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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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#13 Pasatiempo

May 21, 2017

Designed in 1929 by Alister MacKenzie, who wrote the book on golf course design. Yes, he literally wrote the book. He sure liked sand traps. And false fronts. They claim Juli Inkster as their home touring pro, with pictures of her next to pictures of Dr. MacKenzie in the clubhouse. I failed to recognize the difficulty of the course until I started to play it. 6125 yards is well within my capabilities for a par 72 layout. This one is par 70. Rare is the course with a course rating from my tees higher than par, but this is one: 70.8. Those more subtle indications notwithstanding, the slope of 135 should have been a dead giveaway. I didn't look. On the first two par 3's I hit driver, and didn't get to pin high. There is local knowledge required, too. Some shots that seemed well planned and well-struck rolled to some very bad places. The greens are reasonably fast, not as fast as many top modern cou...

#82 Lake of Isles (North)

July 15, 2018

This Troon-managed Rees Jones design is the public course at Foxwoods (the South course is private). It seems like there are lots of lakes, but from the name it must be a lot of islands in a big lake. The cart path crosses water over lots of wooden bridges, and goes past a lone tombstone in the woods The rough is lush and high, and caused a few very high scores. The fairways are wide enough, but lined by dense woods. I had occasion to search for a ball once, and came out with both pockets and both hands full after only seconds of searching, and leaving a lot more behind. I've never seen so many golf balls except in a golf shop or on the range. There are tee shots with forced carries, even when not over water and the greens are elevated and well-bunkered. A difficult test, with severe penalties for bad shots. Worth playing again, though. More pictures .