Including Nicklaus is an absolute joke. Go somewhere else for architect content.

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how do you not include William Flynn in this list....Merion, Shinnecock, The Country Club, Kittansett, Cherry Hills....

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Why do golf course architects have to demolish trees that have been in existence on golf courses for almost a century. Their particular style might just be a `fad` but Whoosh - the trees, no matter what species, are gone ; There is no putting them back because they made a mistake, the ground is now soggy where it has never been soggy before, because there are no tree roots to soak up the water, and SORRY never comes into the conversation.

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Stephan, although totally agree with your inclusion of DONALD ROSS on this list, you really ought to a) educate yourself and b) visit ANY course that you write about. You wrote, "The [Pinehurst No. 2" course recently underwent an extensive renovation by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw and reopened to rave reviews (unfortunately, I haven't gotten to play it since). This gem is characterized by the trademark humpback greens that even give elite golfers fits." C&C's GREAT RESTORATION was FIVE YEARS AGO!!! and your assertion of "trademark humpback greens" is just FALSE. Please correct your article. Thank you!

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Hello Stephan,
Excellent article...Do you have a more updated one?
Regards
Maximos Giannopoulos
GREGOLF
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Athens Greece
www.gregolf.gr

Agree with you on selecting Tom Doak who did Cape Kidnappers and Tara Iti in New Zealand which are ranked in the top 100 courses in the world. There is a growing number of golfers seeking out Tom Doak's courses which are extremely enjoyable to play.

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Gruezi, Stephan! Danke sehr für die Akkoladen für meinen Ur-Großvater, A.W. Tillinghast. Wir haben ein paar süße Geschichten aus seiner schöpferischen Zeit Anfang der 1900er Jahre. Meine Mutter ist leider letztes Jahr heimgegangen, aber sein Erbe lebt weiter in seinen Golfplätzen.

Ha... I understood it just fine, but jumped at the opportunity to write in German (I was born in Germany). I translated my response for the rest of our audience. Many thanks for reading.

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Hi Mike -- do you need a translation? I thought Stephan Guertler would receive the comment, otherwise I would've written in English... :-)

Wir bekommen nicht viele Kommentare auf Deutsch, aber das ist sehr interessant. Ich bin sicher, Sie haben viele tolle Geschichten. Vielen Dank für Ihren Kommentar. -- translation: great to hear from you, even in German. I'm sure you do have lots of interesting stories!

The man doing the best work today is Ron Garl. Best sites and unlimited budgets on the oceans.

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You clearly need to go play some Gil Hanse.

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Hi Stephan - have you ever been to Kaskada Golf Resort in Brno? Best regards Jonathan