There are fortunate opportunities in life. To play a golf course that was the latter life’s work of the pre-eminent golf course architect is one. To play it a year after it was restored to its original state by the pre-eminent working architect is another. To play it little more than a year before it …
Tag Archive: Donald Ross
Feb 20
Sand Them Roads: Day Three @ Pine Needles
Editor’s Note: The author succumbed to the wretched state of his health, combined with a previously-acquired illness and got a bit behind. This is Tuesday’s installment. The brief trip across Midland road was our grace. While we would have like to complete all the open holes at MidPines, we knew that the frost delay rendered …
Jan 28
Getting Away~Part One
In last week’s digital newsletter, I alluded to a pair of winter golf getaways in 2013. It’s strange to have two opportunities to visit favorite destinations of golfers during our cold months. Strange because it simply doesn’t happen with any frequency for BuffaloGolfer. Life’s typical tugs consistently keep me tethered to a desk or a …
Mar 10
The Best 4th Hole in Rochester: Oak Hill (West), a True “Short” Hole
We come to our first par three of the eclectic Rochester layout, and it’s a pretty emotional one for me. I grew up playing the West Course, which is, and probably always will be, my favorite golf course in the greater Rochester area.
Feb 27
Press Release: Introducing The Timuquana Cup Amateur Golf Event
Jacksonville, Florida – Timuquana Country Club in Jacksonville, Fla. is proud to announce the inaugural playing of a major amateur event, The Timuquana Cup. The event will elevate the purest form of amateur golf; an invitational format that will consist of 40 of the top Mid Amateur players in the country, together with 20 of …


