Royal New Kent is another design by Mike Stranz and consistently ranks in the ‘Top 100 You Can Play’. Stranz designed the course as a tribute to Royal County Down…
Golden Horseshoe (Day 4)
The Golden Horseshoe Gold course is considered one of the top courses in golf-rich Williamsburg. The course was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. and renovated by Rees Jones. It…
The Club at Viniterra (Day 3)
The Club at Viniterra, considered a ‘must play’ when golfing in Virginia, was designed by Rees Jones and is located in New Kent, about halfway between Richmond and Williamsburg. The…
Kiskiack Golf Club (Day 2)
Kiskiack GC is one of the top public golf courses in Virginia and is listed as one of Golf Digest’s ‘Places to Play’. The course sits along a ridge of…
Stonehouse Golf Club (Day 1)
Our first round of the trip is at the Stonehouse Golf Club in Toano, Virginia. The course is one of Mike Stranz’ early designs which fell into disrepair, closed, and…
Williamsburg Golf
This year’s trip is to Williamsburg, Virginia where we’ve rented condos at the Greensprings Resort. There are five days of golf planned with 18-hole morning rounds and 9-hole replays when…
That’s a Wrap – Ayrshire, Isles, & Eire
It was a good trip. Some fun facts to know and tell: Three countries – Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the Irish Republic Eleven rounds (12 if the ‘wee course’ at…
Back to the Mainland
Getting back to Glasgow (for the Pitt lads) and Edinburgh for Kevin takes most of the day. We could have taken the ½ hour flight via Loganair to Glasgow but…
The Machrie
Well, our final round of golf and a great way to finish at ‘The Machrie’ on Islay. Our taxi to/from the course was ‘Bodachs of Islay’, run by a father/daughter…
On to Islay
It’s back to Scotland today. We’re headed to the isle of Islay, ‘Queen of the Hebrides’, for our final round of golf on the trip and to sample the island’s…
