Columbus, Ohio, site of this week’s Memorial Tournament, is arguably America’s top golf city, particularly in the private sector.
Though it ranks 14th nationally in terms of size, the high-end clubs in and around the city make it a major player in the golf world. Of course, there’s Jack’s Place—Muirfield Village, site of this week’s Memorial.(#37 in the GOLF Magazine list of world-wide Top 100 Courses) There’s Scioto (#71) where young Jack learned the game from legendary instructor Jack Grout. There’s The Golf Club (#48) a Pete Dye beauty. And there’s Double Eagle, (#31 on Golfweek’s America’s Best Mondern Course list) an ultra-exclusive Weiskopf–Morrish creation with just a few dozen members.
Some might argue Philadelphia is the premiere American city for top-notch private golf, with Merion, Rolling Green, Aronomink, Cricket Club, and Saucon Valley and Pine Valley lying in the outskirts. But Philly’s population is more than twice that of Columbus, giving the Ohio city the pound-for-pound title.
Joel Zuckerman, a.k.a. the Vagabond Golfer , has been called "one of the most respected and sought-after golf writers in the Southeast" by Golfer's Guide Magazine. His golf stories have appeared in more than 100 publications and his books include "Golf in the Lowcountry," "Golf Charms of Charleston," "Misfits on the Links," "A Hacker's Humiliations" and his latest, "Pete Dye Golf Courses - 50 Years of Visionary Design." The Dye family selected Joel to write the book and it was honored as the 2008 Book of the Year by the International Network of Golf. Visit www.vagabondgolfer.com for more information.
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