Golf Course Pictures – Golf Calendars…the perfect gift.

Hi golfers, Nick here from www.GolfCoursePictures.co.
There are many 2011 calendars to choose from. I was asked to review the latest batch, and here is the link to a fine squidoo lens where you'll find my thoughts plus many other great links:

http://www.squidoo.com/golf-course-calendars

Golf Course Pictures – Lambrecht golf course photographer.

Hi golfers, Nick here from www.GolfCoursePictures.co.
Professional golf course photographer Larry Lambrecht travels the world on assignment. There are many in his business, but few take as good a picture as him. His pictures will make you want to play many of the courses (Pebble photo):

https://www.golfstock.net/page.asp?id=1&name=Home

 

 

 

 

 

Golf Course Pictures – Top Vegas area Courses.

Hi golfers, Nick here from www.GolfCoursePictures.co.
If the casinos leave you with any cash, Joe Passov from Golf.com has listed the best desert courses you should play:

http://www.golf.com/golf/courses_travel/article/0,28136,1870713,00.html

Golf Course Pictures – Top Disney area Courses.

Hi golfers, Nick here from www.GolfCoursePictures.co.
Heading down to Disney this week – what better time to review the best courses in town with Joe Passov from Golf.com featuring the Waldorf Astorai Golf Club:

http://www.golf.com/golf/courses_travel/article/0,28136,1883153,00.html

Golf Course Pictures – Pinehurst’s 8 Courses.

Hi golfers, Nick here from www.GolfCoursePictures.co.
What golf destination can boast as many great course in one spot than Pinehurst? You have to include #2, but which others will make your list?:

http://www.pinehurst.com/nc-golf-courses.php

Golf Course Pictures – Top 10 Winter Golf Courses.

Golf.com, has another slide show with link-outs to a Top-10 list of courses to give you a winter fix. Beautiful photos of classic courses (Doral photo by Time):

http://www.golf.com/golf/gallery/article/0,28242,1943555-1,00.html

Golf Course Pictures – 2010 Premier golf sites.

Hi golfers, Nick here from www.GolfCoursePictures.co.
According to Golf.com, these twelve US golf destinations have been voted the best in 2010. Here’s a wonderful slide show with link-outs to each course. Great to look at and the perfect wish-list (photo by Time):

http://www.golf.com/golf/gallery/article/0,28242,1958613-1,00.html

Golf Course Pictures – The #1 US Golf Resort.

Hi golfers, Nick here from www.GolfCoursePictures.co.
Golf Magazine ranks it #1 Destination Golf resort, for the hotel as well as Whistling Straits. I must get there and so must you. In 2012, the LPGA visits Kohler’s Blackwolf Run for the US Women’s Open. Here’s a preview:

http://destinationkohler.com/golf/bwr/bwr_index.html

Golf Course Pictures – All-You-Can-Golf at Shattuck NH.

Hi golfers, Nick here from www.GolfCoursePictures.co.
When in New Hampshire, head over to Jaffrey Mon-Fri for their $60 golf w.cart + range balls + lunch all day long or until you drop. It’s rating is 73.5, Slope 153 and hazards everywhere:

http://www.sterlinggolf.com/shattuck/specials.htm

Golf Course Pictures – Play TPC Louisiana Free.

Hi golfers, Nick here from www.GolfCoursePictures.co.
The way to play this TPC course for Free is to volunteer for the Zurich Classic in New Orleans, April 25 – May 1, 2011. Save the link below and check there regularly to download the Volunteer Registration Application:

http://zurichgolfclassic.com/content/view/16/30/

http://www.tpc.com/TPCLouisiana.aspx

Golf Course Pictures – Golf’s Holy Grail, the Ace.

