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Golfing Magazine and Autumn Make a Colorful Pairing It’s hard to believe summer has whipped by us and the cool days and evenings of autumn have settled upon us. But golf is not slowing down. Indeed, fall is probably the best time to play the game, with the heat of the summer months past us and the weather conducive to ideal growing conditions for grass, meaning the fairways and greens are lush and inviting.

In this issue of Golfing Magazine we give you the lowdown on the amazing changes and upgrades being made at Stone Harbor Golf Club, one of the real jewels of the Jersey Shore. There’s a sparkling new practice area, as well as course and clubhouse improvements. It’s a perfect time to join and enjoy the rest of 2020 and the coming years at this superb private facility.

McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links near Atlantic City, another splendid layout, this one daily fee, is offering a place where you and your friends can gather for a cool outing this fall. The club has some great specials and even allows the organizer of the event to play for free.

We give you the scoop on the Ottinger Golf Group courses, which includes some of the top rated layouts in New Jersey. You will come away impressed with the quality of the courses and the service you will receive from the staffs at each club.

Ottinger Golf offers a unique experience at each one of its courses, with three top-10 public courses in the state of New Jersey, including Atlantic City Country Club, which has been named the top course in the state. Management prides itself on excellent conditions, while maintaining fair course setups to allow for enjoyable pace of play. There are stay and play packages available with local hotels with special discounts if golfers play more than one Ottinger Golf Group course.

Cape May National Golf Club is also reviewed. The course is set amid nature in all its splendor and offers a true test of playing ability, as well as one heck of an enjoyable tour around the natural areas that have been skillfully preserved for all to enjoy.

It’s autumn and winter isn’t far behind. But that doesn’t mean we need to put the sticks in the back of the closet. We tell you about all of the courses that will remain open when the north wind blows, as long as Mother Nature cooperates and doesn’t drop a foot of snow on us. Even at that, the snow does melt pretty fast in New Jersey, especially near the shore, and the courses that closed will re-open as soon as they can.

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Private Eyes …………….…………………………..….…… 8 These private courses are worth checking out This month- Stone Harbor Golf Course

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Stone Harbor Golf Club

A Jewel Of the Jersey Shore By, JOHN TORSIELLO

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n acclaimed golf club and course, called a “jewel” of the southern New Jersey shore, continues to enhance its offerings to members and their guests.

Stone Harbor Golf Club has undergone significant and stunning renovations in the last few years, and forges ahead into the future with a determined commitment to maintain its position as “best in class”.

Set on over 350 acres in Cape May Court House, and minutes from the South Jersey beaches and Atlantic City, Stone Harbor Golf Club’s par 72, 6,922-yard Desmond Muirhead-designed course opened in 1988.

Most recently, the Club began discussions in regard to its vision and need for a first-class practice area. Owner, Lee Fishman met with golf course architect, Tyler Rae who put the club’s vision into a well-designed plan. The actual work started this past winter and took about four months to complete. The practice green opened on Memorial Day weekend and the driving range on July 4th.

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The new driving range features a new 38,000-square-foot teeing area that incorporates the cutting-edge Turfhound matting system and offers five enhanced target locations.

A re-designed, two-tiered 6,500-square-foot putting green mirrors the undulations that golfers will find on the golf course.

According to the Club’s General Manager Carol Barnoski, “The newly renovated state of the art driving range and practice putting green have greatly enhanced the member experience at Stone Harbor Golf Club. Many of our House and Associate Members, who don’t necessarily play a huge number of rounds, have been thrilled with the new facility and find themselves spending more time at the Club. Members appreciate being able to spend an hour on the range and perhaps grabbing a bite to eat on the days that they don’t have time to commit to a full round of golf.”

The new facility, which will be featured in Golf Range Magazine, is being used more

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than ever before, both by golfers warming up before their round and by those just coming over to practice.

“Having a larger teeing area allows us to use more space for teaching, while still providing plenty of room on the tee for our members,” said Matt Crowley, Head Golf Professional. “The enhanced target greens provide for more precise teaching, making it possible to hone-in on distance and alignment to create more accurate feedback from the instructor. Teaching can focus on specific clubs and certain shots based on the five newly designed target areas.”

Wait, there’s more, much more to this success story. The Club has also upgraded, expanded, and installed a fully automated irrigation system throughout the course to create more control and consistent turf conditions that has produced more firm and fast fairways and greens. It launched a comprehensive, course-wide tree management program designed to improve site lines, sun exposure,

air circulation, turf conditions, and playability that enhances the member/guest experience.

The Club repaved nearly 80 percent of the cart paths around the golf course, adding Belgian block curbing around tees and greens. The club has also renovated all five bridges on the courses, and created a more consistent, shorter (2-inch) primary rough over approximately 60 acres, dramatically enhancing playability and pace-of-play.

Also, there has been a complete renovation of hole 17, lowering a three-tiered tee box (once the highest point in Cape May County). The newly renovated teeing area features luminary bent grass and five sets of tees ranging from 113 yards to 198 yards. The 10,000-square-foot teeing area is now the longest par-three on the golf course. There was an extensive renovation of the green surrounds on holes 1, 2, and 13 designed to enhance playability. The Club launched a multi-phased bunker renovation project (Seth Raynor-style) throughout the golf course, completed work on holes 1 and 2, reshaped the green surround on hole 9, and filled in a portion of a lake to enhance playability and aesthetics. It also purchased a new golf cart fleet.

The word playability has been mentioned several times. A considerable portion of the recent work has been to make the course, a visually stunning layout, more approachable for a wide range of golfing ability, while still maintaining the challenge that makes it a true test of golf for the best players.

