Hi Folks,
I thought I would chime in on this one as my good friend Sean at The Valley Club said this had been posted!!
TCC has affiliated itself with Coore and Crenshaw to work with the club on an "as needed" basis in the future. Ben is adamant that no changes be made at the club and feels it is best left as it is!!! So does the club, by the bye.
No changes are contemplated at this time, but should something NEED to be done requiring the services of a golf course architect, Ben and Bill will be the guys.
Second, Rees has not worked at TCC since 1985, although he has visited and played since. Rees worked well with the club at that time, but, for everything there is a season.
Third, as CupCutter states, all of the bunker, tee work, etc. done for the Ryder Cup were done exclusively by us. The "us" includes Captain Ben, who had some very good ideas that were put into the mix as well.
He is in love with the course and shone through our entire working relationship.
In 1999, as in 1988, there is NO ONE person that should ever think of taking credit for what was a team effort by dedicated professionals.....Especially 1988!!! There were many people, some now gone, that put that program together. That has always been the case at TCC.....teamwork!!! That is why the club has remained one of the few great, "unchanged", (relatively speaking), courses in the world. Of course, I'm biased, but the TCC membership has done a remarkable job through the ages in maintaining a very important and historic golf course.
I have been very lucky to have been there for the past 17 years. I can't think of a club I would rather go to.