Getting your Ross on

[Matt Wharton]

If you asked me how many Ross courses I've played prior to seeing this thread I would probably have answered about a dozen.  This thread inspired me to check the list of Ross courses on the Donald Ross Society website and I was pleasantly surprised to discover I've played 22 (18 NC, 1 SC, 1 VA, 1 TN, 1 GA).  Of those found in NC and SC I've had the good fortune to play 6 (5 NC, 1 SC) both pre and post renovation/restoration in recent years.  I never tire of experiencing a Ross course for the first time.


Cheers,

[Ed Oden]

Brad is a terrific guy and friend to several on this site.  He could easily have belt notched his way to this or that top 100 list.  Instead, Brad chose to explore Donald Ross’ work from soup to nuts, including places that many here wouldn’t waste their time on.  And he backs it all up by heading the Donald Ross Society’s historian project.  Major kudos to Brad for a job well done and for his devotion to golf architecture and history. Peter is right, he would make a great feature interview with Ran.

Ed,

As the author says, "interesting" and my follow up was in no way intended to belittle anything Brad had done regarding such a feat.  I also find it interesting and wonder what makes someone wish to do such.  Without sounding like I am slamming Brad in any way, it would not make me want to play golf if I was to try such.  I once hiked about 780 miles of the Appalachian Trail and it made me stop hiking.  I didn't see anything....   Oh well...

[/size][size=78%]No worries Mike, I didn’t take your comments as criticism at all.  I just wanted to chime in as someone who knows Brad a little.[/size]
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[/size][size=78%]All the best,[/size]
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[/size][size=78%]Ed[/size]