Stone Harbor leadership and golf course architect Tyler Rae will continue improvements/enhancements throughout the golf course over the next five years.

In addition to the new practice facility and course enhancements, Stone Harbor ownership and management is enhancing the member and guest experience off the playing surfaces.

The Club has landscaped the exterior of its clubhouse and built additional patios around a scoreboard for members to relax before or after their rounds; repaved the entire parking lot and replaced all exterior lighting with energy efficient LED’s; installed a new HVAC system for member comfort and renovated the clubhouse kitchen to increase efficiencies in

member servicing; fully renovated the Mixed Grille Bar and Lakes Dining Room to create a seamless transition between the two rooms; redesigned the bar, added beautiful hardwood floors, and incorporated casual lounge seating to create a more intimate environment.

The Club’s social centerpiece--the popular Patio Terrace, which honors the southern charm of the clubhouse, has received modernday amenities, such as heating elements and ceiling fans to create a year-round outdoor space. The men’s locker room showers, bathrooms, and lounge areas have been renovated, adding more contemporary amenities and creating an elegant yet inviting setting. A cozy fireplace has been re-imagined, and overstuffed chairs and sofas, card tables and 230 mahogany lockers have been incorporated into the men’s locker room.

Future plans include expanding the Lakes

Dining Room for a larger dance floor and bar area and redesigning the Club’s halfway house, incorporating a bar and a full kitchen to support an expanded patio for functions, lunch and dinner. A two-story cart barn is in the preliminary design stages to incorporate simulators, heated stalls, evening lighted driving range entertainment, and a cigar bar, along with food offerings.

Stone Harbor’s meeting and special event facilities are open to members only (Social Memberships only $300) and include the Muirhead Boardroom for meetings of up to 12 guests, a picturesque Patio Terrace, and the elegant Lakes Dining Room that accommodates receptions for up to 150 guests. For weddings, Stone Harbor Golf Club boasts a scenic, outdoor patio ceremony and event space that features extraordinary views of the golf course. As part of its “Championship Service”, the Club offers tailor-made menus and a dedicated wedding consultant to fulfill all guests’ needs.

Stone Harbor Golf Club, a non-equity, private, resort-style golf club, offers its superb facilities for juniors, individuals, families, and corporations who purchase Associate Golf, Full Golf, Junior Full Golf, Resident, Social, House, and Corporate Memberships.

Visit www.stoneharborgolf.com, or call 609-465-9270, extension 5 for more information about membership opportunities.

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Hold Your Fall Golf Outing at

McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links By, JOHN TORSIELLO

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all along the South Jersey shore is a fabulous time to enjoy the game of golf. And having a great time with friends in a group setting out in the fresh air makes a round even better.

Whether you are looking to host your group’s next golf outing with, or wish to play in one of the club’s in-house events, McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links in Egg Harbor Township is the perfect place to play. The club prides itself on offering outstanding course conditions, friendly service, and attention to detail for each and every event.

McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links is an ideal venue for corporate golf outings, charity fundraisers, group meetings and family gatherings. The club’s first priority is meeting your needs, always striving to exceed expectations. That starts with planning an exceptional event for you and your guests.

Forget the hassles of complicated planning, the club’s staff arranges it all and creates fun and camaraderie in a superb setting.

McCullough’s professional staff will work closely with you, using a step-by-step system, to plan and manage the golf outing of which you have always dreamed--on budget, on time, and enjoyable for all.

The club is running a special through November 25 where the “leader” of any

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group outing of at least 12 players gets his or her greens fees complimentary. The group must be paid in advance to receive this offer.

Certain restrictions apply and the offer is subject to change.

To receive a personalized proposal for your group’s event, please call the club’s golf shop, directly at 609-926-3900, extension 1.

McCullough’s course, designed by noted golf course architect Stephen Kay, is a tribute to famed European layouts, such as St. Andrew’s, Prestwick, Gleneagles and Turnberry. McCullough’s 16th hole, for instance, is a replica of the “Postage Stamp” par-three hole at Scotland’s Royal Troon.

McCullough’s, quite appropriately, presents a decidedly Irish-Scottish feel, with wide open fairways, tricky winds, grass mounds, bunkers, natural waste areas and undulating greens.

McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links is a pleasingly playable track for all abilities, even though the slope from the back tees is 130. There is a nice mix of holes, from long par-fours, like the 464-yard seventh, to the aforementioned short, 136-yard parthree 16th.

The front side has two par-fives, the 489-yard third and the 503-yard sixth, which are reachable in two for the big hitters. But there are also two par-threes, the

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second and fifth, that measure over 200 yards from the tournament tees. The fifth is a 236-yard beast.

One of the best holes on the course is the 341-yard par-four 11th, which is based on the great short par-four 12th at the King’s Course of Gleneagles in Scotland.

The tee shot is up and over fairway bunkers.

The green has only one bunker guarding its right side, allowing for a typical Scottish/ Irish course low, run up shot.

The 18th is a 358-yard par-four that was based on the fourth hole at Scotland’s Prestwick. There is a creek and out of bounds on the right side and three dangerous fairway bunkers near the fairway landing area. You can cut the corner to the right and shorten the hole. But a deep bunker will cause problems if you miss. It’s a perfect risk/reward hole.

“McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links is in great shape as it improves year after year,” said General Manager Thomas Sullivan.

“This may sound cliché, but it’s a fact.

Play your next Jersey Shore round of golf with us. You will not be disappointed.”

McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links Egg Harbor Township, N.J. 609-926-3900 www.McCulloughsGolf.com

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Enjoy Ottinger Golf Group’s Top-Rated Courses this Fall

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hen you play an Ottinger Golf Group course you will be playing one of the top rated courses in New Jersey and will come away impressed with the quality of the layouts and the service you will receive from the staffs at each club.

“Ottinger Golf offers a unique experience at each one of our courses,” said Chip Ottinger, Owner. Ottinger Golf Group has three top-10 public courses in the state of New Jersey, including Atlantic City Country Club, which has been named the top course in the state. “We pride ourselves on excellent conditions while maintaining fair course setup to allow for enjoyable pace of play.”

The goal of Ottinger Golf is to insure that golfers enjoy their experience. Said Ottinger, “We cater to our customers’ individual needs in order to provide the best experience possible. Most of our players

come from both southern and northern New Jersey, as well as Philadelphia. But because Atlantic City is a resort destination, we often get players from all over the country and Canada. We have stay and play packages available with local hotels to accommodate those travelling golfers with special discounts if they play more than one Ottinger Golf Group course.”

Ottinger commented, “Atlantic City Country Club is a luxurious property filled with history and panoramic Atlantic City skyline views. It’s perfect for a day to get away from it all and a night out. Atlantic City Country Club is a full service entertainment facility offering golf outings, a public restaurant/bar, a beautiful banquet venue and sport simulator entertainment.”

He said Ballamor Golf Club offers exclusivity for private and corporate outings. “Our outings at Ballamor are provided with an on property private restaurant.”

The option to close the large gates for a

completely private golf course is available.

Outing capacity at Ballamor maxes out at 150. The club’s outings are affordably priced for small to mid-size organizations.

Scotland Run is a family golf course and a has a golf partnership with Rowan University. Said Ottinger, “Scotland Run offers juniors programs throughout the year, a public restaurant/bar, golf outings, a beautiful banquet venue and sport simulator entertainment.”

Even with all that is going on at Atlantic City Country Club off course it is difficult to overlook the centerpiece of the facility, which is its beloved layout that has delighted visitors for over a hundred years.

The Northfield, N.J. club has the distinction of being the home of many firsts, such as being acknowledged as the “Birthplace of the Birdie,” and also where the term “Eagle” was coined. Six USGA championships have been played at the club’s legendary and beautiful layout. The

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club’s professional at the time, Johnny J. McDermott, became the first American to win the U.S. Open in 1911. The great Babe Didrikson Zaharias captured the first of her three USGA Women’s Open titles at the club in 1948, and Don January won the inaugural PGA Senior Tour event played here in 1980.

The “Atlantic City Country Club Bell” was originally used in the early 1900’s to remind golfers and other members that the last trolley was about to leave for Atlantic City. The club still rings the bell at the end of each day.

John Reid, Willie Park, Jr., Howard C. Toomey and William S. Flynn, in addition to Doak, have laid skilled hands to the ACCC course design. The course is 6,575 yards from the tips, the slope is 128 with a par of 70.

“Number 9 at ACCC is a great, traditional golf hole,” offered Mike Burke, Director of Golf, Atlantic City Country Club. It’s a long (452 yards) dogleg left, with a demanding tee shot and an even harder approach to a protected green. A four on this hole is a well earned par. As far as picturesque, few can rival number 16. You tee off from the marsh and the entire hole borders the bay. It’s both intimidating and beautiful as you play the hole with Atlantic City skyline in full view the entire way.”

Ballamor Golf Club, what many consider one of southern New Jersey’s best maintained, most spectacular course was formally limited to a small number of private members. But now, all can enjoy this remarkable Ault, Clark and Associates-designed layout (Dan Schlegel was lead architect) that was carefully carved out of gently rolling land and dense woods.

Traversing Ballamor, a par-72, 7,098yard layout, is indeed something special.

There are several “pods,” or groupings of holes that are scattered about the secluded property. After playing the first hole, the golfer travels a bit of a distance across a wooden bridge to a natural area for the pod of holes two through five. Then it’s across another bridge on a scenic ride to number six before heading off to holes seven through 12. The final grouping of holes ends back at the clubhouse. The course has three ponds, ample bunkering and a few forced carries, mostly over wetlands or natural areas that add sublime charm to the track.

Ballamor was founded in 2001 as an upscale private club, is located just 15 minutes from Ocean City, N.J., and Atlantic City, N.J., and features a full-service clubhouse, pub and grill room with outdoor dining, a driving range with a short game

practice area and five target greens. The club went public in 2010.

“Ballamor Golf Club is a tree-line challenge from start to finish with large undulating greens,” said Barry Shewalter, PGA. “Number 3 is a fun short par-four with a green guarded by water and bunkers, making it the ultimate risk/reward hole. Nothing quite ties together a good or bad day of golf like a great finishing hole and Ballamor has one of the best around. Number 18 is a reachable par-five 5 that borders a beautiful lake all the way to the green. A good tee shot gives the longer hitters a chance to get home in two. While the rest of us lay up to the left and take our chances with a wedge. Either way, it almost always keeps you coming back for more.”

Built in and around an old sand quarry, Scotland Run offers a distinctive blend of wooded, quarry, and links-style holes. The most unique characteristics include expansive waste areas and an imposing display of cliffs. Located 20 minutes from downtown Philadelphia and 45 minutes from Atlantic City, Scotland Run is open to the public year-round for daily-fee play. A Golf Digest 4 1/2-Star winner, Scotland Run was named the one of the Top 50 Public Courses in the country by the readers of Golf World

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in their annual Readers’ Choice Awards in 2009 and 2010. The course also has the honor of being awarded the number one course in the Philadelphia region by Business Week Magazine.