Hi golfers, Nick here from www.GolfCoursePictures.co.
After Jonathan Byrd won the PGA’s Las Vegas event with a Hole-In-1, and last week sisters Erica and Lindsey Bensch both had aces in the same round, I wondered if the odds of an Ace had improved. According to David Owen at GolfDigest, our chances of getting down in one shot still beat out winning the Lottery:

http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/gd200509-david-owen-aces

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-25/jonathan-byrd-s-playoff-hole-in-one-wins-pga-tour-event-in-las-vegas.html

http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=5788958

Golf Course Pictures – New Ireland Links Golf Competition.

Hi golfers, Nick here from www.GolfCoursePictures.co.
A new amateur handicap 2-person team golf competition has been launched over Doonbeg, Lahinch & Ballybunion, 3 premier courses in the West of Ireland. To take place May 23-25, 2011, its on my wish list:

http://greatirishlinkschallenge.com/

Golf Course Pictures – America’s #1 golf destination is in AZ?

Hi golfers, Nick here from www.GolfCoursePictures.co.
Joe Passov at Golf.com argues for the Phoenix/Scottsdale area as the best town to visit with your buddies:

http://www.golf.com/golf/courses_travel/article/0,28136,2030370,00.html?cid=feed-courses_travel--2030370

Golf Course Pictures – Top Golf Commercials.

Hi golfers, Nick here from www.GolfCoursePictures.co.
Sam Weinman at Golf Digest has 22 funny golf commercials lined up on YouTube clips. Even if you’ve seen some before, they’ll brighten your day:

http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/2010-11/slideshow-funny-tv-commercials

Golf Course Pictures – Top 10 College courses.

Hi golfers, Nick here from www.GolfCoursePictures.co.
GolfChannel.com polled over 160 college golf coaches to come up with this list of the best…most are public, so you and I can play them and certainly build a road-trip around one or two (also here’s a link to the best in the southeast ACC):

http://www.thegolfchannel.com/golf-travel-insider/top-10-college-golf-courses-33572/

http://www.thegolfchannel.com/golf-travel-insider/best-golf-courses-in-the-acc-40211/

Golf Course Pictures – Dye’s Kampen Course for $1.

Hi golfers, Nick here from www.GolfCoursePictures.co.
While the green fee in West Lafayette, at the Purdue Boilermaker course, is $50, Pete Dye knocked his regular design fee down from $1.5million to just $1. We can all play the 7500 yard championship track when in Indiana:

http://www.purduegolf.com/

Golf Course Pictures – Pacific Grove…the poor-man’s Pebble.

Hi golfers, Nick here from www.GolfCoursePictures.co.
For $40 weekdays you can play golf with similar Pacific Ocean views to Pebble Beach. Just 5 ½ miles along the coast, Golf Magazine ranks it in the Top 50 Bargains. And see the other Monterey Peninsula courses Joe Passov suggests:

http://pggolflinks.com/

http://www.golf.com/golf/courses_travel/article/0,28136,1663765-0,00.html

 

Golf Course Pictures – Cheap Hawaiian muni-golf.

Hi golfers, Nick here from www.GolfCoursePictures.co.
For under $30 you can rent clubs, a hand cart and play 9-holes of spectacular-ocean-view (the views are spectacular, not the golf), just 40 miles from Honolulu (a high shot taken by the prevailing winds may land on next-door’s $195/round Turtle Bay Resort). This is not a destination course, but if you find yourself in Hawaii anyway, well why not?:

http://www.honolulu.gov/des/golf/kahuku.htm

http://www.pasturegolf.com/courses/kahaku.htm

Golf Course Pictures – San Diego’s best courses.

Hi golfers, Nick here from www.GolfCoursePictures.co.
Matt Ginella at Golf Digest talks Coronado and Torrey Pines for when you hit the San Diego area. They’re on my wish list, how about yours:

http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-courses/golf-travel/buddies/2010-10/away-game-san-diego

Golf Course Pictures – America’s Most Important Courses.

Hi golfers, Nick here from www.GolfCoursePictures.co.
Ron Whitten over at GolfDigest has created a list with links to websites of those courses he thinks have had the most influence on Golf in America. I happen to love the history of golf (everywhere), and I hope you do too:

http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-courses/2010-11/most-important-courses-methodology