Who said this and do you think he'll be invited to play Shinnecock again?

“Shinnecock is a nice, solid course,” he said. “But I do feel Winged Foot is the crown jewel of New York courses.”

Matt Ward?

Hint:

The person who made this statement is a golf course architect.

 Was it Jack?

Yes,he's still alive and no, none of the aforementioned.

Have fun with this. I'll be away from computer access for most of today.

I think Jordan nailed it.  Given his membership there, it sounds very much like something The Donald would say.

Does anyone other than The Donald consider The Donald a Golf Course Architect?

Sully,
Bite your tongue! The Donald has in fact masterfully crafted some amazing architecture right here in Palos Verdes. Yes, some of it's prevously fallen down a cliff into the deep blue waters of the Pacific, but Donald has since saved this proceless gem.

Here is another one that is completely dillusional. Don't get me wrong, I love Winged Foot, but this similar statement, well you read it and tell me.

“Shinnecock just doesn’t have the history or quality of this golf course,” said member Buck French, a former partner at J.P. Morgan. “Winged Foot is the top New York course, maybe even the world. It’s the Yankee Stadium of courses.”

I smell something.  A rat? Cheese? An architect?  Sure is stinky.

"Quote:
“Shinnecock just doesn’t have the history or quality of this golf course,” said member Buck French, a former partner at J.P. Morgan. “Winged Foot is the top New York course, maybe even the world. It’s the Yankee Stadium of courses.”
 
Hey, fellas, this kind of thing is just the "Big World" theory in effect. Live with it.  

It can get a whole lot more dramatic than that quote. The point is there're people out there with all kinds of different tastes and there should be architecture out there to accomodate those differing tastes. And in America there should be architecture out there that accomodates people with really bad taste----God knows we have plenty of bad taste in America to accomodate.

Do not even attempt to deny that truism. As long as Las Vegas is a reality there's no way in hell any American can deny that plenty of Americans have the worst taste in the history of the Universe.

Matter of fact, if we ever did catch Osama Bin Laden the worse conceivable punishment we could inflict on the man is not to blow his brains out but to put him in a cage and suspend it in one of Las Vegas's most garrish casinos. That would definitely totally fry that evil cat's ass and fulfill his worst nightmares.

I mean, you want to talk garrish!? Did you know that Las Vegas is so garrish that Lucky Luciano put out a hit on Bugsy Segal for creating the place.  

Robert Trent Jones, Jr. said that.

The context was an "us vs. them, this vs. that, nyah nyah nyah the USGA burned up your couse, we're better, no we're better" article in the gossipy New York Observer.

There was a link to this on geoffshackelford.com. I love that site and consider it in the top ten of golf websites. But I do get tired of seeing regurgitated shackelford.com material on this site.

Maybe Winged Foot is the crown jewel of metro NY.

So what?

One of the funniest things I have ever read was in Shackelford's Grounds for Golf book. He has a quote in there from Snead that goes, "Hey Trent, you'll love this hole. You stand on the tee and drop the ball over your shoulder."

Funny.