“Scotland Run offers a nice change of pace and a completely different feel than both Ballamor and ACCC,” said Nick Borro, PGA General Manager of Scotland Run. The front nine gives you the feel of being wide open, but requires strategic target golf mentality.

Number 7 is 372-yard par-four from the back tees, 340 yards from the white. The sharp dogleg left requires a tee shot to get out to a specific distance to have a clear shot at the green, but not too far to go through the fairway, usually a hybrid or fairway wood for most people. Said Borro, “The green is protected by a unique bunker that is elevated above the green, making all or part of the green a blind shot from the fairway depending on your landing spot.

Proper placement off the tee leaves a short iron in to a two-tiered green.”

Number 9 is a real test and requires a

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precise long iron or wood (depending on the wind) to reach this difficult par-three and keep your round going.

Borro said, “The 16th is our most asked about hole, the `airplane hole’. It is a 402yard par-four from the back tees, 360 from the white. The tee shot must carry a sand quarry where and old “crashed” airplane rests. The tee shot is risk-reward. If you stay left, it will only require 150 to175 yard tee sheet to carry the quarry, but will leave 150 to 200 yards into the green. The

further right you go, the required carry is between 200 to 250 yards, but leaves you about 100 to 150 yards into the green, or possibly less.”

Ottinger Golf Group is offering an early sign-up 2020 membership promotion, which gives the golfer the rest of the 2019 fall for free. And for daily golf course specials, there’s a Veteran’s Day promotion giving free golf to all vets, and a Thanksgiving Shotgun to allow golfers to get out early before going home to their family dinner.

Visit the websites below.

Ottinger Golf Group Northfield, N.J. 609-236-4400 www.OttingerGolf.com Atlantic City Country Club Northfield, N.J. visit www.accountryclub.com 609-236-4400 Ballamor Golf Club Egg Harbor Township, N.J. www.ballamor.com 609-601-6220

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Golf Doesn’t Stop in New Jersey During Winter By, JOHN TORSIELLO

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xcept for the pines and hemlocks, the trees are mostly barren, the holidays are approaching, and many “golfers” are putting their sticks in the closet. But you know better. If you really love the game you won’t allow your clubs to gather dust this winter.

Just because the calendar is flipping to a new year doesn’t mean it’s time to give up our favorite game for two or three months. Weather permitting, many courses in New Jersey stay open year round. While your buddies are watching football and professional golf tournaments from some warm weather retreats, you can still be knocking seven-irons stiff to the flags at a number of courses.

Tom Sullivan, general manager at McCullough’s Emerald Links, says that eh Atlantic City area is a very viable and affordable year-round golf destination. It is typically warmer down at the shore as the salt air and warmer temperatures allow

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for more golfing days than in Philadelphia, Northern Jersey and beyond. “It’s the same Atlantic City experience at a great rate.”

Mike Attara, president and founder of Spirit Golf, adds that winter golf in New Jersey can offer a great opportunity to enjoy a round of golf on the Jersey Shore and elsewhere. Rates are lower, the courses are not packed and more often than not the weather in the Ocean County region can be pretty mild, as snowfall dissipates quicker or never hits the shore areas.

While it is true that courses along the coast usually face less severe winters, especially when it comes to long-lasting snowfall, inland tracks will remain open as long as Old Man Winter doesn’t get too nasty from December through February.

Often, whether or not a track is open is on a course-by-course or even day-to-day basis. Some may prefer to not deal with slow days caused by cold temperatures, others may choose to open on selected days if the weather cooperates, while some keep

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their fairways open throughout the winter, again, as long as the snow or ice doesn’t pile up and stick around for too long.

You may have to put up with some chilly temperatures if you play in the morning, but even on days of short daylight it’s easy to fit 18 holes in.

Here are some courses that will remain open this winter, again weather permitting.

Call ahead before visiting a course just to make sure it’s open for business, even if the weather seems favorable.

Seaview Golf Resort in Galloway is a massive 297-room complex in Absecon that features two championship golf courses-The Bay and Pines courses. The links-style Bay Course hosted the 1942 PGA won by Sam Snead and was designed by Donald Ross.

The Bay Course is loaded with superb holes and, like Atlantic City Country Club, offers cool views of the Atlantic City skyline across the bay. Several of the holes either end or start near the bay or run along it.

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While not overly long at 6,247 yards from the tips, the course is nonetheless is a good test of course management and proper club selection. Tall fescue grasses line many of the fairways during the warm months and there are ample bunkers and occasional wetlands or water to catch the wayward shot.

The brainchild of the design team of Toomey and Flynn, the Pines Course was carved from woodlands surrounding the resort and features tight fairways and wellprotected landing areas. Longer (6,731 yards from the tips) than the Bay Course, the Pines demands precision off the tee and steady approaches to the ample greens.

Three of the four par-fives can be reached in two by big hitters, but there are five parfours--including the monstrous 468-yard 17th--that play over 400 yards from the tips. The back side features three par-threes, including back-to-back holes on 15 and 16, both of which measure well over 200 yards.

When you are done with golf, make sure you hang out in the resort’s tap room

located in the hotel. It’s got a wonderful feel to it and lots of photos showing the greats that have visited the resort and played the courses.

The Golf Course at Renault in Egg Harbor City is a piece of a package that includes the Tuscany Hotel, a winery and the “gourmet” Restaurant at the Renault Winery. The course winds its way through and past grapevines and orchards. The track was designed by Ed Shearon and kept to owner Joseph Milza’s vision of a layout that is challenging for good players but also approachable for visitors of all skill levels.

