Georgi’s upscale Reynolds Plantation By Bill Nestor Atlantic City, New Jersey’s bright lights reflected off the ocean surface as we banked and ascended. At just that moment the bright full moon filled my window. The final leg of our weekends golf journey …. Read More
Herein Lies the Rub – Hotel Hershey
Garden State Golf, Spring, 2005 SPA INDUSTRY MAKING A HUGE SPLASH IN GOLF – NO MATTER HOW YOU DEFINE IT “Spas are devoted to enhancing overall well-being through a variety of professional services that encourage the renewal of mind, body and spirit” – “Spa” Defined, International SPA Association, August 2004 Maybe it’s just a matter …. Read More