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Links Golf and the Creation of Augusta National–and a Chance to Win the Golf Trip of a Lifetime

July 16, 2012 by John Strawn

Links golf courses are not popular in China, where Augusta National is regarded as the beau ideal.   This is ironic, because Bobby Jones and Alister Mackenzie both esteemed links course above all others, and the Old Course at St Andrews most of all.  Mackenzie insisted that the “Spirit of St Andrews” pervaded Augusta National, although […]

An Irish Sojourn

March 11, 2010 by John Strawn

The best golf resort in the world is Bandon Dunes in Oregon, but the best region in the world for a golfing holiday is the west of Ireland.  Bandon has borrowed some of the Irish spirit to make the resort a welcoming place, just as the designers of its courses drew inspiration from the great […]

Chairman Mao, May I Introduce Tom Morris?

February 6, 2010 by John Strawn

While American real estate developers hunker down and try to figure out when if ever their forlorn  industry will revive, the Chinese real estate market is booming, fueled in part by high-end golf communities that celebrate a luxurious life style.  China’s transformation from a predominately rural society with a command economy dominated by state-run heavy […]

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