Brigantine Golf Links is yet another historic course designed by Wayne Stiles and John Van Kleek, who created some fine courses at the turn of the 20th century.

Brigantine has a sense of being a Scottish links layout, with berms, gently rolling fairways that are almost devoid of trees, tall grasses off the fairways, mounds and smallish, tricky greens typical of links courses. Brigantine, opened in 1927, has

its own rich golf history. It is said that Walter Hagen and Harry Vardon played at Brigantine to acquire a feel for links courses before setting sail to play in Scotland at the British Open.

Blue Heron Pines Golf Club in Cologne is one of Jersey architect Stephen Kay’s best designs. It takes full advantage of the natural beauty of the area’s pinelands and is a pleasing blend of short and long parfours, solid par-fives--several of which are reachable in two by big boppers--and great par-threes. There are numerous bunkers that come into play both off the tee and on approach shots to the medium-sized greens.

Avalon Golf Club If you are looking for a golf course for the entire family to try out, check out Avalon Golf Club in Cape May Court House. The layout measures just 6,272 yards from the tips, and there are three other sets of tee boxes to meet the playing abilities of all visitors. The par-71 layout was designed by Bob Hendricks and has enough danger to keep even the best

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Avalon & Sea Isle City, Stone Harbor Golf Club offers members an unparalleled private golf club experience. Championship golf, superb cuisine and personalized service have drawn families to Stone Harbor for three decades... where guests feel like members and members feel like family.

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MeMber for a Day Please contact us for a personal tour or visit our website for more information. We would be happy to sponsor you as a “Member for a Day” if you would like to try out the course or join us for lunch or dinner.

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players interested. There’s water on nine of the first 10 holes, with two of the best short holes on the course-the 154-yard fifth and 166yard 17th---requiring tee shots over water.

Cape May National Golf Club One word can best describe Cape May National Golf Club in Cape May--natural. The course was routed around a 50-acre private bird sanctuary and the track blends environmental sensitivity with challenging shot values, all the while making full use of the terrain.

Water comes into play on most holes on this lovely 6,905-yard course. Cape May National is a classic shot maker’s delight and drives and approaches must be true to avoid trouble. The fifth is a great 370-yard par-four that has water running all the way down the right side of the fairway to the green, which also has water left.

Harbor Pines Golf Club in Egg Harbor is a rather open layout that has plenty of

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great, short par-four.

Twisted Dune Golf Club in Egg Harbor is a links-style course that was built in a residential area, but it works well. The course was designed by Archie Struthers in a links style, with the track winding through a “twisted” landscape, and offering dramatic elevation changes and contoured fairways.

There are over 100 bunkers on this beast but the fairways are wide and the greens Harbor Pines Golf clut accepting of approach shots.

Shore Gate Golf Club in water and bunkers. The track feels good Oceanview is both interesting and looks pleasing to the eye. Number 12 and intimidating. The Ron Fream-David is one of the most photographed holes in Dale creation has deep greenside bunkers New Jersey and visually a stunner. The tee capped off by chocolate drop mounding that shot on this 339-yard par-four must clear a often presents a somewhat disconcerting large pond and land in a small fairway that scene when standing on the fairways and sits before the green. The putting surface is preparing to hit approach shots. protected by bunkers all around and water McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links, to the rear. You can make birdie or double located in Egg Harbor and designed by bogey here, depending upon your accuracy noted New Jersey-based golf course architect and length off the tee. It’s an example of a Stephen Kay, is a tribute to famed European

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layouts, such as St. Andrew’s, Prestwick, Gleneagles and Turnberry. McCullough’s 16th hole, for instance, is a replica of the “Postage Stamp” par-three hole at Scotland’s Royal Troon. McCullough’s, quite appropriately, presents a decidedly Irish-Scottish feel, with wide open fairways, tricky winds, grass mounds, bunkers, natural waste areas and undulating greens.

Mays Landing Golf and Country Club in Mays Landing has been delighting golfers of all skill levels for a number of years. The track plays 6,633 yards from the back markers and has several par-fours that can be reached with driver, as well as a couple of four pars that will demand a lusty tee shot and a mid- or long-iron to reach.

The course owners claim the 220-yard par-three 15th may be the toughest short hole you will ever face. The green is small and elevated and angled directly toward

water that sits in front of the putting surface. The green is also surrounded by bunkers, which makes finding the narrow target rather difficult.

Greate Bay Country Club in Somers Point, hosted an LPGA event from 1988 to 1997 and is a true championship-caliber layout.

It plays 6,721 yards from the tips and nine of the par-fours measure over 400 yards. Some of the best holes are the ninth, a 216-yard par-three that has bunkers in front and left of the green and water further left; the 12th, a stellar parfour that plays 410 yards. The tee shot must be strong and true to set up a mid-iron approach across a pond; the 15th, a 549-yard par-five that has bunkers guarding the tee shot and second shot landing areas; and the 16th, a short par-three, playing 151 yards.

But choose your club carefully as there is a pond to the rear of the green.

