Is there a market for reborn, lost courses?

[Ronald Montesano]

Gil Hanse opened a faux-Lido in Korea, then Tom Doak, et al., did a real one in Wisconsin. Now an El Borquerón course is in the works in South Carolina.

What other courses exist in history's mists, like Timber Point, from the Golden Ages, that might be considered enough of a draw, to be built by some empathetic, wealthy person?

[Tom_Doak]

I don't think there are many of them that were good enough to justify the effort and expense, vs. hiring a good modern designer.


I even had my doubts about Lido, considering that it wasn't going to have the setting between Reynolds Channel and the Atlantic Ocean, which had to have added to the allure of the original.  But, Macdonald and company spent enough time on the detailed design of that course that its interest transcended the setting.


Also, Lido was created from scratch the first time, which made creating it from scratch possible.  Most courses rely in some part on things that can't be re-created . . . Timber Point wouldn't be Timber Point if that Gibraltar green wasn't sticking out into the bay.