Early this morning the 13th green was visited by a family of deer. Their hooves aren't exactly golfer friendly!
Yesterday, I was reminded of this wonderful picture of the 10th hole. Tom Doak (famous golf course architect) is quoted saying this is one of the top 18 holes that Donald Ross ever designed. This was stated in his controversial book series, The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses. Doak wrote this in the particular volume focused on summer destinations.
Please check out his website, Renaissance Golf, for details: http://www.renaissancegolf.com/books/the_confidential_guide_to_golf/
Tom Doak is a golf course
architect. He has 4 courses ranked among the top 100 in the world according to
the "Top 100 Courses in the World" list compiled by Golf Magazine
these include Pacific Dunes in Oregon,
Ballyneal in Colorado,
Barnbougle Dunes in Tasmania
and Cape Kidnappers in New Zealand.
Doak lives in Michigan.
He was a student of golf course designer Pete Dye,
although perhaps his greatest influence comes from Alister
MacKenzie (whom Doak wrote a book about), designer of Cypress Point,
Royal Melbourne, and consultant to Bobby Jones at Augusta
National. In 2007, Doak
restored Alister MacKenzie’s home course, Pasatiempo, a Golf Magazine Top 100
course located in Santa Cruz, California.
He was once known for his sharp criticisms of other golf course designers in
the book The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses.