[Mark_Rowlinson]

I was curious to know how much English club golfers knew about golf course architecture, in the UK and overseas, so I put together a few questions and gave them to friends.  They, in turn, gave copies to their fourball when they returned to the bar and got them to fill in a survey without the use of reference books and without consulting each other.  I think you'd be surprised at some of the answers and their spread.  These surveys were carried out at some pretty upper-class clubs.  Feel free to print it off and spring it on your friends if you wish.  I'll give you the results next week.  I assume you all know the answers, but feel free to e-mail me privately if anything has slipped your mind!  

GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTURE SURVEY

Who assisted Bobby Jones in the design of Augusta National Golf Club?
 Robert Trent Jones  Alister MacKenzie  AW Tillinghast   William Flynn  Gene Sarazen

Which British architect designed Swinley Forest, St George’s Hill and Rye, among many others?
 Harry Colt  Harry Vardon  James Braid  ‘Old’ Tom Morris  Willie Park

The ‘Great Triumvirate’ won 16 Open Championships between them.  Which of them also designed golf courses?
 James Braid  Harry Vardon  JH Taylor

Who was the ‘Father of American Golf Course Architecture’?
 Donald Ross  Tom Bendelow  Charles Banks  CB Macdonald  Hugh Wilson

Four Ryder Cup Matches have been staged at The Brabazon at The Belfry.  Which (two) former Ryder Cup Golfers designed it?
 Dave Thomas  John Jacobs  Henry Cotton  Peter Alliss  Tony Jacklin

Which British golf architect was responsible for revealing the golfing potential of the Algarve with his course at Penina?
 James Braid  Dave Thomas  Frank Pennink  Henry Cotton  Dai Rees

The 2006 US Open Championship will be played at Winged Foot, New York.  Who designed it?
 AW Tillinghast  George Thomas  Bobby Jones  Robert Trent Jones  Rees Jones

Some of Canada’s greatest courses, such as Banff Springs, Jasper Park and St George’s were laid out by whom?
 Stanley Johnson  Stanley Roberts  Stanley Davis  Stanley Philips  Stanley Thompson

Pine Valley is rated among the very best American Courses.  Who was its founder, owner and part-designer?
 James W Tufts  George Arthur Crump  Howard Hughes  Henry C Fownes  Dwight D  Eisenhower

Which short hole at North Berwick has been imitated on golf courses throughout the world?
 Perfection  Postage Stamp  Alps  Redan  Gibraltar

A double green on which its two levels are separated by a trough or depression is called what?
 Pau  Dunkerque   Biarritz  Strasbourg  Chamonix

The Players’ Championship, sometimes dubbed the Fifth Major, is played every year on the Stadium Course at the Tournament Players’ Club, Sawgrass, Florida.  Who designed it?
 Arnold Palmer  Pete Dye  Robert Trent Jones  Tom Fazio  Jack Nicklaus

San Lorenzo in Portugal has been voted the top European Course by Golf World magazine.  What nationality was its designer, Joseph Lee?
 American  British  Canadian  Australian  South African

The West Course at Royal Melbourne is one of the best courses in Australia and, indeed, in the world.  Who designed it, with the assistance of Alex Russell?
 Bobby Jones  Peter Thomson  Greg Norman  Walter Hagen  Alister MacKenzie

A number of Japan’s finest courses were designed in the 1930s by an Englishman, a business partner of Harry Colt.  Who was he?
 CH Alison  WH Fowler  JF Abercromby  TC Simpson  JD Harris

Which of these Spanish courses was designed by a native Spaniard?
 San Roque  Montecastillo  Sotogrande  Valderrama  El Saler


Which was Herbert  Fowler’s impressive first design?
 Lahinch  St Enodoc  Royal Cinque Ports  Walton Heath Old Course  Sunningdale New Course

European Tour events have been staged at the Forest of Arden golf club.  Who designed it?
 Rees Jones  Martin Hawtree  Severiano Ballesteros  Donald Steel  Jack Nicklaus

European Tour events have also been staged at The Oxfordshire.  Who designed it?
 Rees Jones  Martin Hawtree  Severiano Ballesteros  Donald Steel  Jack Nicklaus

