11 14 This issue’s Tee Box opens with news of Scott Macpherson and Greg Turner adding nine holes at Millbrook Resort in New Zealand, and includes reports from recent projects from around the globe 48 Par threes are usually perceived to be simple tests of execution rather than requiring a lot of strategy. Adam Lawrence asks, is this view correct? 52 Mark Wagner considers whether the anniversaries of the births of Donald Ross and Frederick Law Olmsted will reignite a discussion about a return to golf ’s democratic roots 56 Golf course architects share their thoughts on why sand bunkers are such a prominent part of golf and what makes a good bunkerless hole 64 Mike Clayton talks with Toby Ingleton about the Seven Mile Beach project, his design philosophy, his early career in the industry, and his plans for the future 70 Toby Ingleton reports on the major revitalisation project that the Robert Trent Jones II firm has completed at Vidauban in the south of France 78 Kurt Bowman has rebuilt the Links course at Hacienda Alcaidesa on Spain’s Costa del Sol, and Adam Lawrence came away extremely surprised 84 We hole out with a look at Kevin Hargrave’s short layout at a Kentucky racehorse farm CONTENTS ON THE COVER The par-four seventeenth at Vidauban in the south of France. Read more on page 70 Photographed by: ©Patrick Jantet/Switzerland
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