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If we list your top three holes on the Old Course how many total holes would be mentioned?I like 5, 11, 14.
2, 17,18. The greens make the difference.
I always marvel that Augusta, Pine Valley and St Andrews are the three courses that get the most support for being the best in the world, and it would be hard to name three others that were so different from one another.
Are there similar architectural characteristics about those four courses that can be named to create a checklist for the greatest courses that distinguish them from the very good?How are the very best special in a way that the next tier falls short?
Quote from: mike_malone on September 28, 2023, 10:43:59 AMAre there similar architectural characteristics about those four courses that can be named to create a checklist for the greatest courses that distinguish them from the very good?How are the very best special in a way that the next tier falls short?There are no checklists - that's the checklist. The very best courses are materially different, and don't worry about rules set by others. An example: The Old Course has only two par-3's.