European Tour events were also held at St Mellion, in Cornwall.  Who designed the Championship Course there?
 Rees Jones  Martin Hawtree  Severiano Ballesteros  Donald Steel  Jack Nicklaus

The dunhill links trophy is held jointly at Carnoustie, Kingsbarns and  St Andrews (Old Course).  Who designed Kingsbarns in collaboration with Mark Parsinen?
 Jack Nicklaus  Tom Weiskopf  Johnny Miller  Kyle Phillips  Tom Fazio

The 2005 US Open was won by Michael Campbell on a course designed by an émigré Scotsman, Donald Ross.  Which was the course?
 Pinehurst  Pine Valley  Oak Hill  Oakland Hills  Oakmont

Ross took with him (and incorporated in many of his US course designs) many of the principles of golf design he had studied at which Scottish course, where he was Professional prior to his emigration?
 Carnoustie  St Andrews  Montrose  Dornoch  Prestwick

The English Golf Union’s headquarters are at Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire.  Its original course is now named after its former owner and designer.  Who was he?
 CK Hutchison  HG Hutchkinson  SV Hotchkin  FG Hawtree  FW Hawtree

Which colourful British golf architect, often wearing an embroidered cloak and beret,  was chauffeur-driven from course to course in a Rolls-Royce?  His designs include Cruden Bay, New Zealand, Fontainebleau and Royal Antwerp.
 Herbert Fowler  Charles Lawrie  Henry Cotton  Sandy Herd  Tom Simpson

The 2006 Ryder Cup Matches will be played for the first time in Ireland at the K-Club.  There are two courses there.  Who designed the course that will stage the event?
 Tom Doak  Tom Fazio  Ben Crenshaw  Arnold Palmer  Jack Nicklaus

Whose ‘Confidential Guide’, one of the most perceptive guides to the best courses worldwide, was written by a leading contemporary golf  architect?
 Tom Fazio  Pete Dye  Tom Doak  Mark Fine  Ben Crenshaw

Which British architect wrote a famous handbook on the planning, design, construction and maintenance of a golf course, The Golf Course, first published in 1983?
 Donald Steel  FW Hawtree  Tom McAuley  Peter Alliss  John Jacobs

English-educated Percy Clifford was the leading designer of golf courses in which country?
 Mexico  Brazil  Peru  Chile  Bahamas

Which British-born architect, who emigrated to the USA, had had (at the time of his death) 20 US Opens, 12 USPGA Championships and 47 other national championships played on courses designed or remodelled by him?
 Alister MacKenzie  Willie Park  ‘Young’ Willie Dunn  Robert Trent Jones  Donald Ross

The 2005 Australian Open will be played later this month at Moonah Links.  Who designed the course in association with Wolveridge and Perrett?
 Michael Clayton  Greg Norman  Peter Senior  Wayne Grady  Peter Thomson

[John Kavanaugh]

Whose ‘Confidential Guide’, one of the most perceptive guides to the best courses worldwide, was written by a leading contemporary golf  architect?
 Tom Fazio  Pete Dye  Tom Doak  Mark Fine  Ben Crenshaw

Congrats to Mark Fine for being included in such fine company..

[BCrosby]

Mark -

Wonderful set of questions that confirm how thin my knowledge is of English courses and architects.


Bob

[Tony_Muldoon]

Mark I’ve printed the questionnaire off and await the answers!

Another survey. The magazine Golf Digest Ireland has just published a list of the top 100 courses in Ireland.  They claim over 3000 people voted and then the results were “weighed with those of a selection panel of golf writers”.  People were asked to vote based on shot values, resistance to scoring, design variety, memorability, aesthetics, conditioning and ambience.

The top 20.

1 K Club – palmer
2 European
3 E Mount Juliet
4 Portmarnock Old
5 Ballybunion old
6 Ballyliffin Glashedy
7 Co. Louth
8 Druids Glen
9 Co Sligo
10 Lahinch old
11 Royal Portrush Dunluce
12 royal County Down
13 The heritage
14 Old Head
15 Waterville
16 The Island
17 Royal Dublin
18 Adare Manor Resort
19 Tralee
20 Carton House Montgomerie.

