I don't know if this is customary, but I am a new member as of yesterday. I have been a frequent viewer of this site and of your posts for quite some time, but I am now officially a member of GCA and I want to thank you for helping me to learn so much about golf courses and their architecture. For my first post I just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. I was taught to golf when I was a young boy by my father, who was a great golfer in his younger years. I grew up in the Los Angeles area and grew up playing the local munis (which are nothing to write home about). It wasn't until a year and a half ago that I played, what I consider, my first true golf course (actually it was two in one day). Those were Old MacDonald and Pacific Dunes. It was like something was ignited within me and I felt that this is what golf was meant to be. Playing those courses was something special to me, and I felt like I was home. I currently live in Oregon and so I am blessed to be so close to Bandon and was able to play there on 3 separate occasions this winter. It was on Old Mac that I got my first hole-in-one (hole #5, upper left pin placement), and shot my career low round (72 on the same round). I know Mr. Doak is a frequent poster on GCA, and so I want to thank him personally for designing two of the world's great courses (they are #1 and #2 in my book). Thanks again for everyone's contributions to this site. I hope to contribute my thoughts in the future, although I am no expert and have so much to learn.