Much hullabaloo has been made in the golfing world about Pinehurst #2′s restoration. The renowned team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw returned the course (mainly the rough) to its roots of wire grass, pine needles and sand. Gone are the long and lush thickets of green grass that ensnared golf balls and made rounds …
Tag Archive: sand them roads
Feb 11
BuffaloGolfer Newsletter #7 of 2013
Our first junket of 2013 is nigh; on Friday, we depart for Pinehurst and five rounds of mid-winter golf. Stay tuned to our “Sand Them Roads” series and we’ll clue you in on the secret spots that people need to see. Reread Vinnie Kmetz’s piece on slow play; it is critical to every golfer’s enjoyment …
Feb 04
Getting Away~Part Two
I am typically the first one to pooh-pooh the nicknames given to U.S. military offensives, yet I cannot resist conjuring up a nom de voyage (French assignment my own) for each trip my confidants and I take. We’ve egressed to Wisconsin, Michigan, Virginia and North Carolina. We have a monster trip in the works for …