[Marc Haring]

Mark

Great quiz. Can we have the answers sometime. There are a few that I am really not at all sure of.

I've reconfigured it so that it should be easier to list the answers.

GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTURE QUIZ


1.   Who assisted Bobby Jones in the design of Augusta National Golf Club?

a)   Robert Trent Jones
b)   Alister MacKenzie
c)   AW Tillinghast  
d)   William Flynn
e)   Gene Sarazen


2.   Which British architect designed Swinley Forest, St George’s Hill and Rye, among many others?

a)   Harry Colt Harry
b)   Vardon
c)   James Braid
d)   ‘Old’ Tom Morris
e)   Willie Park


3.   The ‘Great Triumvirate’ won 16 Open Championships between them.  Which of them also designed golf courses?

a)   James Braid
b)   Harry Vardon
c)   JH Taylor


4.   Who was the ‘Father of American Golf Course Architecture’?

a)   Donald Ross
b)   Tom Bendelow
c)   Charles Banks
d)   CB Macdonald
e)   Hugh Wilson


5.   Four Ryder Cup Matches have been staged at The Brabazon at The Belfry.  Which (two) former Ryder Cup Golfers designed it?

a)   Dave Thomas
b)   John Jacobs
c)   Henry Cotton
d)   Peter Alliss
e)   Tony Jacklin


6.   Which British golf architect was responsible for revealing the golfing potential of the Algarve with his course at Penina?

a)   James Braid
b)   Dave Thomas
c)   Frank Pennink
d)   Henry Cotton
e)   Dai Rees


7.   The 2006 US Open Championship will be played at Winged Foot, New York.  Who designed it?

a)   AW Tillinghast
b)   George Thomas
c)   Bobby Jones
d)   Robert Trent Jones
e)   Rees Jones



8.   Some of Canada’s greatest courses, such as Banff Springs, Jasper Park and St George’s were laid out by whom?

a)   Stanley Johnson
b)   Stanley Roberts
c)   Stanley Davis
d)   Stanley Philips
e)   Stanley Thompson


Pine Valley is rated among the very best American Courses.  Who was its founder, owner and part-designer?

a)   James W Tufts
b)   George Arthur Crump
c)   Howard Hughes
d)   Henry C Fownes
e)   Dwight D  Eisenhower


9.   Which short hole at North Berwick has been imitated on golf courses throughout the world?

a)   Perfection
b)   Postage Stamp
c)   Alps
d)   Redan
e)   Gibraltar



10.   A double green on which its two levels are separated by a trough or depression is called what?

a)   Pau
b)   Dunkerque
c)   Biarritz
d)   Strasbourg
e)   Chamonix


11.   The Players’ Championship, sometimes dubbed the Fifth Major, is played every year on the Stadium Course at the Tournament Players’ Club, Sawgrass, Florida.  Who designed it?

a)   Arnold Palmer
b)   Pete Dye
c)   Robert Trent Jones
d)   Tom Fazio
e)   Jack Nicklaus



12.   San Lorenzo in Portugal has been voted the top European Course by Golf World magazine.  What nationality was its designer, Joseph Lee?

a)   American
b)   British
c)   Canadian
d)   Australian
e)   South African


13.   The West Course at Royal Melbourne is one of the best courses in Australia and, indeed, in the world.  Who designed it, with the assistance of Alex Russell?

a)   Bobby Jones
b)   Peter Thomson
c)   Greg Norman
d)   Walter Hagen
e)   Alister MacKenzie


14.   A number of Japan’s finest courses were designed in the 1930s by an Englishman, a business partner of Harry Colt.  Who was he?

a)   CH Alison
b)   WH Fowler
c)   JF Abercromby
d)   TC Simpson
e)   JD Harris


15.   Which of these Spanish courses was designed by a native Spaniard?

a)   San Roque
b)   Montecastillo
c)   Sotogrande
d)   Valderrama
e)   El Saler


16.   Which was Herbert  Fowler’s impressive first design?

a)   Lahinch
b)   St Enodoc
c)   Royal Cinque Ports
d)   Walton Heath Old Course
e)   Sunningdale New Course


17.   European Tour events have been staged at the Forest of Arden golf club.  Who designed it?

a)   Rees Jones
b)   Martin Hawtree
c)   Severiano Ballesteros
d)   Donald Steel
e)   Jack Nicklaus


18.   European Tour events have also been staged at The Oxfordshire.  Who designed it?

a)   Rees Jones
b)   Martin Hawtree
c)   Severiano Ballesteros
d)   Donald Steel
e)   Jack Nicklaus


19.   European Tour events were also held at St Mellion, in Cornwall.  Who designed the Championship Course there?

a)   Rees Jones
b)   Martin Hawtree
c)   Severiano Ballesteros
d)   Donald Steel
e)   Jack Nicklaus


20.   The dunhill links trophy is held jointly at Carnoustie, Kingsbarns and  St Andrews (Old Course).  Who designed Kingsbarns in collaboration with Mark Parsinen?


a)   Jack Nicklaus
b)   Tom Weiskopf
c)   Johnny Miller
d)   Kyle Phillips
e)   Tom Fazio


21.   The 2005 US Open was won by Michael Campbell on a course designed by an émigré Scotsman, Donald Ross.  Which was the course?

a)   Pinehurst
b)   Pine Valley
c)   Oak Hill
d)   Oakland Hills
e)   Oakmont

22.   Ross took with him (and incorporated in many of his US course designs) many of the principles of golf design he had studied at which Scottish course, where he was Professional prior to his emigration?

a)   Carnoustie
b)   St Andrews
c)   Montrose
d)   Dornoch
e)   Prestwick


23.   The English Golf Union’s headquarters are at Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire.  Its original course is now named after its former owner and designer.  Who was he?

a)   CK Hutchison
b)   HG Hutchkinson
c)   SV Hotchkin
d)   FG Hawtree
e)   FW Hawtree



24.   Which colourful British golf architect, often wearing an embroidered cloak and beret,  was chauffeur-driven from course to course in a Rolls-Royce?  His designs include Cruden Bay, New Zealand, Fontainebleau and Royal Antwerp.

a)   Herbert Fowler
b)   Charles Lawrie
c)   Henry Cotton
d)   Sandy Herd
e)   Tom Simpson


25.   The 2006 Ryder Cup Matches will be played for the first time in Ireland at the K-Club.  There are two courses there.  Who designed the course that will stage the event?

a)   Tom Doak
b)   Tom Fazio
c)   Ben Crenshaw
d)   Arnold Palmer
e)   Jack Nicklaus


26.   Whose ‘Confidential Guide’, one of the most perceptive guides to the best courses worldwide, was written by a leading contemporary golf  architect?

a)   Tom Fazio
b)   Pete Dye
c)   Tom Doak
d)   Mark Fine
e)   Ben Crenshaw



27.   Which British architect wrote a famous handbook on the planning, design, construction and maintenance of a golf course, The Golf Course, first published in 1983?

a)   Donald Steel
b)   FW Hawtree
c)   Tom McAuley
d)   Peter Alliss
e)   John Jacobs


28.   English-educated Percy Clifford was the leading designer of golf courses in which country?

a)   Mexico
b)   Brazil
c)   Peru
d)   Chile
e)   Bahamas


29.   Which British-born architect, who emigrated to the USA, had had (at the time of his death) 20 US Opens, 12 USPGA Championships and 47 other national championships played on courses designed or remodelled by him?

a)   Alister MacKenzie
b)   Willie Park
c)   Young’ Willie Dunn
d)   Robert Trent Jones
e)   Donald Ross


30.   The 2005 Australian Open will be played later this month at Moonah Links.  Who designed the course in association with Wolveridge and Perrett?

a)   Michael Clayton
b)   Greg Norman
c)   Peter Senior
d)   Wayne Grady
e)   Peter Thomson

[Marc Haring]

Just quickly, my answers are:

b a a d a&d d a e b d c b c(but no a clue) e a e d b(not sure again) e d a d c e d(I think) c b a(would pass normally) d(good question) a.

