Has anybody noticed yet that at five of the best courses you could name -- Pine Valley, Merion, Pebble Beach, Sand Hills, and Pacific Dunes -- the practice range is nowhere near the clubhouse?
Do you think that's a coincidence, or do you think it's a deliberate choice made in the routing process?
More good routings are ruined by the insistence on having a big range adjacent to the clubhouse than by anything else.