Call me old fashioned but some of my most memorable rounds of golf are at classic courses. Sure, I can appreciate the new 8,000-yard courses where driver wedge is the standard approach of play, but if you're a true fan of design then there's nothing better that having to truly "think" your way around a course.

I like a course that makes you think your way around dog legs. I like playing holes that make you consider hitting something besides a driver at each Par- 4 and Par-5 tee and I definitely like a course that rewards accuracy over anything else. I know many golfers who can hit the ball 300-yards but only a couple who can do it with accuracy.

There are many generic superlatives to describe a great golf course; exceptional, challenging, beautiful, scenic and on and on. But the highest accolade any course can receive is its ability to stick in your mind after the round.

Its how certain holes and the way you played the course replay in your head over and over again. The course literally offers such a unique experience that you can't wait to make your next tee time. Well in my mind no course does this better than Arthur Hills designed Maryland National Golf Club in Middleton Maryland.

Change and hope are the two cornerstones of all Presidential campaigns. The 2008 race is just heating up and even though the faces have changed the promises sound the same. As Americans we want to believe the promises and want a President that truly delivers!

Well, I can't promise our next President will deliver but I can assure you Lake Presidential Golf Club in Upper Marlboro Maryland meets all preconceived expectations and sets a new standard for high-end daily fee courses in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Back in 2005 we made our first trip to Laurel Hill Golf Club and were blown away with overall course design.

But like all new courses there were some kinks to work out, including the use of trailer serving as a temporary clubhouse and proshop. At the time we couldn't wait to come back and see the finished product and last month we finally got the chance.

Who doesn't like a good comeback story?

There are plenty of sports movies, books and general life lessons that involve the down and out team that never wins or the individual who has nothing but bad luck but finds a way to over come an insurmountable trail.

But as the story unfolds the underdog team wins and the individual beats the odds to triumph in the end.