[Paul_Turner]

Dave see them soon.  They appear to be getting a little work done...

Tony

Man that's a depressing photo of SGH's 2nd.

[Mark_Fine]

We all know Flynn was capable of doing some great bunkers.  I don't think anyone is questioning that.  I'm not.  But most of his courses were not on sites like Shinnecock Hills.  Ask a guy like David Esler why he choose not to "restore" the style of bunkers Flynn originally did at Glen View?  Right or wrong he said they were too ordinary looking for him.  Maybe he will chime in?

[Tim Leahy]

I am looking forward to playing a Donald Ross design. I have only seen Pinehurst on TV and wasn't impressed. I don't know of any left on the West Coast. What part of the country(USA) has the most public Ross designs, if any?

[Mark_Fine]

Tim,
Play Pinehurst #2 before you decided that you are not impressed    Then stick around the area as there are plenty of Ross courses nearby that you can play.  

[ChrisHervochon]

I'm shocked that nobody has mentioned Mackenzie.  Either most of the people on this board have played a lot of his work, oooooor he's been overlooked on this thread?

[Mike_DeVries]

Mike  Strantz
Jeff  Brauer
Tom Weiskopf   (saw 1)
Dave  Axland


Tom Simpson
Harry  Colt
Alex Findlay
Mike  DeVries
Herbert  Fowler

Mark,

Looks like you think I am from the first Golden Age!  

Cheers,

Mike

[PThomas]

Mike  Strantz
Jeff  Brauer
Tom Weiskopf   (saw 1)
Dave  Axland


Tom Simpson
Harry  Colt
Alex Findlay
Mike  DeVries
Herbert  Fowler

Mark,

Looks like you think I am from the first Golden Age!  

Cheers,

Mike

even Mike isn't THAT old .....

[PThomas]

Bobby Jones

Dale- to which course do you refer?  he built one in the 1930's in sone small town in Georgia, but the place has been changed so much I don't think you can call it a Bobby Jones design anymore....

I think Paul is referring to the course in Douglas. It seems Jones input there is just a rumor. I spoke with the club manager there a year or so ago, and he told me they didn't have any evidence of Jones involvement in the courses design. As I recall he said Jones knew one of the club founders very well, and that has somehow morphed into Jones getting credit for the design.

John - I was actually referring to ANGC!

[Tom_Doak]

Frankly it is amazing to me that there are so many experts on here who haven't seen the work of so many different architects.  Everyone needs to get out more.

[TEPaul]

The architects whose courses I haven't yet experienced but I'm just dying to see this year is these "Arts and Crafts Golf" architects. I've read some very strong references to them in Tom MacWood's five part article but I'm not sure yet where their courses are. If anyone finds any old copies of Country Life magazine from around the turn of the last century I wish you'd let me know so I could look up those A/C architects and their courses and figure out where they are.

[Mark_Fine]

Tom Doak,
Your comment in The Confidential Guide for a perfect 10 on the Doak Scale always impressed me:

"Nearly perfect; if you skipped even one hole, you would miss something worth seeing.  If you haven't seen all the courses in this category, you don't know how good golf architecture can get.  Drop the book and call your travel agent-immediately".  

Look at Tommy N after he finally got back East to see some of those courses he had only read about and saw photos of.  It was like a religious pilgrimage for him and he came back enlightened!  

 

[Dan Moore]

 Everyone needs to get out more.

Yes if it ever warms up and the grass begins to grow thats exactly what I plan to do.  Looks like I will be spending some time out East this spring so hopefully I'll get to see some of those courses I've yet to experience and enjoy.  Saw Liberty and Bayonne last week but don't think its counts from the window seat.  

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