Renault Resort Egg Harbor, N.J. 609-965-2111 www.RenaultWinery.com

Mays Landing Golf and CC Mays Landing, N.J. 609-641-4411 www.MaysLandingGolf.com

Shore Gate Golf Club Oceanview, N.J. 609-624-8337 www.ShoreGateGolf.com

Seaview Hotel and GC Stockton, N.J. 855-894-8698 www.StocktonSeaview.com

Blue Heron Pines Golf Club Egg Harbor, N.J. 609-965-1800 www.BlueHeronPines.com

Avalon Golf Club Cape May Courthouse, N.J. 609-465-4653 www.AvalonGolfClub.net

Twisted Dune Golf Club Egg Harbor Township, N.J. 888-894-7839 www.TwistedDune.com

McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links Egg Harbor Township, N.J. 609-926-3900 www.McCulloughsGolf.com

Greate Bay Country Club Somers Point, N.J. 609-927-5071 www.GreateBay.com

Harbor Pines Golf Club Egg Harbor Township, N.J. 609-927-0006 www.HarborPines.com

Cape May National GC Cape May, N.J. 609-884-1563 www.CMNGC.com

Mays Landing Golf and CC Mays Landing, N.J. 609-641-4411 www.MaysLandingGolf.com

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Cape May National Golf Club ‘The Natural’

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ape May National Golf Club, nicknamed “The Natural”, is a most natural, and very wonderful, choice to play a round of 18 anytime, and all year round. With a “turn of the century”, or 1930s-1940s, look very reminiscent of the time of the great Robert Redford movie of the same name, The Natural, Cape May National is a family built, family run, and family, and golfer, friendly golf course that is, without-a-doubt, a must-play in the southern New Jersey golfing community.

Co-designed by President Robert E. Mullock, and run by his son, Director of Golf Zack Mullock, and other members of the Mullock family, Cape May National is a pretty and picturesque par 71 uniquely golf course built around a fifty-acre bird sanctuary in beautiful Erma, N.J., just south of historic Cape May Courthouse.

The par 35 front nine measures 3,305 yards from the championship tees and just under 3,000 from the white tees(2,929) and begins with a dogleg left par 4 followed by a straightaway, and long, par 4 and then moving on to a short shot-makers’ par 3 that, also, plays more than 180 yards to almost 200 yards, and over water, from the blue and black tees. Water comes into play on each of the next three holes as well, beginning with the dogleg par 5 4th. Holes

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have names named for many of the local, and protected, bird species, like the herons and ducks that the course surrounds, that can be often, and easily, observed during your round. Ornate painted hole signs with pictures of the birds the holes are named for, and styled after signs of the early 1900’s, adds to the old-timey flavor that Cape May National is, and is most famous, for making the course seem about a hundred years older than it is to the times when Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen, and before them Harry Vardon, roamed the fairways of the links of the world. Cape May National’s rare and old fashioned layout other-worldly transports golfers to the beginnings of golf in the United States with a feeling like playing a round in the movie The Legend of Bagger Vance right alongside Hagen and Jones and Matt Damon and Will Smith.

“We’re basically a links style golf course,” said Cape May Director of Golf Zack Mullock. “ Our sustainability and natural aspects are one-of-a-kind. There are no houses. We’re just a golf course.

“Playing our course can make you feel like you’re playing golf more than a hundred years ago, and that’s what we’re going for. We’re a classic turn-of-the-century golf course.”

One of the course’s more memorable holes, and one of Cape May National’s

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most scenic, and classically-inspired, is the par 4 11th. Playing only about 360 yards, the 11th calls for a short, or fading, drive, or fairway wood tee shot over Linda Lake, which runs all the way down the left, and cuts back in before the green, to a wedge or short iron second shot that plays right back over the water.

The par 3 17th is another fan favorite.

Playing entirely over water, and just beyond the 11th green, 17 is a short to middle iron to a drastically sloping green.

Cape May National’s final, and home, hole, the par 4 18th, is yet another natural, and shot-making, masterpiece that boasts a spectacular second shot playing to a Pete Dye TPC Sawgrass-inspired bulk-headed peninsular green.

It isn’t often that you get a chance, or even the opportunity, to play a round of golf that is as enjoyable, and gives you the strange, but pleasurable, feeling of playing in a different, and earlier, time in the game’s history, but that’s exactly what you get, and should expect, when playing Cape May National. One of the best designed, playable, natural and unique grounds in New Jersey golf, Cape May National Golf Club is a great place to tee it up and let it fly.

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Round 4 for Santee’s Winter 4 Ball Classic Where? Golf’s Little Big Town

By CLAUDIO DEMARCHI

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veryone thought the folks in the Town of Santee were crazy when four years ago they announced a 3-day event in early December. Weather was deemed to be unpredictable and too cold! With three Winter 4 Ball Classics now in the books for the most part it is still impossible to predict the weather.

The events have been an overwhelming success and as for the weatherman, so far he has cooperated.

The Winter 4 Ball Classic has been extremely popular for a couple of reason; It’s a steal, starting at $549.00 per person Quad in a golf course Villa or Townhome at Santee Cooper Resort, includes 3 rounds of golf, 2 nights accommodations, 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 2 dinners A ton of other stuff, this year’s participants will receive: A Tour Edge HL5 Hydrid, Footjoy glove, a dozen On Core balls, any pair of Shoes in stock, golf shirt, Tournament Cap/visor and a tournament towel.

Mark the date, December 4-6, 2020, Friday

check in Sunday check out…on the Friday of the event the Lake Marion pro shop will be buzzing with players checking in, filtering through their goody bags and trying to decide which shoes would be best for them from the thousands available.

One of the great things about an event such as this is the people that you meet from all over the Eastern USA, some even from as far as Illinois and Canada. The COVID jury is still out as to whether our Canadian friends will be able to join in the festivities. In a normal year you can expect 80-100 players – this year who knows.

Just like most of these fun events there is nothing life changing on the prize table, in fact the swag that every player received with entry to the event was over and above what was on the prize table.

For most coming to Santee for the Winter 4 ball find that 2 nights and 3 rounds is just not enough. Most will add on either before or after, some both. You might want to as well.

Santee has 3 golf courses right in Town, Lake Marion, Santee Cooper Country Club and

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Santee National, and all within a mile of anywhere that you might be staying, another 14 courses are within a 45-minute drive.

For a small town of 800 which greet approximately 100,000 golfers annually, (many repeat visitors) it has a pretty good selection of restaurants. Southern Living will tell you that the historic Clark’s Inn & Restaurant is a must stop and most golfers will agree.

Others that are favorites with golfers are Armando’s, awesome Mexican cuisine with some of the biggest margarita’s, Captain Kirks with its fine selection of seafood and for a hunk of beef and some fine wine Wilbur’s will fit that bill.

For more information on the Winter 4 Ball Classic contact: www.SanteeCooperGolf.com/ Anyone looking to get away this winter or spring, for a golf getaway Santee might be a great spot for you. www.santeetourism.com

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The Ultimate Golf Vacation

Michigan’s Magnificent 10

By,, Tom Landers and Chip Eichelberger

Aerial View of The Alpine and The Monument courses at Boyne Mountain Resort On a recent trip to Michigan, we learned why BOYNE Golf is one of the premiere golf destinations in the country for any type of golf getaway. What is important when you chose a golf vacation? A variety of courses, beauty of the landscape, the quality of service, affordability and accommodations are all on the list and BOYNE Golf checks all the marks.

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BOYNE Golf ’s courses and lodging in the northwest portion of lower Michigan provides perfect summer weather and long summer days, allowing you to play 36 holes or more very easily. In the summer you can play until 10 p.m.!

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Golf Digest Top 100 and has three distinct resorts located within 25 minutes of one another. BOYNE Golf can accommodate the needs of the most avid golfer and the casual golfer. It is the largest golf resort group in America north of the famous Pinehurst in North Carolina.

Our trip started in Newark with a quick flight direct a flight to Traverse City, Michigan, followed by a scenic 90-minute drive along Lake Michigan to Petoskey. Many Northeast airports have connecting flights through Detroit and then into Traverse City, making Michigan an easy destination for the Northeast golfer.

Upon arrival on Sunday afternoon, we opened our five-day golf adventure on Crooked Tree Golf Club. Arthur Hills and his team of golf course architects recently completed a range of developments to Crooked Tree’s finishing holes, enhancing the charm and playability of an already amazing course. Crooked Tree is carved through stands of centuries-old hardwood and apple orchards, perched on bluffs high above Little Traverse Bay. The fairways of the first nine holes are lined by old-growth trees, which creates stunning sightlines from one hole to the next.

The back nine offer amazing views of Lake Michigan on most holes. The course is characterized by undulating greens that require careful, consistent putts for par.

After golf, we checked into the Boyne

Mountain Resort and prepared for the days to come, 36 holes a day for the next four days.

Day Two started at Boyne’s “Mountain” courses, The Alpine and The Monument.

After a 10-minute cart ride to the top of the mountain and the first tees of both courses, we went out to tame The Alpine in the morning and The Monument in the afternoon.

Both courses offer tremendous views of Deer Lake as you play down the backside of Boyne Mountain. The Alpine’s setting is every bit as breathtaking as its legendary design. The 18-hole course features 7,045 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 73.5 and it has a slope rating of 136 on bent grass. Designed by William Newcomb, The Alpine golf course opened in 1970. Six tee box options on all of the BOYNE Golf ’s courses make it enjoyable for all levels of golfers. Pick the length of course that suits your ability.

The Alpine is an open, playable layout that winds down the backside of Boyne Mountain. Solid drives are rewarded on the generous fairways and the forgiving greens can bolster confidence in your short game.

Each year, The Alpine plays host to Michigan’s Tournament of Champions. And once you’ve played the course, you’ll understand why.

The Monument course was crafted with nods to the design philosophies of a long list of legendary golf course architects. The Monument’s ever-changing personality contains a list of surprises. Borrowing traits from designers like Donald Ross, Alister Mackenzie, Robert Trent Jones, George Fazio and Pete Dye, The Monument lives up to its name as it pays homage to the game’s most important influences. Holes are dedicated to noteworthy players and key contributors. The course requires a complete game, with demanding fairways, and undulating greens that reward careful putting. This course did get the best of us that day. It is quite a test!

On Day Three, we played at BOYNE Golf ’s flagship property, Bay Harbor Golf Club’s 27-holes (Links, Quarry, Preserve) designed by Arthur Hills. It is nestled dramatically along a five-mile stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline. We started with the Preserve/Links course. It was spectacular; holes ran both inland and along the bluffs

The 13th Hole of the Arthur Hills course at Boyne Highlands Resort overlooks 4000 acres of forestry and has a 400 foot drop from tee to green.

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The Preserve winds its way through a classic northern Michigan landscape, taking players through wildflowers, lush grass, and native wetlands filled with an abundance of wildlife.

The sounds of breaking waves are always within an earshot, and the course finishes in dramatic fashion with a spectacular par-three situated on Lake Michigan’s shoreline. On The Links course, we found ourselves playing along the cliffs overlooking Lake Michigan.

The fairways were linked with wispy heather grasses that replicated the feeling a seaside links course in Ireland.

That afternoon, we played The Quarry, which winds its way through an immense, abandoned shale quarry. Impressive gorges surrounded by stone cliffs, natural ponds and a gentle waterfall are hallmarks. We found ourselves hitting shots on a classic golf layout, playing on the cliffs overlooking Lake Michigan, and ending with hitting shots down through a scenic rock-quarry. Very cool.

