What five (5) golf courses would you restore and why ?

[Blake Conant]

2) Pinehurst No.3: In this case, by restore I would mean truly restored to the original no.3 routing. Pinehurst is missing something special by not restoring this course to its former formidable self.

A full restoration would be incredible, but unfortunately, you'd likely have to level several dozen homes and condos and displace a few hundred people to accomplish the goal.  Kye Goalby is leading some work on no. 3 right now.  Some sympathetic changes in preparation for accommodating the new par 3 course.  Some restorative work happening in the coming weeks, though, too.

there's still plenty of original Ross to make it interesting and several fairway features that could (and will in the coming weeks/months) be restored.  If you're in the area it's worth checking out what's been done to no. 3.

[Ben Hollerbach]

2) Pinehurst No.3: In this case, by restore I would mean truly restored to the original no.3 routing. Pinehurst is missing something special by not restoring this course to its former formidable self.

A full restoration would be incredible, but unfortunately, you'd likely have to level several dozen homes and condos and displace a few hundred people to accomplish the goal.  Kye Goalby is leading some work on no. 3 right now.  Some sympathetic changes in preparation for accommodating the new par 3 course.  Some restorative work happening in the coming weeks, though, too.

there's still plenty of original Ross to make it interesting and several fairway features that could (and will in the coming weeks/months) be restored.  If you're in the area it's worth checking out what's been done to no. 3.

From what I can tell, there are only 3 locations on the original No.3 routing that are currently obstructed by housing. The Green and fairway of the original 7th (Current 16th on No.5), The back tee on the original 15th (Current 8th on No.3), and the back tee on the original 17th (Current 15th on No. 3). In the case of all three I believe that an amicable design solution could be found to best preserve the original feel and play ability of the course without displacing many, if any, residents.

[Rich Goodale]

1.  The Old Course.  Take it back to the 1860's when the course was half the width as to what it is today, and in reverse order.  You couldn't play the Open there anymore, but you would have one helluva golf course for all abilities and all ages, using all sorts of balls and implements


2. and 3. The New and Jubilee.  Take the best land and the best existing holes to create the "Super Course" that the powers that were wanted to do in the 30's and 40's and make a proper championship course by current standards.


4.  From the land left over from 2. and 3. above, make a decent "2nd" course.


5.  Return the Eden course to its past glory (which of course requires moving the current driving range, probably to the 1st hole on the Jubilee).
Doak, Coore, Crenshaw, Hanse, Papazian and Barney should be responsible for these changes and detained and extradicted to some place like Askernish if they refuse to implement these high level ideas until they get tired of the Hebrides.


Your can keep the Castle course as a monument to the foibles of early 21st Century architecture.

[Rees Milikin]

-Lookout Mountain - As a Chattanooga native, it would be a thrill to see Raynor's plan fully implemented.

Yes, that would be awesome!

[Blake Conant]

2) Pinehurst No.3: In this case, by restore I would mean truly restored to the original no.3 routing. Pinehurst is missing something special by not restoring this course to its former formidable self.

A full restoration would be incredible, but unfortunately, you'd likely have to level several dozen homes and condos and displace a few hundred people to accomplish the goal.  Kye Goalby is leading some work on no. 3 right now.  Some sympathetic changes in preparation for accommodating the new par 3 course.  Some restorative work happening in the coming weeks, though, too.

there's still plenty of original Ross to make it interesting and several fairway features that could (and will in the coming weeks/months) be restored.  If you're in the area it's worth checking out what's been done to no. 3.

From what I can tell, there are only 3 locations on the original No.3 routing that are currently obstructed by housing. The Green and fairway of the original 7th (Current 16th on No.5), The back tee on the original 15th (Current 8th on No.3), and the back tee on the original 17th (Current 15th on No. 3). In the case of all three I believe that an amicable design solution could be found to best preserve the original feel and play ability of the course without displacing many, if any, residents.

You could return 75% of it, but you're also eliminating holes from course 5.  Where do you make those up?  Also, the corridors of no. 3 will never be as wide as they once were because housing has crept in, eliminating strategy on 2/3 of the holes.  A true restoration would be very difficult.