PLATINUM
SUMMER2013
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TMAYMAKE scant sense to shout, “Stop the presses!”
in a quarterlymagazine, but when the votes were tal-
liedwe realizedwe had amajor international incident
on our hands. For the first time since readers began
voting for the Platinum List, theOldCourse at St An-
drews has been asked to step aside for a
new top dog
.
And some other courses are also rubbing shoulders with
old favorites for the first time.
BY THOMAS BEDELL
GOLFCOURSES
PHIL’SCADDIECONNECTION
PebbleBeachGolf Links
Fewprofessionalshaveaconnec-
tion toPebbleBeachGolfLinks
likePhilMickelson.Hisgrandfa-
ther,AlSantos,wasoneof thefirst
caddies to loopherewhen the fa-
bledbucket-listcourseopened in
1919.Mickelsonstillmarkshisball
witha1900silverdollarhisgrand-
fathergavehim.Savor theviewat
TheBench, theresort’snewdining
option,which looksover the iconic
18thhole.
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