Category: Cobb’s News

January 4, 2020 update:  What a fantastic way to begin 2020 with a trip around Cobb’s.  Winter rounds are so nice with […]

October 14, 2019 update:  Jim Wagner of Hanse Golf Design (the team that will carry out the work at Cobb’s Creek!) recently […]

July 11, 2019:  Late last year local photographer Lisa Mongulla (her website) spent a day at the property photographing the grounds and […]

July 3, 2019 update:  On June 25 long time fan of Cobb’s Creek, Pat Porrini, passed away in Clearwater, Florida.  Pat was […]

June 24, 2019:  It is sad news indeed to pass along the news that Lou Camilli has died.  He’ll be missed.  The […]

May 27, 2019:  In July of 1940 another City golf course opened and it was called League Island.  Later the name changed […]

May 14, 2019:  Talented young writer for GolfAdvisor, Tim Gavrich, writes on the state of municipal golf in the country.  At the […]

May 6, 2019:  Some nice pub for Eli, former superintendent at Cobb’s Creek! https://www.golfcourseindustry.com/article/syngenta-posterity-superintendent-spring/

March 16, 2019:  Recently I had the pleasure of being reacquainted with Ed Abrams of KYW radio fame.  He’s enjoying retirement, playing […]

March 7, 2019:  According to writer William Evans, the best hole at Cobb’s Creek was left on the cutting room floor.  The […]

March 3, 2019:  The original 13th hole at Cobb’s Creek was a par 5 that started near the current 6th green and […]

February 19, 2019 update:  Recently my friend Paul Pizzica was at Cobb’s with his drone.  Soon we’ll be able to show some […]

February 18, 2019 update:  You may have noticed some construction at Cobb’s and Karakung over the past few months.  This is a […]

January 25, 2019 update:  Patti Carmichael, an icon at the Cobb’s Creek Golf Course, has passed away after a valiant battle with […]

May 22, 2018 update:  Cobb’s Creek former superintendent Eli Rodriguez is doing nicely in his current position at Royce Brook Golf  Club […]

April 7, 2018 update:  It is a belated goodbye to one heckuva fellow and great superintendent,  Eli Rodriguez.  Late in March he […]

November 16, 2017 update:  This Saturday (November 18) will be the annual Superintendent’s Revenge tournament. 4-person teams.  Singles welcome.  Shotgun start at […]

November 13, 2017 update:  The “Cobb’s blog” is back and better than ever!  Give it a spin.

July 26, 2017 update:  One of the walls of the new clubhouse is now nicely decked out with two items courtesy of […]

July 24, 2017 update:  Somehow the opening of the new clubhouse snuck past me.  It opened on July 15th and it is […]

June 16, 2017 update:  The BuffaloGolfer has published an interview with Mike Cirba and yours truly concerning Cobb’s Creek golf course.  The […]

May 10, 2017 update:  the original tee for the par 3 17th is rounding into form.  Today it is being sodded as […]

April 25, 2017 update:  Congrats to the Cobb’s Creek GAP team as they won their first ever match versus Wilmington Country Club.  […]

April 11, 2017 update:  Later this month the double-wide will be opened to serve as the new clubhouse.  This will be part […]

December 6, 2016 update:  Happy to report that on 1/1/17 Cobb’s Creek GC will be a full member of the Golf Association […]

September 30, 2016 update:  The golf world mourns the recent passing of Arnold Palmer.  Arnie was a rookie pro in 1955 and […]

June 7, 2016 update:  Below is yours truly with Executive Director of the AAGHOF Martha Clark and legendary pro golfer Jim Dent.

May 4, 2016 update:  Both golf courses look great this season.  And the new digs to replace the old clubhouse are in […]

March 16, 2016 update:  Congrats to Cobb’s Creek GC superintendent Eli Rodriguez as he was named 2015 Superintendent of the Year at […]

February 10, 2016 update:  No real trace of the clubhouse now, as the photo below shows.

February 5, 2016 update:  The clubhouse has been razed.

February 2, 2016 update:  Looks like the demolition of the clubhouse is in progress, a link from a picture taken today below.

January 15, 2016 update2:  Joe Logan penned a short piece on Cobb’s Creek GC 1st day open since the clubhouse fire. Cobb’s […]

January 15, 2016 update:  I’m told the golf course has reopened today, with temporary headquarters in the building at the City Line […]

January 6, 2016 update:  By now you’ve likely heard that on late Monday night a fire broke out at the clubhouse at […]

January 3, 2016 update:  Yesterday was a brisk day but good enough for a round of golf at Cobb’s.  Below is a […]

December 24, 2015 update:  Another article mentioning play in December at Cobb’s Creek penned by John Kopp of the PhillyVoice: Philadelphia golfers […]

December 20, 2015 update:  Warm December weather has led to more play at Cobb’s, as CBS3 documented earlier in the month (see […]

August 14, 2015 update2:  Yesterday at Cobb’s I had the pleasure of meeting Zakki Blatt and his mother Stephanie.  Many of you […]

August 14, 2015 update:  Todd Quinones of CBS3 did a story on the project yesterday.  Read it here: Efforts Underway To Restore […]

June 23, 2015 update:  Yesterday I visited Cobb’s for the first time since late May.  I was simply astounded by the transformation […]

June 2, 2015 update:  J.E. Souders penned another article on Cobb’s Creek GC for Golfer’s Tee Times.  You can read it here: […]

May 14, 2015 update:  Yesterday another piece by Matt Ginella of The Golf Channel featuring Cobb’s Creek aired during Morning Drive.  Here […]

March 8, 2015 update:  Beginning tomorrow (March 9) Cobb’s will have a new superintendent, a very affable and enthusiastic fellow named Eli […]

February 19, 2015 update:  Sad news to report as long time local golfer and great guy Mark Graham has passed away after […]

February 18, 2015 update:  I took a walk at Cobb’s after the recent snowfall.  The 2nd hole looks very nice after a […]