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The Iron Maverick III - Tot Hill Farm
Tot Hill Farm's unlucky streak has finally run out! New owners, vision & $2M+ restoration of its Mike Strantz course have us celebrating.
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We've played them ourselves. Chances are good that we share your view of what makes a course great (or in some cases not that great) more than a major publication. We'll also review the local muni in the same fashion as the 5-Star resort down the road from it.
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- Jun 23
- 4 min
Boston Tee Party at George Wright G.C.
Boston's venerable muni - George Wright Golf Course - is pound for pound one of the best Donald Ross experiences available to the public.
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- Mar 16
- 6 min
Capon Springs & Farms Resort | West Virginia's Golden Age Gem
At some point on your way to play a new course, the anticipation of seeing the course itself often makes the drive - no matter how long -...
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- Dec 28, 2022
- 9 min
The Golf Crusade's Best of 2022
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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- Oct 31, 2022
- 15 min
Lynch Country Club: The Course Time Never Found
In the digital age, how could a golf course go unnoticed by so many & for so long? You're about to find out... Get off-the-grid at Lynch CC!
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- Oct 6, 2022
- 17 min
TENNESSEE TILLY in Johnson City -- The Little Club That (Finally) Could
Johnson City Country Club is the only original A.W. Tillinghast design that still exists in Tennessee. See how they reinvigorated their club
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- Jun 28, 2022
- 8 min
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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- May 6, 2022
- 6 min
Springdale Resort | Cruso, NC
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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- Jun 9, 2021
- 5 min
Best 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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- Jan 28, 2021
- 6 min
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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- Dec 28, 2020
- 9 min
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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- Nov 25, 2020
- 8 min
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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- Aug 17, 2020
- 7 min
Graysburg Hills - Chuckey, Tennessee
Rees Jones designed 27 hole public golf course in the Appalachian Highlands region of East Tennessee.
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- Jul 29, 2020
- 2 min
GALLERY | Royal New Kent Golf Club
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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- Jun 10, 2020
- 8 min
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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- Dec 26, 2019
- 9 min
#GolfCrusade's Best of 2019
Hello Friends. ...Man I hope we don't have to pay Jim Nantz for that. Oh the places we've been... For a couple of (nearly) forty year old...
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- Oct 28, 2019
- 7 min
What's in a Name? Linville Knows...
Welcome to Linville, North Carolina - an exclusive golf Mecca populated with some of the best mountain golf in the United States.
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- Oct 12, 2019
- 6 min
McLemore Rises 'Above The Clouds' in Rising Fawn, GA
Chattanooga, Tennessee is about as good a golf town as you'll find in a city it's size. From The Honors Course to Sweetens Cove, from...
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- Jul 6, 2019
- 4 min
THE IRON MAVERICK presented by GolfCrusade.com
Mike Strantz changed the game of golf course architecture forever and for the better. It is in his honor and in celebration of the...
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- Jun 11, 2019
- 6 min
The Palmer Course at Stonewall Resort
How do you write an introduction for a course whose name bears a legend at a resort built around a lake that bears the name of a local...
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- May 18, 2019
- 5 min
Lake Toxaway CC & The Greystone Inn - A Marriage of Smoky Mountain Masterpieces
One of the best course architects you've probably never heard of laid down an absolute gem amidst rocky peaks, waterfalls and calm...
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- Feb 12, 2019
- 5 min
Achasta - Dahlonega, GA
In one of the prettiest small towns in the southern string of the Appalachians, you'll find a quiet river valley adorned with a Jack...
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- Jan 9, 2019
- 2 min
GALLERY: Tobacco Road - Sanford, NC
Stick your head deep in the sand with the #GolfCrusade as we show you angles of the Mike Strantz masterpiece you may have never seen before!
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- Dec 19, 2018
- 13 min
#GolfCrusade Best Of 2018
The courses have been played. The votes have been cast. We're pleased to announce our first annual Golf Crusade Best of 2018 Lists. We...
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- Nov 22, 2018
- 3 min
El Camino at Tobacco Road - Sanford, NC
Take a peek under the hood at El Camino - the once hidden Par 3 Course routing of the front nine at Mike Strantz' famed Tobacco Road GC.
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- Sep 24, 2018
- 8 min
Raven Rock - Jenkins, KY
Coal Country. If you've been there, driven through it, or call it home, you know there's not much out there except mines and vast...
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- Sep 23, 2018
- 1 min
RECAP: The American Legends at The Olde Farm Golf Club - Bristol, VA
The American Legends at The Olde Farm Golf Club in Bristol, Virginia raised $56.6 million for the Mountain Mission School (Grundy, VA)....
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- Aug 6, 2018
- 1 min
GALLERY: Tennessee National - Loudon, TN
This Greg Norman Signature Design transverses an undulating peninsula surrounded by the Tennessee River. Managed by Troon Golf, this...
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- Jul 2, 2018
- 7 min
Liberty National - Jersey City, NJ
#GodBlessAmerica. What can you say about a modern American golf icon that virtually bows at the feet of THE original American icon that...
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- Jun 22, 2018
- 3 min
The Links at Stono Ferry - Hollywood, SC
What do you get when you combine a Revolutionary War Battlefield and a middling resort-style layout? The Links at Stono Ferry, that’s...
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- Jun 16, 2018
- 6 min
Bristol Harbour Lodge & Golf Club - Canandaigua, NY
UPDATE: As of 1/1/2022, Bristol Harbour's owners have closed the golf course for good. We chose not to delete this post, because that's...
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- Jun 1, 2018
- 8 min
Rock Harbor - Winchester, VA
You remember those fantasy courses in the old Tiger Woods video games? Remember the one called ‘The Predator’? Ever wonder what it would...
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- May 24, 2018
- 3 min
Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club North Course - Dade City, FL
Dade City has been compared to the great golf meccas by no one but it just may be time for that conversation to start happening....
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- May 20, 2018
- 8 min
Wasioto Winds - Pineville, KY
What do you get when you cross an extremely rugged part of the country, a drainage basin and one of the best course architect's in the...
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- May 17, 2018
- 4 min
The Shawnee Inn - Shawnee-on-Delaware, PA
Every course has a history. Not every course is history. The Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort has the distinction of being the course that...
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- May 9, 2018
- 3 min
Caledonia Golf & Fish Club - Pawleys Island, SC
Next time you're in Myrtle Beach and are bored playing the same courses, do yourself a favor and head to the southern end of the Grand...
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- May 1, 2018
- 4 min
Holston Hills CC - Knoxville, TN
You've probably never heard of it because it's in Knoxville. If HHCC were in a major market, you'd have it on your bucket list. Holston...
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- Apr 25, 2018
- 3 min
Preston CC - Kingwood, WV
Unless you live in Kingwood, WV, you're going to have a drive to get to Preston Country Club. However, once you get there, you'll find a...
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- Apr 10, 2018
- 3 min
Atlanta National - Milton, GA
If you get an invite past the front gate, expect to see a beautiful course but don’t be surprised if this beautiful course eats your...
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