sUMMER 2011
celebratedliving.com
80
Readers’ Choice Platinum List
abottleofArnoldPalmer-labelwine.
The legendarygolferwasnot involved
withBayHill originally, but hewas
smittenafterwinninga 1965 charity
tournament thereandeventuallymade
BayHill hisown.
Whilegolf courses seem timeless
inmanyways, theydoevolvenaturally
and throughendless tinkeringand
fussing. Palmerhas tweakedBayHill
several times;DonaldRossworkedon
hismasterpiece,
PINEHURST NO. 2
, all of
hisdesigning life. Thework continued
into thisyear,with theunveilingof the
major restorationof PinehurstNo. 2—
byBenCrenshawandBillCoore. Early
reviewshavebeenuniformlyecstatic.
Readersalsovoted in
BLACKWOLF
RUN
atTheAmericanClubResort in
Kohler,Wisconsin, the track thatwill
beplayedat the 2012U.s.Women’s
Open. Following renovations, both
BlackwolfRun courses— theRiver
andMeadowValleys—areopen this
year, thefirst time since 2008.
Amore critical eye isbrought to
bearany timea course ispreparing
tohost amajor tournament.With the
94thPGAChampionshipheading to
THE OCEAN COURSE
atKiawah Island in
August 2012, PeteDyehasbeenbusy
grassing inbunker faces, addingand
shifting some teeboxes, aswell as
improvinggallery sight lines.
Visitors to theKiawah IslandGolf
Resort fromAugust 1 to 7 thisyear can
not only seeDye’s strategic changes
but alsoplayTheOceanCourse in the
same setupand conditions thepros
will face in 2012—entangling rough,
fast greens, andback tees set at 7,606
yards for thosewhodare.
Juniorsmaymake the
MONUMENT
COURSE AT TROONNORTHGOLF CLUB
a
favoritewith thenewMonument
Expressprogram, a 1,500-yard-long,
nine-hole course createdwithin the
Monument layout, availableeachday
after 3:30p.m. The setup isn’t just for
kids, though, but anyone looking fora
quickandaffordableworkout.
Meanwhile,
BANDON DUNES
is the
onlyU.s. links course on the list.
There are only four links inall of the
U.s., say the authors of
TrueLinks
(seeCLRecommends, page 22). Two
of the others—PacificDunes and
OldMacdonald—are conveniently
locatedat theBandonDunes resort.
St Andrews Links (Old Course)
Pinehurst No. 2
TOP LEFT: ©ST ANDREWS LINKS TRUST
