17 62-57 ARCHITECTS’ CHOICE #59 Maidstone New York, USA Willie Park Jr., 1922 Willie Dunn had laid out the first few holes at Maidstone in 1894, but the course as it is now really took shape in 1922, when Willie Park Jr. oversee the redesign of the course to include the newly acquired sand dunes that are home to the current stretch from hole four to the fifteenth. Prestwick Ayrshire, Scotland Tom Morris, 1851 When Willie Park Sr edged out Old Tom Morris in the first Open Championship at Prestwick in 1860, the course was a loop of 12 holes. By 1882, Old Tom had extended the course to 18 holes and it remains an eccentric and unique insight into the traditions of the game. “Prestwick reminds us that some blind shots and unique bunkering add character and adventure to the game,” says Vicki Martz. Royal Liverpool Merseyside, England Robert Chambers, George Morris, Harry Colt, 1869 Originally laid out in 1869 by Robert Chambers and George Morris, and extended to 18 holes in 1871, Hoylake was built on a racecourse and the land was used for both golf and horse racing in its first few years. Following its successful return to the rota in 2006, after almost 40 years of absence, the club will again hold the Open Championship in 2014. Spyglass Hill California, USA Robert Trent Jones, 1966 One of four courses in a five mile radius along the northern California coastline to make our Top 100, the opening five holes at Spyglass Hill occupy the same dune system as neighbouring Cypress Point, before the routing takes golfers back into the Del Monte forest. ARCHITECTS’ CHOICE #60 ARCHITECTS’ CHOICE #59 ARCHITECTS’ CHOICE #58 ARCHITECTS’ CHOICE #57 Photo: Evan Schiller - www.golfshots.com ARCHITECTS’ CHOICE #58 ARCHITECTS’ CHOICE #57 “ Prestwick reminds us that some blind shots and unique bunkering add character and adventure to the game” Vicki Martz
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