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The Wandering Golfers
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Fascinating to hear that @Troon is to manage Tobacco Road - one of golf’s most wonderfully unconventional layouts. . . Some 25 miles north of Pinehurst, the architecture is bold and unapologetic. As a test it’s uncompromising. . . It was built on landed tended to by the weather-worn hands of tobacco farmers. The man who took that land and melded Tobacco Road into the golf course it is today, was the late, great Mike Stranz. He wanted it not only to tell a story but for every hole to exude the spirit of the game. Strantz set out to create a course to test a ‘player’s eye, determination, and wits.’ And he has succeeded on all fronts. . . And Stranz managed to weave his magic not on the links land of Scotland or the heathland of Surrey or Berkshire but on the rolling remnants of a quarry in the Sandhills of North Carolina. It’s truly a wonder. . . Because of that, you’ll find bunkers as big as craters, greens with slopes as deep as sinkholes and towering sand dunes and plunging pits. There are blind shots, at least five of them, but there is also neverending adventure to be found here. . . This stunning photograph is a glimpse of a golf course you simply can’t afford to miss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . #golf #golfer #instagolf #golfcourse #tobaccoroad #northcarolina #golflife #whyilovethisgame #pga #golfisfun #golfaddict #thegolfstagram #golfusa #anythinggolf #golfers #homeofgolf #golfdigest #birdiecage #golfislife #picoftheday #golfstagram #golfclub #welovegolf #golfswing #golfcoursephotos #instagolfer #bestgolfcourses #tigerwoods #ゴルフ #ゴルフスイング