Grand River View On The Rolling Hill Golf Course.

No, that is not the name of a golf course. It's a stereo type of golf course names. This past week I was checking out how a majority of golf courses use a facet of nature in their name. It's almost an attempt to mislead you into believing these courses are something mother nature birthed. Bull crap.

Don't get me wrong there are definitely a bunch of eco-friendly courses popping up but they are still a minority. I could get into the whole debate of "Are golf courses bad for the environment?" but I'll save that for a later date plus Stinky Golfer Greg covered that in a previous post. See that? We're all over the pertinent golf issues.

Everybody knows that courses were created by developers and architects but, as for naming the track, Here's where it gets tricky. You see, I've discovered the secret formula for naming a golf course so please pay close attention. Ok, what you do is take one of the items from column A, combine it with one from column B, slap Golf Course on the end and voil�!

A B

Lake Creek

Forest Valley

River Springs

Fox Park

Eagle Pine

In all fairness, I should also mention that there are some courses out there with pretty cool names. For example, Rogue's Roost in New York or the very manly Studley Wood Golf Club in England (plus check the first article I linked above for more cool names). In the end, it's just a name. Get out there and play...even if the course is called Rotten Crotch Ridge.

Hit'em long...yell FORE!!!

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