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It will be an interesting contrast in changes. The changes made at TPC Boston were done to a course that was considered “vanilla” from a golf course architecture standpoint. That allowed for a lot of opportunity for improvement. Cog Hill, which is highly regarded by most (although I think it’s probably a little too highly [...]

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It was only a matter of time, and it happened at a course that is getting serious consideration for a U.S. Open. Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin held a tournament over the weekend for a group of 38 club pros and amateurs with the course set at 8,400 yards. Now, it was for 19 holes [...]

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Ben Crenshaw got a second place finish at the US Senior Open at Whistling Straits golf course. He was asked one final question on his thoughts on the golf course.
Q. Where do you think this course ranks? You played them, just about played them all.
BEN CRENSHAW: This is an incredible creation. [...]

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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 [...]

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The US Senior Open is being played this week at Whistling Straits - a course I have a tremendous amount of fascination and respect for. I got my first look at it during the 1999 Club Pro Championship and have been gaga over it ever since. (I have to admit to restraining myself from going [...]

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Whistling Straits is just a course routed in the genius of Pete Dye. It has so many fascinating intricacies that I could spend a week just studying each hole. So, when I saw that Ben Crenshaw, a golfer and architect who I really admire, had made comments on the course, I was really curious to [...]

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I admit that I love that headline. Geoff Shackelford has been covering this story at length on Walter Driver’s tenure as USGA president, but I want to throw it in here just for the sake of completeness to my own disgruntled feelings for the USGA’s continued lack of sensible technology control and absurd US Open [...]

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A lengthy article on the preparation that Oakmont is undergoing on the grass growing side illuminates on a few interesting anecdotes - a golf ball bounced on a firm fairway should bounce waist high and they’re mowing the greens at 30/320ths of an inch. That would also be 3/32nds or 300/3200ths or even 3000/32000ths of [...]

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Erin Hills, the golf course that the other greeting card magnate built, is seeking a US Open and it would seem that it might just get it. The course, set about 45 minutes west of Milwaukee, is competing with a few other venues to become the midwest stop on the US Open rota.
“It’s one [...]

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Bomb and Gouge are going after Jack Nicklaus again in their blog (and Geoff Shackelford too - entertainment at its finest!), but in addition to the usual strawmen they enjoy beating on, this time they twist Jack’s words to help fit their agenda. B&G are taking issue with Nicklaus’ contention that we may see 5-iron [...]

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