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Rick Shefchik

Tom, the Scottish guy could just as easily have been Willie Watson or even William Clark, who designed a number of Minnesota courses. Maybe even Tom Vardon, who was English, and designed more Minnesota courses than Ross, Watson and Clark put together. Nothing wrong with having a course designed by any of those guys. The point is, we just don't know, so it's better not to make a claim that can't be verified.
"Golf is 20 percent mechanics and technique. The other 80 percent is philosophy, humor, tragedy, romance, melodrama, companionship, camaraderie, cussedness and conversation." - Grantland Rice

A.G._Crockett

Tom, the Scottish guy could just as easily have been Willie Watson or even William Clark, who designed a number of Minnesota courses. Maybe even Tom Vardon, who was English, and designed more Minnesota courses than Ross, Watson and Clark put together. Nothing wrong with having a course designed by any of those guys. The point is, we just don't know, so it's better not to make a claim that can't be verified.

Rick,
It's better unless you are trying to market a course, in which case it might serve your purposes better to make a claim that can't be disproven.  And so Donald Ross ends up credited with 600 courses...
"Golf...is usually played with the outward appearance of great dignity.  It is, nevertheless, a game of considerable passion, either of the explosive type, or that which burns inwardly and sears the soul."      Bobby Jones

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