[Mark_Rowlinson]

GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTURE QUIZ

Thanks for reconfiguring this.  I have 20 completed surveys back and not everybody answered every question, so they don't always add up to 20.  These, however, are the spread of answers.  I think it proves (if a sample of 20 is admissable) that we are not very architecturally knowledgeable in this country and probably explains why there are so few sales of books about architecture here.

1.   Who assisted Bobby Jones in the design of Augusta National Golf Club?

a)   Robert Trent Jones 4
b)   Alister MacKenzie 3
c)   AW Tillinghast  1
d)   William Flynn 1
e)   Gene Sarazen 3
Answer b

2.   Which British architect designed Swinley Forest, St George’s Hill and Rye, among many others?

a)   Harry Colt 7  
b)   Harry Vardon
c)   James Braid 1
d)   ‘Old’ Tom Morris 5
e)   Willie Park
Answer a

3.   The ‘Great Triumvirate’ won 16 Open Championships between them.  Which of them also designed golf courses?

a)   James Braid 8
b)   Harry Vardon 1
c)   JH Taylor 1
Answer all three

4.   Who was the ‘Father of American Golf Course Architecture’?

a)   Donald Ross 9
b)   Tom Bendelow
c)   Charles Banks
d)   CB Macdonald 4
e)   Hugh Wilson 1
Answer d

5.   Four Ryder Cup Matches have been staged at The Brabazon at The Belfry.  Which (two) former Ryder Cup Golfers designed it?

a)   Dave Thomas 14
b)   John Jacobs 2
c)   Henry Cotton 6
d)   Peter Alliss 12
e)   Tony Jacklin 2
Answer a and d

6.   Which British golf architect was responsible for revealing the golfing potential of the Algarve with his course at Penina?

a)   James Braid 1
b)   Dave Thomas
c)   Frank Pennink
d)   Henry Cotton 16
e)   Dai Rees
Answer d

7.   The 2006 US Open Championship will be played at Winged Foot, New York.  Who designed it?

a)   AW Tillinghast 5
b)   George Thomas
c)   Bobby Jones
d)   Robert Trent Jones 7
e)   Rees Jones
Answer a


8.   Some of Canada’s greatest courses, such as Banff Springs, Jasper Park and St George’s were laid out by whom?

a)   Stanley Johnson
b)   Stanley Roberts 1
c)   Stanley Davis
d)   Stanley Philips
e)   Stanley Thompson 1
Answer e

Pine Valley is rated among the very best American Courses.  Who was its founder, owner and part-designer?

a)   James W Tufts 1
b)   George Arthur Crump 1
c)   Howard Hughes 6
d)   Henry C Fownes
e)   Dwight D  Eisenhower 1
Answer b

9.   Which short hole at North Berwick has been imitated on golf courses throughout the world?

a)   Perfection 1
b)   Postage Stamp
c)   Alps 1
d)   Redan 4
e)   Gibraltar
Answer d


10.   A double green on which its two levels are separated by a trough or depression is called what?

a)   Pau
b)   Dunkerque 2
c)   Biarritz 1
d)   Strasbourg
e)   Chamonix 1
Answer c

11.   The Players’ Championship, sometimes dubbed the Fifth Major, is played every year on the Stadium Course at the Tournament Players’ Club, Sawgrass, Florida.  Who designed it?

a)   Arnold Palmer
b)   Pete Dye 5
c)   Robert Trent Jones 1
d)   Tom Fazio
e)   Jack Nicklaus 2
Answer b

12.   San Lorenzo in Portugal has been voted the top European Course by Golf World magazine.  What nationality was its designer, Joseph Lee?

a)   American
b)   British
c)   Canadian 1
d)   Australian
e)   South African 2
Answer a

13.   The West Course at Royal Melbourne is one of the best courses in Australia and, indeed, in the world.  Who designed it, with the assistance of Alex Russell?

a)   Bobby Jones
b)   Peter Thomson 4
c)   Greg Norman 1
d)   Walter Hagen
e)   Alister MacKenzie 3
Answer e

14.   A number of Japan’s finest courses were designed in the 1930s by an Englishman, a business partner of Harry Colt.  Who was he?

