Sticking with a food theme for the second hole at Anchorage Golf Course, we’ll nickname it the Ladle. The sharp dogleg right dives into a grassy bowl just before heading up to the green and from above, the hole resembles a sort of curved ladle, like something you would use to dish up a giant […]
The appetizer
The first hole at Anchorage Golf Course is short, simple and a respectable indicator of what you will encounter on a trip around the 18 holes, so I’ll call it the appetizer. It’s not enough to satisfy your hunger and you won’t talk much about to friends, but it will get you ready for a […]
Turner the Wolf
If you haven’t met Jeff Turner, beware. He will approach your tee box with a giant smile on his face and you will quickly see he might be the nicest person you’ve ever met. Then he will ask to join your group and you will gladly welcome him. Next he will ask if you want […]
Why your golf score doesn’t matter
I was standing in the left rough after a clanky, hooky drive. I hit a nine-iron that made my hand rattle to its core and my throat issued a growl of displeasure. Then the ball went in the hole for an eagle-two and I realized in that moment that the golf score is irrelevant. That […]
Nicknaming AGC golf holes
If you scroll back to posts from January, you’ll find nicknames for all 18 holes on the Moose Run Hill Course, along with some reasoning that may provide a little insight on how to play some of those holes. For my next nicknaming trick, I’ll start tagging the tees at Anchorage Golf Course, a course […]
The Grint may have all we need
One of the keys to the AGB Tour is communication, which Facebook has always provided. Facebook, however, has its issues, so I have been looking elsewhere for years to find a new way to socialize within our golf circle. The Grint is not as smooth as Facebook, but does have all the tools we need […]
The sim tour comes to a close with Pine River
Saturday we played Pine River on the simulator at Fox Hollow, we being myself, Devery Prince and Dave Jennings. The course was super hilly and sloped all over. Drives would find the fairway and then roll 20 yards to the right or left on the slanted picture of fake ground. We seemed to figure out […]
The sim tour continues
My first simulator round of the winter came last weekend at Fox Hollow, where I played Pebble Beach. My highlight was a birdie from the bunker on the iconic 18th. Wednesday night, I experienced Eagleglen at Bill Preston’s garage. Amazing experience I will write more about. My highlight was a kick-in birdie at the par-four […]
My favorite Eagleglen hole from Preston’s creation
Bill Preston’s recreation of Eagleglen on his home golf simulator is really astounding. As I played it Wednesday night and was in the process of getting killed by Bill on my old home course, the 17th hole really stood out. All the holes looked like they should, some looked better than others, but the par-3 […]
Eagleglen lives in Bill Preston’s garage
Tonight I had the honor to play Eagleglen for the first time in five or six years. A visit to Bill Preston’s garage made it possible to play the Anchorage course that officially closed in 2014. Preston got around that problem by setting up a golf simulator and creating his own Eagleglen replica of the […]