If you could play any golf course that has ever existed, at any time in its existence, which course would it be, which year, and why?
It's an interesting exercise in determining which traits we value the most: is it a single prominent feature that disappeared years ago, an entire NLE course, experiencing the game in ancient times, or something far more personal?
I'm tempted to choose Bethpage Black in the late 1930's. That's my home course and I'd love to play it with all the options that wider fairways and fewer trees would provide. But since that set-up could technically still be possible without a wish-granting genie, I think I'll go with:
Biarritz in 1895-96. This could have been the period when the original, longer Chasm hole still existed along with the new Chambre d'Amour holes and Cliff hole. It's definitely the romantic, less academic choice, but I'm pretty fascinated at how completely adventurous they were when laying that course out.