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THE PATCH - A Gamechanger for Growing Golf
Take a deep dive with The Golf Crusade into The Patch, a 12-hole alternative golf course designed by Bill Bergin in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
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Jun 27, 20228 min read


Springdale Resort | Tragedy to Triumph in North Carolina's Smoky Mountains
Along the nine miles of Cruso, NC, Springdale Resort is metaphorically and geographically its heart. Read how it broke, healed and beats on!
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May 5, 20226 min read


STRANTZLATES (Part II): One Giant Leap for Golf Course Architecture
Part II in our #STRANTZLATES Series! This time, we dive more into the mind of the artistry & originality of late, great Mike Strantz!
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Jan 20, 202210 min read


STRANTZLATES: Template Holes for the Next Golden Age of Golf Course Architecture (Part I)
Did Mike Strantz use template holes in his designs? Perhaps C.B. MacDonald & Mike Strantz have more in common than once thought?!
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Jan 13, 202212 min read


The Golf Crusade's 2021 Best of Lists, Picks & Pics
It's that most wonderful time of year again! It's a time for memories to be made - just likely not on golf course unless you're really,...
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Dec 28, 20218 min read


Golf Crusade 50 Best Values Under $150
As The Golf Crusade approaches our 500th course played, we decided we would reveal the 50 best values we've visited to date under $150.
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Aug 31, 202111 min read


BLUE RIDGE BUDDY TRIP - Cabins & Crazy Good Golf in North Georgia
What's the difference between a golf trip and a buddy trip? Get our take & a recommendation on where to your next one to Old Toccoa Farm!
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Jul 16, 20217 min read


Best Golf Course You've Never Heard Of? Bright's Creek | Mill Spring, NC
Bright's Creek, once a highly-ranked Tom Fazio retreat at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, is back from the dead!
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Jun 8, 20215 min read


Most Breathtaking Par 3 in The Carolinas
Sounds simple, right? What is the "Most Breathtaking Par 3 in The Carolinas"? As we found out, it's not so simple. Thankfully, we have a...
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Mar 25, 202111 min read


The Iron Maverick II
3 COURSES | 2 DAYS | 1 HELL OF A TIME! Play Bulls Bay, Caledonia & True Blue on Sept 27-28, 2021 with The Golf Crusade!
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Jan 27, 20216 min read


Golf Crusade's Best of Lists for 2020
Right out of the gate, we acknowledge that 2020 sucked, right? No need to dive deeper on that! While it was a draining year on any number...
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Dec 28, 20209 min read


Ten Hidden Gems in the Heart of Appalachia
Golf in Appalachia is as diverse as the landscape and as unique as the culture itself. Take a quick spin around the Heart of Appalachia
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Nov 25, 20208 min read


Feature Story... on us???
The Johnson City Press (TN) recently did a story on us. That is weird to type we'll be honest. Warning - this story does contain our real...
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Sep 13, 20201 min read


Graysburg Hills - Chuckey, Tennessee
Rees Jones designed 27 hole public golf course in the Appalachian Highlands region of East Tennessee.
Dooner
Aug 17, 20207 min read


EVERY HOLE at Royal New Kent Golf Club | A #GolfCrusade Photo Gallery
Who wouldn't want to play a course that won Golf Digest's Best New Upscale Course in America back in 1997 and was just honored by Golf Inc.,
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Jul 28, 20202 min read


Knoxville, Tennessee - A Par 3 Course Paradise
Abraham Lincoln famously stated in the Gettysburg Address that our great country was dedicated to the proposition that ALL men are...
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Jun 9, 20208 min read


The Art of Sports Architecture
If you haven't stumbled across Ballpark Blueprints yet, then you're in for a treat.
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Apr 26, 202010 min read


Fairways of Dreams - An Iowa Golf Journey
Learn everything about the golf scene in Iowa through this introspective look at the guy who's about to play every course in the state!
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Apr 12, 202011 min read


DESTINATION: FT. LAUDERDALE
Sometimes access makes all the difference, it makes it easier for you to enjoy the time set aside for the task at hand. Golf. Ft....
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Jan 23, 20205 min read


The Golf Crusade's Best of 2019
Hello Friends. ...Man I hope we don't have to pay Jim Nantz for that. The awe-inspiring view of holes ten and eighteen at the newly...
Dooner
Dec 26, 20199 min read
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