Having played most of the "good" public courses in the Scottsdale area, I would rate Saguaro as the best. Talking Stick North and South, along with Papago, are probably more walkable, but Saguaro combines walkability and design better than the others.
Continue ReadingCabot Links is the first true links course in Canada and it's opening is the fulfillment of a dream for the founder Ben Cowan-Dewar, along with architect Rod Whitman, Mike Keiser and the rest of the team involved in the project. I believe that Cabot Links will evolve into the "St. Andrews of Canada" or "Canada's Bandon Dunes" over time, with the addition of other courses and the expansion of the hotel.
Continue ReadingFew courses in North America can stir a walking golfer’s soul like Ballyneal, which boasts golf that is so pure and natural that Old Tom Morris would approve wholeheartedly.
Continue ReadingPasatiempo was founded by U.S. Women’s Amateur Champion Marion Hollins and was designed by Alister Mackenzie, one of the great golden age golf course architects. The course opened on September 8th, 1929. Tom Doak was hired in 1996 to begin restoring Pasatiempo to its "original design" and the renovation was successfully completed in Fall 2007, with a great deal of assistance from his lead associate Jim Urbina, club historian Bob Beck and superintendent Dean Gump.
Continue ReadingBandon Trails was the third course constructed at the resort, and it is the only one that does not touch the ocean. Instead, Trails takes the golfer through dunes, meadows and forest in a wonderful golfing journey that has been exquisitely routed by Bill Coore. While Bandon Trails is the most challenging walk at the resort, it is well worth the effort.
Continue Reading
The Walking Golfers Society is now selling Golf Towels, by Players Towel, with all proceeds going to Society founder Rob Rigg’s Hundred Hole Hike for Prevent Cancer.org. Each towel is 22 inches by 40 inches with a 3 inch slot in the middle that you can slide over one of your clubs to keep the [...]
Continue Reading
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 will always be a historic day for The Walking Golfers Society, because that was when the inaugural presentation of “The Walking Golfer of the Year” occurred on the deck behind the 18th green at Bandon Trails.
Continue ReadingThe Walkers Course will be a semi-private, public access golf club that we hope will become a benchmark for responsible and viable golf course construction in the future. The club will be golf-focused, environmentally-sound, economical and enjoyable to play for all golfers. In addition to support from Oregon and Southern Washington, The Walkers Course will maintain a National/Global membership of golfers who believe that walking is essential to the enjoyment of the game.
Continue Reading © 2008 - 2013 Rob Rigg / The Walking Golfer. All Rights Reserved.
Website by David Mihm / Epic Golf.
