Ron came up to Hotchkiss on his way to Geoffrey Cornish's 95th birthday party. He toured the course and then I took him to see Charles Banks' gravesite which is a stone's throw from my home. He's a very personable guy and I'm happy that someone in his position shed some light on 9 hole courses, along with Tony Pioppi's book, "To The Nines".
RW's compilation of 25 'best' courses does the job of reminding people of the benefits of playing 9 holers and that the several thousand of them in existence are spread out across the USA, There are 4 from CA, 3 from NY, 3 from IL, 2 from MI, 2 from CT, and 1 each from MN, FL, MA, TX, OH, KS, IA, MD, NB, NH, and UT on his list.