NGLA is truly a wonderful golf course on a stunning piece of land. There can barely be a better piece of land for golf on the planet, National has everything water, rolling land, good drainage and marvellous vistas. I am sure the land played a great part in the design of the links.
Wheaton however gave CBM an oblong, flat and pretty uninteresting piece of land yet a classic course was fashioned. What little slope there is is used to good effect creating a subtle test of golf.
Given the land did CBM perform a miracle at Chicago Golf Club?