The Tradition top 100

[Patrick_Mucci_Jr]

John Conley,

GCGC has hosted the tournaments you mention in the 20th Century.  GCGC exudes tradition.....everywhere.
It could be the motto of the club, and is taken very seriously.
Some of the clubs ranked ahead of GCGC in the tradition category don't come close if you're really talking about tradition seriously.

Jackets are required in all rooms in the clubhouse with the exception of the Locker room.

Shirts can be removed at the 4th hole and put back on by the 16th hole, but rarely is one seen doing this, and it's usually a younger guy who misunderstands "macho",
 "golf", "tradition" and "taste".  I think it's an aberation that should be eliminated.  It is rare, but it does occur.

Brad Klein,

Ties aren't required, but many wear them with their jackets.  
You can decide what to wear when you visit.

[John_Conley]

Pat:

I have played Garden City and loved it.  However, my point is simply that people could always disagree as to what constitutes tradition.  The club has great traditions.  I think it deserves to be ranked on lists despite these, not because of them.

As for the events, were any after 1910?

[Patrick_Mucci_Jr]

John Conley,

Only if you count the 1936 US AMATEUR, which sadly, was the begining of the end for the STYMIE.  If that's not tradition, I don't know what is.

Would one consider The Vintage Club one of tradition due to their hosting of a US MID AMATEUR ?

A club with a resort like, non-resident, seasonal membership.

If tradition equals tournaments, then they should rename the category.  But, if it means what it's defined as, then GCGC should jump to the head of the pack.

[Michael Whitaker]

Let's compare courses within the same state... Greenville CC (Chanticleer) ranks 77th in Tradition and The Ocean Course ranks 93rd? Based on what? Chanticleer has never hosted anything of significance and, outside of a hard core few, most people have never heard of the course, much less played it. Pure politics.

[HamiltonBHearst]

TRADITON IS TOO VAGUE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THE 1936 AMATUER WAS CONTESTED?
HOW MANY PEOPLE CARE?
HOW CAN SOMEONE MAKE A STATEMENT THAT A GCGC IS "HEAD OF THE PACK" IN TRADITION IF THEY HAVE NOT BEEN TO ALL THE CLUBS IN THE COUNTRY?

[John_Conley]

Hamilton:

He's a member.

[Jeff_Lewis]

Augusta should not be number 6 for tradition. The golf course is two years old, a Tom Fazio design. It has hosted two majors. Alister who? Bobby who?

[larry_munger]

Did I miss something or did every tee shot view look like the best work of Tom Fazio, this is his masterpiece, not AM or BJ's anymore. Some of those new trees just look ....! Still a great course but certainly not what it was.