Tom Doak - The Golfer’s Journal

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The Broken Tee Society Composite Course: 2024

The votes are in—these are the 18 best holes that the BTS played in 2024

Stephen Denton fenceline

Huge, if True

How one obsessive put the clues together to uncover America's next great golf destination

Every Shot at Pinehurst No. 10

Par 70 | 7,020 yards

The Man Out Front Tom Doak High Pointe

The Man Out Front

Tom Doak examines his life in the game from the course where it all started

Crystal Downs

What’s Up with Crystal Downs?

For Mike DeVries, everything comes back to Michigan's masterpiece

TGJ No. 22 Yardage Book Crystal Downs A Grandmother's Love

Grandmother’s Love

The 6th at Crystal Downs. Par 4 - 384 yards

Bunker Mentality Augusta National Golf Club

Bunker Mentality

MacKenzie, Jones, Seve and more on golf's dirtiest hazard

Gil & Christine Gil Hanse Christine Fraser

Gil & Christine

A Guinness, a bulldozer and a conversation between two architects that goes far beyond the original plan

St. Enodoc Splendour Yardage Book

Splendour

The 10th at St. Enodoc Golf Club. Par 4 (Bogey 5) - 457 yards

Doak

You Don’t Know Doak

Renowned architect Tom Doak shares how therapy has changed his view on his reputation, dealing with clients and relationships with his peers

Pucker Factor

The 17th at Tara Iti. Par 3 - 165 yards

Ballyneal

Composite Sketches: 2021

The Broken Tee Society's best 18 of 2021

No. 5 at Fishers Island Club, Fishers Island, New York.

The Bastard Child of Templates

Chasing the highs and lows of one of golf’s most misunderstood holes

7, Red. The pine near the green serving No. 7 Red and No. 11 Black is a quirk Doak loves, while Duchess, the dog of Trinity Forest superintendent Rob Falconer, enjoys keeping watch over the course no matter which way it plays. Photo by Brian Oar

Crossing The Divide

Inside the creation and challenges of building The Loop