COORE & CRENSHAW
Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw not only portray variations of styles at different venues, but more importantly, they can vary their landscapes at the same venue. Take Friar's Head Golf Club in Baiting Hollow, New York as an example. The routing swings back and forth from tree-lined dunes off the north shore into windswept meadows closer inland.
Ron Whitten once said, "These guys mix it up, and avoid trademarks, better than anyone....What I admire most about their work is their effort and ability to avoid stereotyping their art."
If you think eroded, gnarly edges are their only bunker style, then you haven't seen their third nine at Southern Hills in Tulsa, where they deliberately imitated the clamshell bunkers of the original 18 designed by Perry Maxwell.
If you think low-profile, bump-and-run is the extent of their repertoire, then you haven't played the South Course at Talking Stick in Scottsdale, where their goal was an old-fashioned northeastern course with perched greens and lots of creek carries".