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The Walking Scorer

Adventures of a volunteer on the PGA Tour, Champions Tour, LPGA, LPGA Legends, USGA, Symetra Tour, and anywhere else they'll have me. The Walking Scorer walks the course, inside the ropes, with a group of players and their caddies, records and keeps track of all their shots, and relays that information to the Internet, live scoreboards, and on-air TV personalities.

Golden Horseshoe #55

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June 15, 2021

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#73 Wilderness Club

August 05, 2017

In northwest Montana, this course is within range of the smoke from a fire in British Columbia, so the beautiful scenery was somewhat obscured. It's also close enough to Canada for American golfers to be in the minority. I played with two RVers from Missoula, and we had the only two Montana license plates not in the employee parking lot. It's a Nick Faldo design. He likes sand, both in large waste areas and collections of traditional bunkers. The greens are large and very contoured, smooth and true, but not inappropriately fast for the slopes. A lot of the holes are quite playable (I had 10 pars, only one of which was a near miracle - my Jacques Cousteau on #10, above) but others can bite you if you're not very careful (I had a 9 and two 7's). There are a couple of holes that include my favorite feature, a big downhill shot. Ernie and Caroline said I should play in the Spring, when the air is clear, the mountain peaks are...

Jackson Hole Golf & Tennis Club

September 13, 2017

This one didn't make the top 100, but is the best you can play in Wyoming. It was built in 1961 by Bob Baldock, and redesigned repeatedly; twice, and most recently, by Robert Trent Jones Jr. The white tees at 6793 yards seemed too intimidating, even considering the altitude, so I played the RTJ1 combo (pink) tees at 6142. I thought that, given the address, there would be some elevation features, but the course is quite flat and many of the members were walking. Jones likes bunkers, though, so threading your way through the fairway bunkers is somewhat reminiscent of the target golf common in desert courses. The scenery is surely not desert, with tree-lined fairways and the snow-capped (even in August) Tetons in the background, and water in play on 9 holes. The conditions were great, the weather perfect, the greens fast and true, with considerable contour and a variety of shapes, and ample opportunities for "sucker" pin placements. Ther...