Willie Klein was a professional golfer back in the 1920s. He put his thoughts together on the best 15 golf courses in the USA.
1. Lido
2. Garden City
3. Meadow Brook
4. Pasadena CC (California)
5. Salisbury #4
6. Engineers
7. North Shore
8. Inwood
9. Fresh Meadow
10. Wheatley Hills*
11. Gulf Stream (Florida)
12. The Links Club
13. Baltusrol
14. Youngstown
15. Olympia Fields #4
If you pay attention to the old 1920s lists of best courses here are some courses you see a lot:
Oakmont
Lido
NGLA
And on almost every list…Inwood! I have two more rankings coming soon by professional golfers.
* was the head pro at Wheatley Hills in NY
People on here talking about restaurants in Houston strip malls like they just discovered Narnia.
Kata Robata? Nidda Thai? Thai Bisto? 100% Taquitos? Avalon Diner? Himalaya? Shawarma King? Bombay Brasserie? Molina’s? Buffalo Grill? Fat Bao? Siu Lap City BBQ? San Dong?!
30 years ago today, a movie debuted about two former University of Houston golfers (and Rene Russo):
Roy McAvoy, a down-on-his-luck driving range pro in West Texas, and the other, the successful David Simms, the face of the PGA Tour.
Tin Cup was largely filmed at Deerwood in Humble and Kingwood Country Club. It features cameos from UH golf alums Fred Couples, Jim Nantz, and the late Bruce Lietzke.
Holy shit... Wired reports that back in May, the U.S. Military was testing an experimental GPS jammer and and caused a civilian plane to crash into the side of a mountain, killing everyone on board.