By Jay Blasi | November 14, 2019 2:09 pm PACIFICA, Calif. – Golfers around the world dream of playing Cypress Point, the ultra-exclusive Alister MacKenzie masterpiece on the Monterey Peninsula that weaves through sand dunes and forests before finishing alongside the crashing waves of the Pacific. For decades it has been counted among a handful of the world’s…
By Jay Blasi | December 8, 2019 1:28 pm Golfweek’s Jay Blasi interviewed Michael Clayton, who is an Australian golf course designer, former player and caddie, about his impressions of Royal Melbourne. The club will host the Presidents Cup for the third time. The course for the 2019 Presidents Cup is an amalgamation (12 holes from the West…
By Jay Blasi | January 10, 2020 9:30 am I only met Pete Dye once. I was 21, he was 73. We spoke for two minutes in the parking lot at Whistling Straits. And yet, Dye had a profound impact on me and my career as a golf designer. I imagine the same is true for golfers and…
By Jay Blasi | January 24, 2020 1:14 pm COBBTOWN, Ga. – In December the Presidents Cup was played at Royal Melbourne in Australia, giving golf fans a chance to see the game’s best compete on one of the game’s great courses. It also was a chance to experience the beauty of match play. “Match play is a…