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No.10

Contents

Conceptually Speaking

Nothing like an eight-hour drive to consider the lengths we’ll go to play something newBy Tom Coyne

Bill Coore

One of golf's most innovative designers doesn't build courses. He finds themBy Tom Coyne

Trial by Fire

Brough Creek National isn’t some handmade one-off. It’s Ben Hotaling’s model for the futureBy Job Fickett

The Match Club

Peeling back the layers of Ohoopee, the revolutionary course where no one gives a damn what you shotBy Travis Hill

The Playground Drawings

A chance discovery was just one of the events that led to a Donald Ross gem at the Nashville First TeeBy Will Bardwell

High on the Crime

No boundaries, no fear, no shirts: Welcome to turbogolfBy Casey Bannon

The One Less Traveled

Reckless abandon, long odds and Mike Strantz: An oral history of Tobacco Road Golf ClubBy Jay Revell

Dry Run

How the world’s first completely artificial turf course never got builtBy Caleb Hannan

Challenge Day

Redefining golf masochism through nine sadistic little holesBy Shane Bacon

A Hard Left

The (reverse routing) 7th at Old Course, St. Andrews. Par 4 - 330, 295By Bradley Klein

Here’s a Concept: Play Real Golf

In praise of 18 proper holesBy Phil Landes

10 Hours in Heaven

A life-altering journey to the NationalBy Keith Cutten

This Number Adds Up

Why a four-hole loop should be the new short-course standardBy Andy Johnson

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