Morefar....

[Bob_Huntley]

How good is Morefar and who has played it?

Bob

[Scott_Burroughs]

Bob,

Similar question was asked in the other thread.

[Bob_Huntley]

Scott,

Yes, I saw that, but I think I was 15 seconds ahead of David.

Bob

[jeffwarne]

Bob,
I've played it,but it was 10-11 years ago.
In an area populated with countless good or great courses,it certainly doesn't stand out.
Nice,but no architectural gem-and I'm not really into statues.
(but who knows maybe my tastes have changed since then)
I didn't realize access was such a big deal(although the article stated on an average day 20 foursomes play there daily so it's certainly highly accessible to some) ;I played it with a student of mine who had formerly been an assistant pro there.
Regards,

Jeff

[Scott_Burroughs]

Scott,

Yes, I saw that, but I think I was 15 seconds ahead of David.

Bob

Sorry, I saw his first, and didn't see yours.  In the other thread, I provided an aerial of the course.

I'd be interested in the origin of the name.

[Alex Chehansky]

I think Morefar is a gem.  I played it in 2002 and it was a fantastic layout, with fast, firm greens and no piece of grass out of place.  It certainly is not going to be a top 50 course, but it is fun to play, in great shape, and always empty.

It was built by AIG corporation to host japanese clients.  It was called the AIG course or something like that and while the CEO Ace Greenburg was in the limos with the Japanese visitors, they would look at him and say "More Far to course?", hence the name Morefar.

[Scott_Burroughs]

Alex,

Great story on the origin of the name!  Funny how these things happen...good thing they didn't reply with "Ah, so"...

[Greg Holland]

According to today's Wall Street Journal, AIG's founder, Cornelius Vander Starr, who founded AIG in Shanghai in 1919, "brought [back] with him a preoccupation with Asia that still pervades the company."  The Club logo is three Chinese characters that roughly translate to "faraway place."  "The most repeated story of how Morefar got its name was that Mr. Starr hired a number of Chinese workers to help with the estate and that when visitors from New York would be looking for it, they'd ask directions of one of these laborers and hear, 'More far, more far.'"

[scott_wood]

and teh story I was told was that itwas teh caddies who would say "more far, more far"......it's been many years, but the front nine is the original, approx 60-80 years old, when it was Mr Starr's residence, and teh 2nd nine, routed down by the lake was done by RTJ in teh early 60's..thus a very "schizoid" experience.....

[blasbe1]

I played it only once, it had one great short par three, the rest was unmemorable, not worth playing unless you're an AIG-phile.  Plus it had weird naked statues all over the place, nice for museums but the stupidest thing I've ever seen on a golf course.

[Steve Lapper]

Uncle Bob,

   I've been there a couple of times and by the second visit, I was aiming deliberately at the statues (even hit two). It is circus golf at it's finest, but it's most redeeming factor is that has served as Tom Fazio's guiding template for all of the Trump courses!

  The resemblance is clear and unmistakable!! A "Trump de resistance!"

   We remarked after stepping off the 18th, that "More Far" should have kept going until it reached somewhere else.

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