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• Jeffrey Prest posted August 04 (06:13PM)

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  I owe architect Paul Albanese an apology. When I started reading his philosophy behind his new Sweetgrass Golf Club in Michigan, I had genuine doubts as to whether I'd finish it... "[continued]":http://golfcourseasart.blogspot.com/2008/08/not-so-sour-on-sweetgrass-after-all.html

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  	Not so sour on Sweetgrass GC after all
  	I owe architect Paul Albanese an apology. When I started reading his philosophy behind his new Sweetgrass Golf Club in Michigan, I had genuine doubts as to whether I’d finish it… [continued]
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• Jeffrey Prest posted July 23 (06:46PM)

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  They say dog owners often end up resembling their dogs but it seems you can't say the same about golf course designers and their courses... "(continued)":http://golfcourseasart.blogspot.com/2008/07/beauty-and-beast-couples-takes-rise-out.html

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  	Beauty and the Beast - Couples takes a rise out of 'resort golf'
  	They say dog owners often end up resembling their dogs but it seems you can’t say the same about golf course designers and their courses… (continued)
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• Jeffrey Prest posted July 15 (01:47AM)

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  Seems like those sweating on the fate of Detroit's Rackham Golf Course - a Donald Ross design - will have to sweat a little longer "(continued)":http://golfcourseasart.blogspot.com/2008/07/wait-goes-on-for-rosss-rackham-golf.html

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  	The wait goes on for Ross's Rackham golf course
  	Seems like those sweating on the fate of Detroit’s Rackham Golf Course – a Donald Ross design – will have to sweat a little longer (continued)
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• Jeffrey Prest posted July 03 (01:53AM)

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  It's strange to think that Pound Ridge Golf Club is Pete Dye's first project in New York state "(continued)":http://golfcourseasart.blogspot.com/2008/07/pound-ridge-opens-saturday.html

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  	Pound Ridge GC opens Saturday
  	It’s strange to think that Pound Ridge Golf Club is Pete Dye’s first project in New York state (continued)
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• Jeffrey Prest posted June 26 (03:37PM)

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  In theory, it should be the nature of this blog that I give a stuff about golf course rankings. In reality, I don't... "(continued)":http://golfcourseasart.blogspot.com/2008/06/golf-course-ratings-rank-is-word.html

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  	Golf course ratings - 'rank' is the word
  	In theory, it should be the nature of this blog that I give a stuff about golf course rankings. In reality, I don’t… (continued)
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• Jeffrey Prest posted June 12 (05:53AM)

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  For spectators at least, the carping over this year's US Open venue is neither here nor there... "(continued)":http://golfcourseasart.blogspot.com/2008/06/torrey-pines-good-as-any-better-than.html

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  	Torrey Pines - good as any; better than most...
  	For spectators at least, the carping over this year’s US Open venue is neither here nor there… (continued)
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• Jeffrey Prest posted May 16 (04:49PM)

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  Stepping onto Tour courses doesn't have to mean slipping into the red... "(continued)":http://golfcourseasart.blogspot.com/2008/03/play-pga-tour-courses-on-cheap.html

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  	Play PGA Tour courses on the cheap
  	Stepping onto Tour courses doesn’t have to mean slipping into the red… (continued)
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• Jeffrey Prest posted May 02 (04:31AM)

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  We live in an age where the image industry leaves no stone unturned in its bid to find a new edge on which a product or organisation can build its reputation. Am I right to wonder, though, if the people behind Rooster Run GC are getting ever so slightly desperate...("continued":http://golfcourseasart.blogspot.com/2008/05/you-never-forget-how-great-course.html)

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  	You never forget how a great course drains...
  	We live in an age where the image industry leaves no stone unturned in its bid to find a new edge on which a product or organisation can build its reputation. Am I right to wonder, though, if the people behind Rooster Run GC are getting ever so slightly desperate…(continued)
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• Jeffrey Prest posted April 27 (07:36AM)

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  There's a nice looking municipal in town, now that Dogwood Trace GC is open for business in Petersburg, Virginia ("continued":http://golfcourseasart.blogspot.com/2008/04/dogwood-stage-is-arollin-on-over-plains.html)

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  	The Dogwood stage is a' rollin' on over the plains...
  	There’s a nice looking municipal in town, now that Dogwood Trace GC is open for business in Petersburg, Virginia (continued)
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• Jeffrey Prest posted April 24 (05:44PM)

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  Regular readers will know that golf course websites that leave you more or less to guess at what the course is like, aren't exactly flavour of the month with this blog. At Rancho Canada Golf Club, however, they really are taking the mickey...("continued":http://golfcourseasart.blogspot.com/2008/04/are-these-really-golf-people.html)

