Imagine building 26 golf courses at the height of the golf development bubble, with nine figures in public pension money — in an effort that now loses money year after year. Welcome to the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.
In theory, 12-hole designs should be cheaper to play, build, and maintain. But in the staid industry of golf course development, there’s been no rush to test the theory. The minds behind Sweetens Cove are ready to change that.
At first glance, LaFortune Golf Course in Tulsa appears fairly nondescript. But it quickly reveals that it learned a few tricks from its neighbor, Southern Hills.
Brian M. McKeon on the irony of moving the 2022 PGA Championship to a city of unspeakable racial injustice, and the opportunity for healing that it presents.
If, as the PGA has explained, holding the 2022 championship at Bedminster “would be detrimental to the PGA of America brand,” then Shoal Creek alone offers the PGA a mulligan.