O
year’s list,
CapeKidnappers
hadtheyouthfulcheekto
topplethe
OldCourseat
StAndrewsLinks
fromits
seeminglyirongrasponthe
topslotofourInternational
PlatinumList.Andthough
theOldCourseisnumber
two,theNewZealand
coursestillsitspretty—fig-
urativelyand literally—in
thePlatinumListtopten
andhighonthecli sover-
lookingHawke’sBay.
NowtheOldCourse
merelyhastocontend
with itsyoungersibling,
TheCastleCourse
,
whichopened in2008
astheseventh jewel in
theStAndrewsLinks
Trustcrownandnow
wearsourplatinum
crown.TheDavidMcLay
Kidddesignwasdeemed
virtuallyunplayableby
manyatfirst,butsoftening
sincehasmade itavisitor
favorite.Employacaddy
andallshouldbewell.
TheOldCoursewill
hostthe144thOpen
Championshipnextyear,
forthe29thtimesince
1873.And, in2019, theU.S.
Openwillreturnto
Pebble
BeachGolfLinks
forthe
sixthtime.
Butthisyear isall
about
Pinehurst
,where
theUSGA isconducting
thenovelexperimentof
hostingtheU.S.Openand
theU.S.Women’sOpen
inconsecutiveweeksthis
Juneonthesamegolf
course
—
PinehurstNo.
2
.Biggestcontroversy:
Shouldthewomenhave
playedbeforethemen?
Staytuned. —
T.B.
BEHINDTHELIST
OldCourseat StAndrews Links
CastleCourseat StAndrews Links
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