a)   CH Alison
b)   WH Fowler 1
c)   JF Abercromby 2
d)   TC Simpson 1
e)   JD Harris
Answer a

15.   Which of these Spanish courses was designed by a native Spaniard?

a)   San Roque 1
b)   Montecastillo 1
c)   Sotogrande
d)   Valderrama
e)   El Saler
Answer e (Arana)

16.   Which was Herbert  Fowler’s impressive first design?

a)   Lahinch
b)   St Enodoc
c)   Royal Cinque Ports
d)   Walton Heath Old Course 3
e)   Sunningdale New Course
Answer d

17.   European Tour events have been staged at the Forest of Arden golf club.  Who designed it?

a)   Rees Jones
b)   Martin Hawtree 2
c)   Severiano Ballesteros
d)   Donald Steel 1
e)   Jack Nicklaus
Answer d

18.   European Tour events have also been staged at The Oxfordshire.  Who designed it?

a)   Rees Jones
b)   Martin Hawtree 2
c)   Severiano Ballesteros
d)   Donald Steel 1
e)   Jack Nicklaus
Answer a

19.   European Tour events were also held at St Mellion, in Cornwall.  Who designed the Championship Course there?

a)   Rees Jones
b)   Martin Hawtree
c)   Severiano Ballesteros
d)   Donald Steel
e)   Jack Nicklaus 14
Answer e


20.   The dunhill links trophy is held jointly at Carnoustie, Kingsbarns and  St Andrews (Old Course).  Who designed Kingsbarns in collaboration with Mark Parsinen?


a)   Jack Nicklaus
b)   Tom Weiskopf 3
c)   Johnny Miller
d)   Kyle Phillips 1
e)   Tom Fazio 1
Answer d

21.   The 2005 US Open was won by Michael Campbell on a course designed by an émigré Scotsman, Donald Ross.  Which was the course?

a)   Pinehurst 2
b)   Pine Valley
c)   Oak Hill 2
d)   Oakland Hills 1
e)   Oakmont 3
Answer a

22.   Ross took with him (and incorporated in many of his US course designs) many of the principles of golf design he had studied at which Scottish course, where he was Professional prior to his emigration?

a)   Carnoustie
b)   St Andrews
c)   Montrose
d)   Dornoch 5
e)   Prestwick 4
Answer d

23.   The English Golf Union’s headquarters are at Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire.  Its original course is now named after its former owner and designer.  Who was he?

a)   CK Hutchison
b)   HG Hutchkinson
c)   SV Hotchkin 9
d)   FG Hawtree
e)   FW Hawtree


24.   Which colourful British golf architect, often wearing an embroidered cloak and beret,  was chauffeur-driven from course to course in a Rolls-Royce?  His designs include Cruden Bay, New Zealand, Fontainebleau and Royal Antwerp.

a)   Herbert Fowler
b)   Charles Lawrie 1
c)   Henry Cotton 1
d)   Sandy Herd 3
e)   Tom Simpson 1
Answer e

25.   The 2006 Ryder Cup Matches will be played for the first time in Ireland at the K-Club.  There are two courses there.  Who designed the course that will stage the event?

a)   Tom Doak 2
b)   Tom Fazio 1
c)   Ben Crenshaw
d)   Arnold Palmer 1
e)   Jack Nicklaus
Answer d

26.   Whose ‘Confidential Guide’, one of the most perceptive guides to the best courses worldwide, was written by a leading contemporary golf  architect?

a)   Tom Fazio 1
b)   Pete Dye 3
c)   Tom Doak
d)   Mark Fine
e)   Ben Crenshaw 1
Answer c


27.   Which British architect wrote a famous handbook on the planning, design, construction and maintenance of a golf course, The Golf Course, first published in 1983?

a)   Donald Steel 1
b)   FW Hawtree 3
c)   Tom McAuley
d)   Peter Alliss 1
e)   John Jacobs
Answer b

28.   English-educated Percy Clifford was the leading designer of golf courses in which country?

a)   Mexico 2
b)   Brazil
c)   Peru
d)   Chile
e)   Bahamas 2
Answer a

29.   Which British-born architect, who emigrated to the USA, had had (at the time of his death) 20 US Opens, 12 USPGA Championships and 47 other national championships played on courses designed or remodelled by him?

