I know there's been discussion on this before, but everything old is new again. Personally, I love the occasional hole that requires either a blind tee shot or a blind approach. Obviously, a blind hole makes lots more sense on a private course, where foreknowledge guides you. Still, last I looked, there was no rule in the books prohibiting players from walking up to the crest of a hill or or around some other obstacle to see what's ahead. When Bobby Weed designed Glen Mills, a public course not far from me outside of Philadelphia, there are a variety of holes on both nines that are visually obstructed from the tee; few other public tracks seem that daring. Yet it's great fun, and assumes the golfer will like it enough to come back.
But when you hear Tiger and the rest, one of their key pieces of architectural praise is that the whole course is out in front of them.
These kinds of holes are all over linksland courses. The minimalists seem to incorporate one or two of these challenges into every design. Tom Fazio, on the other hand, sees a blind hole as the devil's handiwork, and so do lots of other modern architects.
Are there blind holes you especially like? Why? Some you especially hate? Why?
Thoughts, please.
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