Golf Week, Sept 5, 2015: Member Jim Colton and his Personal Quest to Rank the Best College Golf Courses

Although this is not strictly about Jim Colton's photography, it is in my opinion a 'newsworthy' article (for the membership) about one of our club's pre-eminent members. Over several years Jim (a Stanford alumnus) took upon himself to evaluate (and photograph) all 25 of the country's college golf courses featured in Golf Week Magazine's annual review of 'the best'. {A PDF of the source article in Golf Week Magazine, Sept 5, 2016 will be sent separately with the e-announcement to the club.

The accompanying photo was taken by Jim at Ohio State University.

On top of this, Jim dashed off a 68-page eBook entitled "“My Quest to Play the Top 25 College Golf Courses and Find the Best Local Brews” that includes 150 photos.  The book (Kindle format, playable on devices that have the Kindle app) can be downloaded from Amazon for only $5.99 by clicking this link:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IYFUU0C

For those who can't wait to click the link, here's the Amazon intro to the book:

"A devoted golfer embarks on a mission to play all of the Top 25 College golf courses. And guess what? He is thirsty after playing every 18-hole round. So he scouts out the best local watering hole and its best beer. Of course, he has many travel adventures along the way, like watching out for alligators at the University of Florida golf course, getting paired with an army sniper at the Air Force Academy course and dodging a tornado outside of Oklahoma City. This is a fun book about discovering college golf courses, meeting local players, making beer recommendations, and traveling across America multiple times. ... MORE"

Laurie Naiman,
SVP/SC