Fat Guy Golf Monthly

This is just a spot to highlight a few pages on the site every month, based on such whims as where I've been playing lately, good seasonal destinations, where the Tour's playing, and other favorites.

September 2011

Fat Guy's Lancaster PA Golf Weekend- OK, I’m here to warn you off of planning any kind of golf weekend in Amish country Lancaster PA.It wouldn’t make Fat Guy’s Top 200 destinations for a guys’ or even a couple’s weekend.

On the surface, Lancaster sounds like it would be a good spot for at least a couple’s golf getaway with all the romantic country B&B’s, great outlet shopping, and plenty of wholesome Amish-related daytime shopping and tours; however, those checks in the plus column are more than offset by largely mediocre local golf options, a glaring lack of nightlife (it is Amish country, after all), a general dearth of unique quality dining options outside of endless chain restaurants, dicey local hotel options, and a surprising amount of summer weekend traffic. If your golf widow insists, here's how to do Lancaster right.

Fat Guy's Course Of The Month- My wife and I are expecting a baby in December, so I've been sticking close to home this summer. I hadn't played my local haunt Downingtown CC in a couple of years, and was pleasantly surprised to see the old girl has really come into her own with great conditions and peripheral landscaping while hanging on to her former private club roots. Still a Must Play for Philly.