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Andrew Harvie:
Ran is currently working on the updated 147 Custodians of the Game (+4), but in the time being, I was chatting with a couple friends on golf courses that would make your personal Custodians list, per the 147 Custodians criteria:


* A course that provides engaging puzzles to solve beats one which does not.
* A course where the ball is encouraged to run beats one where it is not.
* A course where you can carry your bag at anytime beats one where you cannot.
* A course where you can play quickly while walking, beats one where you cannot.
* A course that you can enjoy at all ages beats one where you cannot.
* A course with understated maintenance practices beats one with conspicuous green keeping.
* A club that emphasizes the simple game of golf beats one which pursues the trappings of status.
* A course you want to play again and again beats one you only wish to play annually. I've always appreciated the list for putting places like Camden, Rawls, etc, in the spotlight, for they both embody the above sentiments. And, as a Canadian myself, I've always felt an immense amount of pride for our representation of 7 courses, fourth most of any nation!


Anyways, what course(s) would you add, based on the above criteria, to your own personal 147 Custodians list? I once wrote an article for Beyond The Contour nominating seven golf courses from Canada for consideration: Waskesiu, Grand-Mere, Tarandowah, Mount Bruno, Highlands Links, Wolf Creek (Old), and Victoria, which you can read here.


Forgive me if this thread has been created before, but let's run it back I guess!   

Adam Lawrence:
Oops... posted in wrong thread....

Sean_A:
No surprises from me Andrew as I will add two criteria:

A course that is affordable over one that is dubiously priced.

In most cases, a course which is accessible over one that is exclusionary.

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ISLE OF HARRIS

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Jason Topp:

My first thoughts:



Goswick
Northland
Woodlands (Melbourne)


I doubt description is needed for any of these options but they all seem to fit the criteria well.  In a general sense, each has evinced a unique kind of joy that many on the list have also delivered. 

Thomas Dai:
Interesting to re-read the GCA thread that followed the publication of Ran’s original 147 Custodians listing.
See - [size=78%]https://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,66302.0.html[/size]
Unfortunately the text of Ran’s original detailed explanation behind the 147 as published in 2018 seems to have since been deleted/edited and replaced by some revised wording.
Atb

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