When the sun rises, long
westward shadows are cast
by the casinos that stand
impossibly tall along the
Atlantic City boardwalk. A great
many visitors never leave the
clang and zing of the casino
floors, allotting their time to
games of chance. Other guests
make their pilgrimage to this
barrier island to stroll along the
boardwalk or lay on the Atlantic
sands. No doubt the confections
sold along the elevated planks
and the rhythmic crash of the
waves have a positive effect on
travelers.
For us, the call is to golf, plain
but not so simple. There is but
one golf course on the reef
known as Atlantic City, meaning
that the remainder lie over the
marshes, to the north, west
and south. Two useful sites,
PlayACGolf and AtlanticCityGolf,
list 24 golf courses in the greater
AC area. Stretching from Eagle
Ridge (Lakewood) in the north
to Cape May National (Cape
May) to the south, to Green
Tree in the west, there is variety
of the kind you find in a chef’s
spice rack. Golden age courses
from Donald Ross, Willie Park
and William Flynn pair with
modern sculptures from Dana
Fry, Stephen Kay and Archie
Struthers. Time forbids us from
cataloguing the entire two
dozen courses, so we’ll have
a glance at a handful of them,
to whet any appetite. Without
delay, to the linksland!
ld S. Montesano
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