The three layouts could not have been more different and each one is spectacular with its own unique characteristics.

After a spectacular dinner overlooking Lake Michigan at the Inn at Bay Harbor, we moved to our next accommodations, Boyne Highlands Resort.

The morning of Day Three, we enjoyed the Arthur Hills course. A big, bold design; it kept building in an almost suspenseful way with one fun golf hole leading to another.

The fairways are wide, so you swing the driver freely. The greens are generous, but be warned, there is plenty of slope on the putting surfaces and having your golf ball on the proper level is imperative for good scoring. Coming to holes four and five you will notice towering pine trees lining the fairways and greens giving these holes a look of the Carolinas. Most memorable was the 13th hole, a par-five that features a downhill 400-foot drop from tee-togreen and a magical view of 4,000 acres!

That afternoon, we played The Heather.

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when founder Everett Kircher hired worldfamous architect Robert Trent Jones, Sr. to design The Heather and put Boyne Highlands on the map as more than a ski destination.

This design, selected as the 2019 National Golf Course Owners Course of the Year, is an old-school parkland classic with massive bunkers and challenging green complexes.

Our final day started with a round on The Moor course at Boyne Highlands, followed by a round on the Donald Ross Memorial layout in the afternoon. The Moor course is a favorite for those looking for a true test of their ability and is regarded by many as the most challenging among the BOYNE’s 10 courses. The Moor, featuring all-new “Tour” bunker sand represents a true test of game designed with numerous doglegs, twists and turns, the front nine of The Moor favors right-handed power fade hitters, with holes 1, 2, 7 and 9 showing their curves immediately off the tee.

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around the world. Holes were carefully selected to match topography, and the green complexes are nearly perfect. Seminole, Oakland Hills, Pinehurst, and Inverness holes are among the amazing collection. This course is not to be missed in your BOYNE Golf adventure.

Aside from the unique layouts, what stood out about BOYNE Golf courses was the consistency of the courses, operationally, course maintenance and set up. While each course is different in design and character, we found tee boxes, fairways, rough and greens to be at the same high standards of conditioning. Grass lengths, in the fairways and in the roughs, were consistent at each layout and weeds were virtually non-existent anywhere. Most pleasing was the consistency in the speed of the greens from course to course. Once we figured out the speed of the putting surfaces on one course, putting became more enjoyable with each round, resulting in easy two-putts and several oneputts.

The second shot at 18th hole on The Monument course at Boyne Mountain Resort plays to an island green.

The 18th Hole of The Heather course at Boyne Highlands Resort

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BOYNE Golf clearly met all of the requirements for our great golf vacation and was recognized by FORBES.com as one of the Best Golf Resorts in America, along with Pebble Beach, Bandon Dunes, Whistling Straights, Kapalua, and Pinehurst.

As mentioned, BOYNE Golf is comprised of three separate resorts, Boyne Mountain Resort, Inn at Bay Harbor and Boyne Highlands Resort. Accommodations at Boyne Mountain Resort include hotel-style rooms at the resort hotel and townhouses located throughout the property. Adjacent to the resort hotel is a European-type ski village with plenty of options for food, drink and fun.

Boyne Mountain Resort houses the largest indoor water park and pool in Michigan.

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The par-3 9th Hole of The Preserve course at Bay Harbor Golf Club

The 5th Hole of The Donald Ross Memorial course at Boyne Highlands Resort.

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The Inn at Bay Harbor, a Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel, has a spa and salon, award-winning restaurants, shopping and a marina. The Inn enchants with spectacular Lake Michigan and quarry views.

Newly renovated rooms and suites are ideal for an upscale golf outing, a family getaway, a romantic retreat or a relaxing sanctuary from everyday life.

For the golf junkies, we recommend setting up your base camp at Boyne Highlands Resort, where you have easy access to four golf courses and one of the biggest practice facilities in the country. Accommodations at Boyne Highland Resort include hotel-style rooms at the resort, townhomes on property and the Donald Ross cottages. There are plenty of food options at Boyne Highlands Resort and the Ross Golf Center. Also located at the entrance to Boyne Highlands is Teddy Griffins Roadhouse, referred to as “The Office” by the Boyne locals. Teddy’s is a local watering hole that just happens to have great food!

Several scenic Lake Michigan beach towns are close by, and a side trip to Mackinac Island is easily managed to round out the total experience. Guests can enjoy award-winning spas, local wineries and breweries, waterfront dining, and so much more in the nearby towns of Petoskey, Harbor Springs, and Boyne City.

The morning we were leaving for the drive

to the airport we talked to three men in the parking lot who were headed out to play. We asked them how long they had been coming to the resort. They said almost every year since 1975! That is quite a testimonial. You may not come back every year for four decades, but based on our great experience, once you come you will be back! ___________________________________

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This package includes your lodging, unlimited golf on five of their ten courses in the BOYNE Golf collection with no upgrade charges, and the ability to golf their additional five courses for $30-90.

The Greatest Golf Escape You’ll Find from $1,059 BOYNE’s Great Escape Golf Vacation is their signature golf package and is undeniably among America’s greatest golf values. With so many activities included in this all-inclusive package, your only problem will be how to fit it all in!

Great Escape Golf Vacation includes a five-night stay, unlimited golf on seven of the ten course with breakfast and dinner, plus an amenity gift valid for a round at Bay Harbor Golf Club, a lesson, or spa treatment Reach out to BOYNE Golf for more information about these packages or to book your Golf Getaway!

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