That’s why they call him Gentle Ben
An interesting line of questioning directed at Ben Crenshaw after his round at Whistling Straits, site of the US Senior Open.
Q. As an architect yourself when you see a course like this, does that possibly inspire you maybe to?
BEN CRENSHAW: This is a great piece of work. You know, I know a little something about what was here, which was not anything like this. This is unbelievable.Q. What’s the most unbelievable thing about it?
BEN CRENSHAW: Well, this is, to make a course look like this from what it was, is just spectacular creation. This is incredible.Q. Does it go along with your design philosophy?
BEN CRENSHAW: Well, Pete is probably the best with working with material and just working at it. God, it’s just unbelievable.
Crenshaw gets flagged for that last non-answer answer. I think it would be perfectly fine for him to say that it doesn’t fit his design philosophy, but still give the credit to Pete Dye. This follows closely on his comments that he made earlier in the week.
What’s interesting is the lack of questions directed at the players about the golf course. Back in May at the Senior PGA Championship, there were many questions about the golf course. Whistling Straits is also a Pete Dye creation that is at least as interesting as Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course.
On a side note, I’ve watched a few hours of the coverage at the US Senior Open this week and it’s a shame that the course setup for the seniors isn’t used for the US Open. The course setup has been fair and challenging.
