Dispatches on the land, the course, the table, the Invitational, and the slow work of building a golf estate worth the drive.
There is a moment, late in the season, when the whole prairie goes the colour of a struck match. That colour gave us a name.
Read the entryThere’s almost no water out here and very little forced carry. The trouble is the wind, the angles, and your own ambition.
Read the entryA note from the build site, the week the fairways first went green. On patience, weather, and the slow work of making something that looks like it was always here.
Read the entryOur kitchen will be small on purpose. A few things, done properly, from farms we can drive to. Here’s the thinking behind The Sheaf.
Read the entryWe built Strawgrass to be walked. Here’s why the game reads better on foot, and what a caddie can teach you in a single loop.
Read the entryFewer than thirty rooms, finished by hand. On linen and oak, west-facing light, and what “boutique” should actually mean.
Read the entryEvery serious club has one week that defines it. Ours is in July, it lasts a single day, and we intend for it to outlive all of us.
Read the entryA championship is only as serious as the body that stands behind it. A word on our sanction, and why a title should be hard to give and harder to win.
Read the entryThe field is capped at twenty-four. It will stay capped. A note on scarcity, the waiting list, and why the hardest part of the Invitational is getting in.
Read the entryA place in the field is earned, not bought. How partnerships qualify, how the handicaps are weighed, and what it takes to stand on the first tee in July.
Read the entryThirty-six holes, two players, one ball that matters at a time. A plain explanation of the bramble, and why it is the truest test we could devise.
Read the entryBefore a ball is struck, the field is auctioned. A look at the Calcutta — the oldest theater in golf, and the best night of the Strawgrass year.
Read the entryA champion deserves more than a check. On the board in the clubhouse, the engraving that follows a win, and the long memory we are trying to build.
Read the entryThe name is a promise about the ground. A note on the native prairie, the playing surfaces, and the agronomy of a course built to look like it grew here.
Read the entryWater threads the back nine like a recurring dare. A walk past The Dam, The Spillway, and The Cove — and how to play the holes the lake guards.
Read the entryThree short holes, a fence line, and the mulberry trees that named them. On the stretch from the fifth to the seventh, and why the shortest holes ask the most.
Read the entryThe second hole runs to a green on the cliff's edge. On morning tee times, the drop that defines the hole, and why the first dramatic moment comes early.
Read the entryThe kitchen gets the attention; the bar does the quiet work. On the Prairie Fire, the short list of things done well, and the right drink after eighteen.
Read the entryWe do not call it a pool. On the thinking behind the Aquatic Center, why the small things were the hard things, and what we refused to compromise.
Read the entryA good looper is worth three shots and a better afternoon. On the caddie program, what the bag teaches, and why we are training the next ones now.
Read the entryThe prairie saves its best hour for the end of the day and its best season for the end of the year. On shoulder-season stays and the case for coming in October.
Read the entryThe champions do not just win a cup. A feature on the Goff & Goff Trophy — the architects it honours, the symmetry it carries, and the company a winning pair joins forever.
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