Playing the Top 100 Golf Courses in The World

Having played the top 100 courses in the world I now have a new quest. To survive cancer and continue my golfing journey.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Japanese Golf Etiquette - A 12 Step Program

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Near the first tee at Naruo Japan is a highly ritualized and organized society. Playing golf in Japan is no exception to their ordered lives...
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Friday, October 17, 2008

Shinkansen - The Bullet Train

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A bullet train passing Mt. Fuji We took the Shinkansen yesterday from Tokyo to Kobe to play the two highest rated courses in Japan - Naruo ...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Japanese Driving Ranges

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Japan is a golf obsessed country and has driving ranges located everywhere. Whenever you drive down the highway you will see tall green nett...
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Monday, October 13, 2008

Japanese Caddies

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Caddies in Japan are women in helmet-like hats draped with long white hankerchiefs, long pants and long sleeved shirts
Friday, October 10, 2008

Golf in Japan - Arrival

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Well, here I am. I made it to Japan. Fourteen and half hours and thirteen time zones later, I arrived at Narita airport in Tokyo. Tokyo is t...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

20 Years, Seven Months, 27 Days...

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I was interviewed by the local paper recently and they asked me when I thought I would complete playing the top 100 courses. I said that I w...
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Monday, September 15, 2008

The Honors Course

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The quest to play the best golf courses in the world mandates a stop in Tennessee. My friends from overseas are scratching their heads ab...
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Monday, July 14, 2008

Summer Holiday

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I will be taking a short break from posting to enjoy the remainder of the summer. I will resume posting around the Ryder Cup with an excitin...
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Monday, June 30, 2008

Merion - Drama, Comedy and Tragedy

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It's not often that I re-post a course write-up. I got a chance to play Merion again earlier this year with my digital camera in tow an...
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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Oakland Hills Country Club

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The Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course (ranked #25 in the world), was originally designed by Donald Ross in 1918. Walter Hagen was t...
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Top 100 Golfer
My chronicles of playing the top 100 golf courses in the world. My writing is equal parts golf course critique, travelogue and social commentary. I offer my opinions about each course after playing it and also give a sense of the clubs, their atmosphere and traditions. A chance to look behind the scenes into some of the most private clubs in the world. I am a lucky man! -- John Sabino
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