Gerry B's response on Merion started me thinking about how best to enable courses at multiple-venue clubs to retain their own identity.  At Merion, I gather that the west uses the wicker baskets as 'flags' whilst the east (did I get it right) is a shorter course and retains 'flags'.  There have been a lot of west/east combinations throughout the world as well as north/south.

Many courses have used the 'Old' and 'New', although how a course such as Walton Heath with construction dates of 1904 (old) and 1906 (new) (did I get this right?) can claim a century old course as new is intriguing.  

At St Andrews, the Old/New is combined with Eden/Jubilee etc.  At Gleneagles, the King's/Queens's/Princes seems to work well.  At Pinehurst, it must be like an old telephone exchange, with Pinehurst #1, Pinehurst #2 etc etc.  At Doral, the colours are used but Blue dominates.

More recently, the St Andrews Beach golfing venue near melbourne has 2 courses underway with names of their own.  Gunnamatta and Fingal.  So, perhaps they will retain more of their own identity than as 'St Andrews Beach #1 and St Andrews Beach #2'.

What examples are you aware of to promote the interest in each course at multiple site venues so that one course does not dominate easily over another, and to ensure that each course is recognised for its own character?

Colors... Bethpage, anyone?

Trees... Maple, Oak, Pine, et al.

Rich -

Peter Cetera had a designing role at Pine Valley? Here I thought that his only post-Chicago work of note was the theme song from Karate Kid.  

Baltusrol Upper & Lower

Whisper Rock Upper& Lower

Saucon Valley Old, Grace & Weyhill

Palmetto Dunes in Hilton Head- Fazio, Jones and Hills

Olympic has The Lake and The Ocean along with the Cliffs.  

The Cliffs is the most accurately named as there is no lake on the Olympic Club property and one could make the argument that The Lake is closer to the ocean then The Ocean (first green) and The Ocean is closer to a lake (Lake Merced - 8th green) then The Lake.

Ps:  The original name had Lakeside in it I believe ...

Norwood Hills has the East and West...I used to call them long and short because I could never remember which was which until I figured out the one furthest from the Arch is the West...for the compass challenged the Arch is a very usefull tool...

La Quinta: Citrus in a citrus grove, Dunes in the dunes, and Mountain in the mountains.

Kiawah: What's a Cassique?

Landmark: Skins North and Skins South (but it's not yet called "Landmark Skins Golf Club"!)

After they built the second course at Keith Hills (Campbell University), they were calling them the River and Lake course (I think it was the Lake).  Anyways, I don't think anyone could remember which was which, so they've since gone back to Keith Hills I and Keith Hills II.

I've heard rumors that Pinehurst is going to migrate to Fazio 1-7, and then "Pinehurst #2 by the old guy in all the pictures and statues".  

FBD,

Wouldn't Tennents Golf Links fit the bill for a "T" ?

Kiawah: What's a Cassique?

Cassique is the title given to the wise man/medicine man of the Kiawah Indian tribe that once inhabited our nice little island...

The Reserve Vineyards courses were first named the Fought and the Cupp. Since, they have changed to North and South.
Why? Too many people asked why they were named Fought and Cupp, or couldn't figure out which was which when making reservations. Ownership figured the name change would solve things. It didn't.

The most confused I ever was about something like this was in doing research on the Lakewood course at Point Clear, Alabama.  They have two courses called Magnolia and Dogwood, but the original 18 hole course is split between the two current courses with the addition of 36 holes.  Every time I talk to them I have to decipher how that individual refers to the original holes.  It has been called the Old, Maxwell, Traditional and a couple of other names by the pros and staff from what I gathered.  So even within the course staff you may have problems with naming multiple courses.

I like the names at Fiddlesticks in Fort Myers (unless they have changed).  Wee Friendly and Long Mean.  Unfortunately. they toughened up the Friendly so it is not so friendly anymore.