a)   Alister MacKenzie 10
b)   Willie Park
c)   Young’ Willie Dunn
d)   Robert Trent Jones 4
e)   Donald Ross 1
Answer d

30.   The 2005 Australian Open will be played later this month at Moonah Links.  Who designed the course in association with Wolveridge and Perrett?

a)   Michael Clayton 1
b)   Greg Norman 1
c)   Peter Senior
d)   Wayne Grady 1
e)   Peter Thomson 2
Answer e

[George Pazin]

Mark I’ve printed the questionnaire off and await the answers!

Another survey. The magazine Golf Digest Ireland has just published a list of the top 100 courses in Ireland.  They claim over 3000 people voted and then the results were “weighed with those of a selection panel of golf writers”.  People were asked to vote based on shot values, resistance to scoring, design variety, memorability, aesthetics, conditioning and ambience.

The top 20.

1 K Club – palmer
2 European
3 E Mount Juliet
4 Portmarnock Old
5 Ballybunion old
6 Ballyliffin Glashedy
7 Co. Louth
8 Druids Glen
9 Co Sligo
10 Lahinch old
11 Royal Portrush Dunluce
12 royal County Down
13 The heritage
14 Old Head
15 Waterville
16 The Island
17 Royal Dublin
18 Adare Manor Resort
19 Tralee
20 Carton House Montgomerie.

Let me get this straight - County Down and Portrush did not finish in the top 10? Portmarnock and Ballybunion finished 4/5 to the K Club, European Club and Mt Joliet?

Sounds like another wonderful rankings result.

[ForkaB]

Thanks, Mark

And we wonder why there are not more Brits participating on this website......

[Brent Hutto]

Very fun quiz, Mark. I think I did moderately well as a American fairly new (18 months or so) to the study of architecture. My score was 23 correct out of 30, is that about average?

You tripped me up with Valderrama (Q15) which I instantly attributed to Seve, although once I saw the answers I recalled "knowing" that it was an RTJ course.

Then I missed three in a row (Q17-Q19) because I know nothing of modern European courses. I just picked Hawtree at random for all three, which I see someone else seemed to do as well.

In a case of karmic payback, I then failed to pick Hawtree for the question (Q27) to which he was the correct answer. I blind guessed Donald Steel.

I had no idea what to answer for the South America item (Q28) and it looks like most others missed that one too.

Finally, another excellent item (Q29) on which I narrowed it down to Donald Ross and Alister MacKenzie, choosing Ross even though I knew that the number of championships was way too high. Everything except the British-born part screamed RTJ but I've never heard the fact that he wasn't American-born.

So I guess I need to brush up on my RTJ trivia and maybe take a peek at the European PGA Tour courses to be better educated, at least per this little survey. Very nice.

[Philip Spogard]

Great fun!

Will there be more quiz's in the future  

[Marc Haring]

I managed to get all bar 4 right. I would still question whether or not Taylor and Vardon were true archies like Braid but will bow to your superior knowledge Mark.

I took the liberty of posting the quiz on a greenkeepers website and have got a bit of abuse back. It would appear some are interpreting it as an attack on their interlect but most really enjoyed it.

I gave it to a couple of our club members and our proshop staff and the best they can do is get about 10 right. When you consider that the muliple choice element of the quiz would result in even a monkey getting about 5 right!!

By the way Mark, sorry I messed up the numbering when I got to number 9. There are 31 questions in all, not 30.

Also, you've missed out the answer to question 23 but we all know that's Hotchkin.

[Paul_Turner]

Nice one Mark.  Rich is right, nobody has a clue over there  

Marc

Would like to see that feedback from the greenkeepers!  

[Paul_Turner]

St Mellion isn't a very popular course in England, it's off the beaten track and isn't on TV anymore.  But the quiz result just goes to show that even across the pond, his name eclipses even the most famous of designers.

I think Mackenzie is the most famous designer in GB&I with Braid and Colt next (plus Old Tom).  Everyone else is virtually anonymous.

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