Courses that were once played as reversible.

[Thomas Dai]

Wondering from a historical perspective which courses - other than TOC - were regularly or even occasionally once-upon-a-time played in a reversible manner?
Be nice to have a list of them.

Atb

[Niall C]

David,


North Berwick west links on occasion as well as Carnoustie. I believe it was fairly routine for a lot of the older courses to do as a means of resting the proper course. It wouldn't have been that difficult back in the day when courses were still being grazed and were therefore much more open.


Niall

[Thomas Dai]

Thanks Niall.
I wonder where else was once reversible?
Great concept.
I’d love to have the opportunity to play The Loop (twice!) sometime.
Wish more courses were akin to it.
Atb

[Tom_Doak]

Walter Travis did at least a couple of reversible designs.  His 18 at East Potomac Park in D.C. was reversible, as were the nine holes William Flynn built alongside it.  So was Westchester CC - although I think he had to build a couple of alternate greens for it to work there.

[Jim_Kennedy]

J.D. Rockefeller Jr. had a reversible 9 hole course at Kykuit, his estate in Tarrytown NY. 

[John Emerson]

I believe the original holes at Prestwick were played in reverse??  Not exactly sure though