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This section will feature a little of this and a little of that. Rankings, lists, polls, guest columns and mostly just the fun stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else.
The Golf Crusade's Nine Favorite 9-Hole Courses
Golf isn't limited to 18-hole courses! Half the time & size, but still all the fun! Explore The Golf Crusade's Nine Favorite 9-Hole Courses!
Dooner
Apr 49 min read
The Camping Golf Trip (and where they can take us from here!)
There are golf trips & there are camping trips. The Golf Crusade has combined them into a delightful concoction of fun & affordability.
Dooner
Mar 169 min read
The Golf Crusade's Best of 2024
Recap the best courses, new stops on the road to 1000 and our favorite holes of the year as The Golf Crusade looks back at its Best of 2024.
Dooner
Dec 15, 202415 min read
Mapping The College Golf Landscape: Your Guide to Competitive & Recreational Golf On Campus
Explore the most comprehensive & interactive tool ever created to map the college golf landscape, brought to you by The Golf Crusade.
Dooner
Dec 31, 202311 min read
The Golf Crusade's Best of 2023
Relive the best courses, photos, stories, holes & moments with The Golf Crusade's Best of 2023 Fake Awards!
Dooner
Dec 5, 202310 min read
NIGHT GOLF NEAR ME! The Story of Golf After Dark with Interactive Map of Courses With Lights in North America
Explore the world of golf... UNDER THE LIGHTS! The Golf Crusade provides you with an interactive map of Night Golf in North America!
Dooner
Aug 20, 20236 min read
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,...
Dooner
Dec 28, 20229 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!
Dooner
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?!
Dooner
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,...
Dooner
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.
Dooner
Sep 1, 202111 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...
Dooner
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!
Dooner
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...
Dooner
Dec 28, 20209 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...
Dooner
Sep 13, 20201 min read
The Art of Sports Architecture
If you haven't stumbled across Ballpark Blueprints yet, then you're in for a treat.
Dooner
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!
Dooner
Apr 12, 202011 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
#TheIronMaverick Thrills! Team 'Animal Golfers' Take Top Honors
Nearly fifty golfers - spanning a fifty year age range whom hailed from eight states and the District of Columbia - ascended upon the...
Dooner
Sep 28, 20194 min read
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...
Dooner
Jul 6, 20194 min read
What if PGA Stars were WWE Superstars?
Golf and Professional Wrestling don't cross paths much. We felt it was time to mesh the two and compare its stars!
Dooner
Mar 31, 20194 min read
The Strantz Fantz Club
#RespectTheSkull! Celebrating the works of the late, great Mike Strantz together in the @strantzfantzclub!
BMAC
Mar 7, 20192 min read
#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...
Dooner
Dec 18, 201813 min read
CONSPIRACY? The Curious Case of Robert von Hagge & Le Golf National
Dust off the tinfoil hat because we, I mean the incredible investigative efforts of Frank Giordano, have uncovered some very interesting...
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Oct 3, 20182 min read
POLL: Who is on your Mount Rushmore of Golf Course Architects?
By now, you have seen #TigerWoods savage yet honest assessment of who is on his Golf Mount Rushmore. If not, (where have you been?) here...
Dooner
Sep 27, 20181 min read
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)....
Dooner
Sep 23, 20181 min read
#CRUMPIFY: Deerfield East Re-imagined
Sometimes a course’s design can be so fantastic that its identity or characteristics are emulated by others. I love Pine Valley and think...
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Aug 31, 20182 min read
In Memoriam - The Golf Course Graveyard
With every boom, there is eventually a bust. Golf course operators are struggling and the industry has suffered from the overgrowth of...
Dooner
Jul 10, 20183 min read
PODCAST: Golfjay.com
Our friends at Golfjay.com and Fingerlakes1.com were kind enough to feature us, our site and our project on their weekly podcast (week of...
Dooner
Jun 5, 20181 min read
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