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600 Courses on the Lifetime List
Monday September 15, 2008 | 01:00:26 pm 168 words, 2411 views
Crossed an important milestone last week in Michigan’s leafy Upper Peninsula. Played course no. 600 on my lifetime list - an absolutely stellar and challenging venue in the town of Iron Mountain called Timberstone, as lovely a walk in the woods as a golfer will find.
Backtracking down Memory Lane, the 500 course barrier was crossed in March of 2007, at the Dye Course at Mission Hills Country Club in Palm Springs, California.
Number 400, sometime in 2005, was much closer to home - the ultra-exclusive Cherokee Plantation in Yemassee, South Carolina, where the initiation is seven figures, the annual dues are ...
The Vagabond Golfer
by Joel Zuckerman
Joel Zuckerman, a.k.a. the Vagabond Golfer, has been called "one of the most respected and sought-after golf writers in the Southeast." 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" and the recently-released "A Hacker's Humiliations." He is also in demand as a public speaker. Joel was honored to be selected by the Dye family themselves to write the authorized celebration of Pete Dye's great courses around the world. His next book, "Pete Dye Golf Courses - 50 Years of Inspired Design,"will be released in September, 2008. Visit www.vagabondgolfer.com for more information.
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