Jay Flemma

Winged Foot Golf Club – Yankee Stadium of Golf or Graveyard of Champions? Both!Winged Foot Golf Club – Yankee Stadium of Golf or Graveyard of Champions? Both!

Winged Foot Golf Club – Yankee Stadium of Golf or Graveyard of Champions? Both!

Tucked cozily in a verdant Mamaroneck neighborhood, Winged Foot Golf Club has been called by many the greatest 36-hole golf…

7 years ago
Team Effort – USGA, Head Super, Members Committed to Put 2004 U.S. Open Gaffe in the PastTeam Effort – USGA, Head Super, Members Committed to Put 2004 U.S. Open Gaffe in the Past

Team Effort – USGA, Head Super, Members Committed to Put 2004 U.S. Open Gaffe in the Past

To both the USGA and host club Shinnecock Hills, this year’s U.S. Open is not just a national championship, it’s…

7 years ago
The Floating Golf Green at Coeur D’Alene – Still a Wonder of the Golf WorldThe Floating Golf Green at Coeur D’Alene – Still a Wonder of the Golf World

The Floating Golf Green at Coeur D’Alene – Still a Wonder of the Golf World

Take a vacation at Coeur D’Alene Resort, tucked cozily by the Idaho lake of the same name, and you will…

7 years ago
Leap of Faith from the Hog’s Head for Robert Trent Jones, Jr.Leap of Faith from the Hog’s Head for Robert Trent Jones, Jr.

Leap of Faith from the Hog’s Head for Robert Trent Jones, Jr.

He’s designed golf courses on every continent on Earth except Antarctica – over 270 original designs in 40 different countries.…

7 years ago
Superintendent Tyler Otero Keeps Garden State Courses ImmaculateSuperintendent Tyler Otero Keeps Garden State Courses Immaculate

Superintendent Tyler Otero Keeps Garden State Courses Immaculate

It was either work at a golf course or a national park, one or the other. That was the decision…

7 years ago
Boston Public Golf is the Nation’s Gold StandardBoston Public Golf is the Nation’s Gold Standard

Boston Public Golf is the Nation’s Gold Standard

To Red Sox fans, they were two words they longed to hear in a playoff series against the New York…

7 years ago
How to Build a Principal’s Nose BunkerHow to Build a Principal’s Nose Bunker

How to Build a Principal’s Nose Bunker

It’s one of the most indelible and endearing architectural features in golf: the Principal’s Nose bunker, a three-dimensional hazard designed…

7 years ago
Dye Fore – Pete Dye’s Other Masterpiece at Casa de CampoDye Fore – Pete Dye’s Other Masterpiece at Casa de Campo

Dye Fore – Pete Dye’s Other Masterpiece at Casa de Campo

While doing due diligence for my first trip to the Dominican Republic I was told by someone whose opinion I…

8 years ago
Road Trip! Driving to U.S. Open Means Playing Great Golf En RouteRoad Trip! Driving to U.S. Open Means Playing Great Golf En Route

Road Trip! Driving to U.S. Open Means Playing Great Golf En Route

Wheeling westward across the country to cover the U.S. Open afforded me the chance to play golf at various stops…

8 years ago
Bayonne Golf Club – A Shangri-La of GolfBayonne Golf Club – A Shangri-La of Golf

Bayonne Golf Club – A Shangri-La of Golf

James Milton was wrong. Shangri-la – his fictional land of incomparable beauty and peaceful unity - was not deep in…

8 years ago