Category: 1 Bucket

We rate golf courses according to how many “buckets”. 0 Buckets through 5 buckets with 5 being the top bucket list score.

Illinois: Cog Hill Golf and Country Club
June 16, 2020 Off By BBF

Illinois: Cog Hill Golf and Country Club

1 Bucket Illinois

Cog Hill is a golf complex outside of Chicago about a 45 minute drive south in the town of Lemont, IL. It has had some notoriety in the past, even hosting final rounds of the BMW Championship for the PGA tour. This combined with the fact they have a number of golf courses there (one of which is consistently rated in the top 10 of IL) might lead you to thinking about doing a buddies golf trip there, but I would caution don’t. It does not qualify as a destination golf campus

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Golf in a Post Corona World: Metropolitan Golf Links
May 25, 2020 Off By BBF

Golf in a Post Corona World: Metropolitan Golf Links

1 Bucket Golf in a Post Corona World United States: California

We interrupt our mission of being the eminent Buddies Bucketlist Golf Trip Blog with another in our series about Golf in a Post Corona world. We thought we had written everything we needed to about this subject, but before we put it to bed for good, we stumbled across another Bay Area course that is keeping both staff and players safe in innovative and thoughtful ways. Up until now the gold standard in this arena has been Spring Valley Golf Course. However, Metro has added a couple of measures we think would be good for golf courses to adopt if possible.

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