#1 Reason a Course 'Stands the Test of Time'

[Peter Pallotta]

There are many classic courses in GB&I and in America that were viewed as special/great when they first opened for play and that are still viewed as special/great.
What's the #1 reason for this?
Peter

[Ben Hollerbach]

Courses designed for a game played with Hickory equipment demand varied and creative play to be successful. Great courses that were built with the needs of that equipment in mind also had the resources to evolve the course gracefully while not straying too far from the original playing conditions.

[Thomas Dai]

History/tradition.
To paraphrase Sandy Lyles reply when he was asked what’s the difference between winning The Open and winning the TPC - “Oh, about a hundred years.”
Atb

[Sean_A]

I think the #1 reason is the quaility, interest and individuality of the courses.

Perhaps the main reason we know of some of these GB&I courses is due to media. The original media being the classic writers then later writers of my lifetime who carried forward the message. These days of course with social media and websites.

Ciao

[Niall C]

From a purely UK context, especially in relation to links courses I think the answer is adaption and evolution. Off the top of my head I can't think of any classic links other than TOC that haven't been significantly tweaked in the last 100 years.


Niall