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HOG World Tour Visits the Dominican Republic’s La Cana Golf Club

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words, so here is 4,000 words describing my round of golf today at La Cana Golf Club in the Dominican Republic. La Cana is a P.B Dye design, the son of architect Pete…

Review: Forest Dunes Golf Club in Northern Michigan

On the recent HOG World Tour stop in northern Michigan I had the pleasure of staying at Forest Dunes resort, and playing the unique Tom Doak designed reversible course there called The Loop. Check out my review of The Loop.…

Category: Golf, Golf Courses, Miscellaneous

Stop Over-Watering Golf Courses

I played a course a couple of days ago which I’d played dozens of times, many years ago. It isn’t on my current rota of regular stops. It was fun to get back there and play for a good change…

Review: The Loop at Forest Dunes Michigan – Reversible Golf Course by Tom Doak

What a fantastic opportunity I was able to take advantage of on the recent HOG World Tour stop in Forest Dunes, Michigan. Forest Dunes is located in rural northern Michigan (map below). I had the chance to play perhaps the…

Category: Golf Courses, Life, Travel

HOG World Tour Visits The Bear Course at Michigan’s Grand Traverse Resort

The last golf course played on the recent HOG World Tour visit to Michigan was The Bear at Grand Traverse Resort in Grand Traverse, Michigan. It was figuratively and literally, a bear. The Bear is a Jack Nicklaus design. This…