I’m a member at Pine Lake Country Club in Mint Hill, NC we just got done with a 9 month course Reno that opened yesterday! All new greens, awesome contours and new bunker placements! Trip to Broomsedge in a few weeks that I’m pumped for as well! Searching for a Tree Farm tee time in the future as well if any leads!

Please delete if this is not allowed or the wrong forum, but if anyone is going to the Walker Cup and would be able to buy a Lee Wybranski poster for the event, I’d be happy to pay for the poster, shipping (or pickup in the Bay Area) and some on top.

Please delete if this is not allowed or the wrong forum, but if anyone is going to the Walker Cup and would be able to buy a Lee Wybranski poster for the event, I’d be happy to pay for the poster, shipping (or pickup in the Bay Area) and some on top.

Great summary of the course! I played it recently and really enjoyed it. Like number 2 it’s very playable while still having lots of challenging shots for the better player. It felt like a big ballpark but never overwhelming. I know 8 gets all the attention but hole 14 was my favorite- the green encourages a draw to run it up the right from long range but that huge mound on the left makes you think twice about how much you turn it. Really excited to see it grow in and would love to play it in firm/fast conditions.

All good places. I would stay tuned ;)

At this point in time I'm usually dream planning golf trips while eagerly anticipating any fried egg events next summer. I am currently thinking about doing Sand Valley or a Nebraska trip next year. My game is in a much better place so I keep thinking I need to go back to Prairie Dunes too.

This is awesome, Ethan. Thanks for sharing! And congrats to you guys. Very exciting times ahead!

Congratulations!

Deep answer: this will likely be my last few months playing rounds as a single. 75% of the rounds I play are by myself, which I love. At the start of the year though, my wife got more of an interest in golf and played a decent bith with me. But now, she's 22 weeks pregnant and we'll welcome our first child in January (please put some magic in the air for us and promote a December birth for insurance and tax purposes). She hasn't played as much recently due to some back pain stemming from pregnancy, but I suspect once the baby has joined us in the flesh, he or she will be accompanying me on a lot of rounds. One of the great perks of working at a private club is having the course to yourself on Mondays, so there will be many times starting in 2026 where I carry my bag and push a stroller in the process with hardly anyone else on property. I am very excited to have that extra bit of company, but for now, I will relish my remaining rounds where it's just me. Basic answer: I am already giddy for rounds where I'm wearing a quarter-zip, it's 60 degrees and the leaves are yellow and orange.

Awesome read, Garrett. The video is outstanding as well - 40 of the fastest minutes I've had watching something recently. I wanted to ask for some additional context on Marion's involvement. I was not familiar with her prior to watching the video you all created. Seeing as how it's rare today, in 2025, for a woman to be consulted on a golf course's design, I was curious if there's knowledge of the social politics surrounding her involvement a century ago. Given the country was only 30ish years removed from allowing women to vote, were there any men with power who rolled their eyes at Marion's involvement - thinking she wouldn't have anything to offer? Or was her reputation so established and respected that there was no sexism from any egotistical males? Her involvement and the commentary about her skills has really taken my interest and I'll be delving more into her resume when time allows. One personal thing I'll add. My parents and I took a trip to the San Francisco area in 2004 when I was 8 years old. This was prior to me playing golf and with my only connection to the sport being through the EA Sports Tiger Woods games. Anyway, we took a day to go to Monterrey Peninsula and do 17-mile drive. I was quite familiar with Pebble Beach, Poppy Hills and Spyglass Hill since those courses were featured on the games. SH was my favorite course to play, so I was especially intrigued about that one. I was awestruck when I saw #3 on Spyglass Hill doing the drive and there was a point where we got close enough to Poppy Hills where my mom and dad let me hop out of the car and take a divot from a fairway as a free souvenir. This was an all-time day and in hindsight a really good indicator this sport would one day consume my entire life, but when we got to the part of the drive where you approach Cypress Point, my brain was basically like "?????????" "What course is this?" "Why does it seem especially secluded?" But alas, I didn't care too much and just figured it was.. some other course. Oh, how I wish I could be back in that moment with knowledge of what I was looking at and take a better mental photograph of where I was.