fm Tom Doak: “George,
“Is that first hole a version of the 15th at National? Also, what is the model for the fifth?”
Tom: In the Macdonald version of the Lido article, below the picture of the model, he lists the holes, yardages and the inspiration origin.
The 1st hole was 384 and the inspiration was, yes, the Narrow - 15-NGLA.
In the Lido version it looks as though he incorporated the two “narrowing” bunkers, left and right short of the green, with the front-short centerline bunker at NGLA. He has the narrowing bunkers set in on a sharp diagonal (tight towards the front as you approach the green - V” shaped, two hazards) which creates the same impact as the three bunkers short, left and right of 15-NGLA
The 5th-Lido is, as TomMac and )Lefty) Jim Kennedy said, is the Cape at 378 (a pretty long version for them)
Tom, that hill on this Lido topo is a perfect example of what we saw at original 7-Leven, now 16 Lundin Links - a feature they never (?) used in that manner.
That also tells me that this is Macdonald input on the 10th. Raynor did not see the original and as far as I know neither CB, Raynor or Banks ever built a Leven hole with that mound location configuration.
Since we saw that iteration at Lundin Links, it really fascinates me how Macdonald turned those two mounds at Lundin into the single, large crossing mound at 17-National.