Rick Parnham
@RickParnham
Author @breakinghundred "A Century of Sault Golf" GJAC Member. 🇨🇦Golf & Travel Writer⛳️ Craft Beer🍻 Basketball Official🏀Buffalo Bills fan🏈@BillsHelmetBar
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Played it back in March on a @BlueJays Spring training visit and was so impressed by the restoration. Bravo!
The Florida Gulf Coast city of Dunedin is most renowned these days as the Grapefruit League MLB spring training home for the Toronto Blue Jays. In days of yore, its fame was attached to its 1927 Donald Ross-designed golf course. Thanks to a recent restoration by Ross expert Kris Spence, that star shines anew. Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, and Byron Nelson were among the giants who teed it up at Dunedin in its first two decades. From 1945–62, it was renamed PGA National, as it served as headquarters for the PGA of America. Gradually, the course lost its edge, and then some. Spence brought it back. When it reopened in 2025, the routing, strategy, and bunkering all reflected what Ross intended, complemented by a typically strong Ross set of greens. The public can get a look at this reinvigorated Ross for as low as $70 in summer. High season rates range from $105–$140.
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Got closer in the quest to 500 new course played today visiting Byrnell Golf Club. A cute cottage course in @kawarthalakes Enjoyed the round and the hospitality. Thanks for being 498. More to come @BreakingHundred
I was about 10 yards left and hit an 8 iron to 6 feet made par to be + 2 then.
8th hole at Pebble Beach. Jack Nicklaus called it the greatest par 4 on the planet.
Certainly the approach shot is up there. 160-200 yards over the cliffs.
And sometimes you hit it to 8 feet!
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