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  	Are these really golf people?
  	Regular readers will know that golf course websites that leave you more or less to guess at what the course is like, aren’t exactly flavour of the month with this blog. At Rancho Canada Golf Club, however, they really are taking the mickey…(continued)
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• Jeffrey Prest posted April 20 (04:24PM)

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  It was while examining golf options in San Francisco that I came across the question mark currently hanging over municipal courses in the city by the bay...["continued":http://golfcourseasart.blogspot.com/2008/04/therell-be-no-diversity-outreach-goin.html]

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  	"There'll be no diversity outreach goin' on in OUR locker room, Mr Mayor..."
  	It was while examining golf options in San Francisco that I came across the question mark currently hanging over municipal courses in the city by the bay…[continued]
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• Jeffrey Prest posted April 12 (03:00PM)

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  To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, "to lose one Donald Ross golf course may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose two is a disgrace..." "[continued]":http://golfcourseasart.blogspot.com/2008/04/great-afterlife-punch-ups-castro-v.html

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  	Great Afterlife Punch-ups - Castro v Donald Ross
  	To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, “to lose one Donald Ross golf course may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose two is a disgrace…” [continued]
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• Jeffrey Prest posted March 06 (04:02AM)

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  *Alas*, I've just blown the last of my Christmas money on a digital radio, otherwise I might just have gone after "this promising little tome":http://golfcourseasart.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-to-play-old-course.html...

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  	How to play the Old Course
  	Alas, I’ve just blown the last of my Christmas money on a digital radio, otherwise I might just have gone after this promising little tome...
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• Jeffrey Prest posted March 04 (08:13AM)

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  *Not* much in the way of pictures so far but most of what I see of Nick Faldo's new design at Angkor Golf Resort, I like. Apart from the 13th..."(continued)":http://golfcourseasart.blogspot.com/2008/03/bunkers-new-breasts.html

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  	Bunkers: the new breasts
  	Not much in the way of pictures so far but most of what I see of Nick Faldo’s new design at Angkor Golf Resort, I like. Apart from the 13th…(continued)
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• Jeffrey Prest posted February 27 (04:32AM)

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  Mixed feelings as I scour today's golf course news feeds for material..."(continued)":http://golfcourseasart.blogspot.com/2008/02/bitter-sweet-day-on-golf-course-as-art.html

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  	Bitter-sweet day on The Golf Course as Art
  	Mixed feelings as I scour today’s golf course news feeds for material…(continued)
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• Jeffrey Prest posted February 24 (07:41AM)

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  One positive spin-off already from reading 'The Spirit of St Andrews': I'm waking up to what's "on my own doorstep":http://golfcourseasart.blogspot.com/2008/02/not-all-classic-uk-courses-are-by-sea.html.

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  	Not all classic UK courses are by the sea
  	One positive spin-off already from reading ‘The Spirit of St Andrews’: I’m waking up to what’s on my own doorstep.
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• Jeffrey Prest posted February 19 (05:58PM)

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  Enjoy this, it doesn't come round too often. "Tiger Woods playing catch-up":http://golfcourseasart.blogspot.com/2008/02/at-last-els-puts-heat-on-tiger.html

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  	At last, Els puts heat on Tiger
  	Enjoy this, it doesn’t come round too often. Tiger Woods playing catch-up
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• Jeffrey Prest posted February 09 (04:31AM)

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  After an increasingly bizarre selection of titles cropped up in my supposedly 'themed' Amazon sidebar on my "Blogspot site":http://golfcourseasart.blogspot.com these last few weeks, I have decided to change tack and open my own "virtual bookstore":http://astore.amazon.com/thgocoasar-20, in which supermodels, stock trading and bonefishing will hopefully be notable by their absence...

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  	Golf bookstore finally on course
  	After an increasingly bizarre selection of titles cropped up in my supposedly ‘themed’ Amazon sidebar on my Blogspot site these last few weeks, I have decided to change tack and open my own virtual bookstore, in which supermodels, stock trading and bonefishing will hopefully be notable by their absence…
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• Jeffrey Prest posted January 05 (05:38AM)

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  Shouldn't we wait until a new course is actually finished before the champagne appears...? "(read more)":http://golfcourseasart.blogspot.com/2007/01/someone-bury-golfs-groundbreaking.html

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  	Someone bury golf's ground breaking ceremony
  	Shouldn’t we wait until a new course is actually finished before the champagne appears…? (read more)
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• Jeffrey Prest posted January 04 (04:26AM)

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  For a flavour of South African golf, enjoy this link to a wealth of photographs from what I still maintain is the most beautiful country in the world."(read more)":http://golfcourseasart.blogspot.com/2008/01/greens-dominate-in-rainbow-nation.html

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  	Greens dominate in Rainbow Nation
  	For a flavour of South African golf, enjoy this link to a wealth of photographs from what I still maintain is the most beautiful country in the world.(read more)
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