Three most architecturally important US golden age courses after NGLA

[Garland Bayley]

What are your nominations, and why?

Alistair MacKenzie - Cypress Point Club - controversial design/scenic beauty

AW Tillinghast - Bethpage Black - great course for the greatest number of people

Donald Ross - Pinehurst #2 - what you can do if you continue to play year after year in your back yard.

[Melvyn Morrow]

Garland

That easy, it all started with

TOC, The New Course & The Jubilee Course 

Happy New Year

Melvyn

[David Stamm]

Pine Valley- The U.S. version of inland, heathland inspired golf.


Cypress Point Club- Broke alot of rules and was none the worse for it.


Oakmont- Along w/ Pine Valley, the birth of the penal school.

[Ian Andrew]

As I said in the other post, I think that Architecturally important = influence on future architecture

For example Oakmont's influence is very small - so I don't agree.
Pine Valley begs the same question.

I do like the Pinehurst suggestion and agree.

Admittedly this is a tough list to come up with and unless I can offer three better – it’s perhaps unreasonable that I criticize those that are offered when I don’t have my own list.

One suggestion:

Banff Springs – build a course anywhere

[Kalen Braley]

Ian,

You make a good point...I think the work of the likes of Ted Robinson and Robert Muir Graves is alot more prevelant in what is actually out there, and for in large part continues to be built.

[Joe Hancock]

I'd have to go with Meadow Club, as that was the USA's introduction to MacKenzie.

[Mike_Cirba]

Merion
Augusta National
Sand Hills



Pinehurst #2 was famous before NGLA existed, even with sand greens.

[Garland Bayley]

Wow Mike,

I didn't know Sand Hills was that old.

[Mike_Cirba]

Wow Mike,

I didn't know Sand Hills was that old.

It's me who's feeling that old as I obviously forgot how to read. 

Let me change that..

Merion

Lido

ANGC

[Garland Bayley]

Hi Mike,

Did you read the why question old man?

Why Lido given we already have NGLA?