Photos by David Welch, Stadium Journey Stadium Info FANFARE Score: 4.00 McWhorter Stadium 114 Baseball Dr Clemson, SC 29634 Clemson Tigers website McWhorter Stadium website Year Opened: 2020 Capacity: 2,116 The Orange and Regalia Softball at Clemson debuted in 2020, and the Tigers got off to a strong start with a 5-1 record – unfortunately the season was cut short by COVID-19, limiting the Tigers’ inaugural season to just 6 games. The abrupt end to the 2020 season did not seem to adversely impact Clemson, however, as in their first full season in 2021 they went 44-8, winning the Atla ..read more

Photos by Michael Davis, Stadium Journey Stadium Info FANFARE Score: 3.43 Horner Ballpark 3000 Mountain Creek Pkwy Dallas, TX 75211 Dallas Baptist Patriots website Horner Ballpark website Year Opened: 2013 Capacity: 3,492 Horner Ballpark - A Baseball Gem in DFW Located in Dallas, TX, Joan & Andy Horner Ballpark is home to the Dallas Baptist University Patriots baseball team. The ballpark was designed by well-known architecture firm HKS using the architectural theme of the campus, a Georgian-style facade of dark red brick. The facility has a capacity of 3,492 (including 4 guest boxes ..read more

Photo by Marc Viquez, Stadium Journey I find myself at the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, a tournament that has been around since 1913, for the first time in several years. That changed last week when I went to see the Indy Eleven take on San Antonio FC at the Butler Bowl on the campus of Butler University. The two USL Championship foes find themselves in the round of 32 teams, with the winner advancing to the next round to play. The Bud & Jackie Sellick Bowl is not Indy’s home venue, due to commencement ceremonies at Carroll Stadium on the campus of IUPUI, placed the game here. The Bu ..read more

Photos by James Clotfelter, Stadium Journey Stadium Info FANFARE Score: 3.71 Dan Magill Tennis Complex 518 D W Brooks Athens, GA 30605 Georgia Bulldogs website Dan Magill Tennis Complex website Year Opened: 2002 Capacity: 5,000 Tennis In The Classic City Many outside the college tennis world do not know that the University of Georgia has a rich tennis history. The university consistently produces ATP and WTA talent and has accumulated two women's and six men's national championships. The Dan Magill Tennis Complex itself has hosted a total of 24 men’s championships and three women’s champi ..read more

Photos by Meg Minard, Stadium Journey Stadium Info FANFARE Score: 2.57 Fitch Park 651 N Center Mesa, AZ 85211 Map It ACL Athletics website Fitch Park website Year Opened: 1997 Year Renovated: 2014 Capacity: 125 (estimate) Rookie A's In the sports world, Fitch Park in Mesa, AZ, is mostly known as the workout and practice facility as the Oakland Athletics’ spring training site.  It is a city-owned and operated park.  The park has four ball fields on the west side and traditional city park amenities like a playground, ramadas, and picnic tables on the east side.  The ACL ..read more

Photos by Paul Baker, Stadium Journey Stadium Info FANFARE Score: 2.86 George H. W. Bush '48 Field 252 Derby Ave. West Haven, CT 06516 Yale Bulldogs website George H. W. 48 Field website Year Opened: 1928 Capacity: 6,200 Historic Bush Field   George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st President of the United States and the captain of the Yale baseball team during his senior season as an undergrad. In 2021 Yale honored Mr. Bush by dedicating its baseball field, known as Yale Field for almost a century, as George H. W. Bush ’48 Field.   The first baseball team to represent Yale ..read more

Photos by David Welch, Stadium Journey Stadium Info FANFARE Score: 3.86 TPC Sugarloaf 2595 Sugarloaf Club Dr Duluth, GA 30097 Mitsubishi Electric Classic website TPC Sugarloaf website Year Opened: 1997 Where Legends Play Located in the northeastern Atlanta suburb of Duluth, the one-time Rollins family cattle and horse farm Sugarloaf Farms was transformed into the Greg Norman-designed TPC Sugarloaf. The 7309-yard, par 72 Bermuda fairways and bent grass greens of TPC Sugarloaf have played host to both PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions events since its opening in 1997, when the club ho ..read more

Photos by Richard Smith, Stadium Journey Stadium Info FANFARE Score: 2.57 CCBC Baseball Field 7200 Sollers Point Rd Baltimore, MD 21222 CCBC Dundalk Lions website CCBC Dundalk Baseball Field website Year Opened: n/a Capacity: 250 Lions At The Field One of the largest colleges in Maryland is largely unknown outside of the Baltimore area. The Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) has an annual enrollment of greater than 72,000 students. Created in the 1990s by a merger of Essex Community College, Dundalk Community College, and Catonsville Community, the new college kept each of those ..read more

Photos by Gregory Koch, Stadium Journey Stadium Info FANFARE Score: 3.57 Nationals Park 1500 South Capitol St SE Washington, DC 20003 Washington Nationals website Nationals Park website Year Opened: 2008 Capacity: 41,888 A National Pastime In 2005, the Montreal Expos moved to Washington, D.C., and changed their name to the Nationals. For their first three years of existence, they played their home games at RFK Stadium, which had previously been home to the Washington Senators. In 2008, the Nats moved into a stadium of their own, Nationals Park, which represented a significant improvement o ..read more

Author:  Jimmie James Publisher:  Simon & Schuster Copyright: 2024 The best stories about sports are, far more often than not, deeper than the game itself. The best sports stories are those of individuals overcoming obstacles, conquering personal demons, dealing with social inequities, or finding redemption.   On its surface, Playing from the Rough by Jimmie James is the story of a man’s Odysseus-like quest to play the top 100 golf courses in the U.S. in one year.   However, each course on James’ journey brings with it insight into himself as a black man in mod ..read more