Oil and golf
We are heading to Aberdeen today. My Norwegian colleague got a nice non-stop flight, whereas I had a brutally early morning flight with a layover.…
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Mallorca weekend
Sometimes even golf journalists get to have a bit of fun. Ok, so we have fun most of the time. We love our jobs. But…
A serious golf challenge
I had played the Jack Nicklaus Design Samanah Golf Course southwest of the city back in 2012, and then found it to be the best course…
Golfers go Wild
Minnesota Wild, that is. Tonight we had the opportunity to relax from all the golf and take in some hockey. The Xcel Energy Center really…
Over the pond
Minneapolis, here we come! Today, the we are heading to the US for the first trip of the fall season, and the target is Minneapolis.…
Course Architect Lassi Pekka Tilander Talks About His Projects
As I mentioned in yesterday's post, we had the honor of being joined by the Finnish golf course architect Lassi Pekka Tilander on our trip to Estonia. It's hard to imagine a nicer person than Lassi, and we had the chance to have several long discussions about golf design, plus, of course, a pleasant round…
Testing Pärnu Bay Golf Links – The Best Course in Estonia
Pärnu Bay Golf Links is the newest course in Estonia, completed in 2015. As the name suggests, it lies just outside Pärnu, Estonia's summer capital. Pärnu Bay Golf Links is an ambitious project that has been on and off for the past ten years. The architect is the Finnish course designer Lassi Pekka Tilander, and…
Pärnu – Estonia’s Summer Capital and New Golf Mecca
After a wonderful day on Saaremaa, we set off for the main destination of this trip, the town of Pärnu on Estonia's south coast, and the new golf course just completed there. The drive from Saaremaa to Pärnu is short, less than two hours on good roads. Pärnu, the summer town Pärnu is where you…
Testing Saare Golf – The Best Course on Saaremaa
It's day two of our trip to golf country Estonia, and we're on our way to Saare Golf on the island of Saaremaa, or Ösel as it is called in Swedish. Saaremaa is the largest island in Estonia and home to one of the country's seven courses. The drive from Tallinn to Saaremaa takes about…
Voyage of Discovery – Golf in Estonia
Tallinn probably has the best airport in the world. It's just the right size, not too small, not too big. Every service you need is at hand, and you get from your gate to the baggage carousel and on to public transportation in no time. And it's a stone's throw from the center of Tallinn…