Golf World Survey Responders Clearly Like To Be Tortured
/Uh, something's wrong with this list of readers favorite private courses but I'm not sure exactly what it is. Help anyone?
Oak Hill
Augusta
Pine Valley
Kinloch
Oakmont
Robert Trent Jones Golf Club
Inverness
The Ridge at Back Brook
Aronimink
Cypress Point
Firestone
Shinnecock Hills
I've always said that The Ridge at Back Brook or Robert Trent Jones Golf Club should be mentioned in the same breath as Cypress Point or Shinnecock Hills. And you know how I adore Firestone. But Oak Hill No. 1 on a list other than Best Private Courses Mangled By Jones' AND Fazio's? That's a stunner.
Ryan Herrington was charged with the task of explaining the inexplicable responses. You can also find links to the other lists including web-only state-by-state compilations.
The Angry Golfer sounds quite pleased:
Never mind that we have a couple of Bubblegum Pistachios ranking high on our lists, or that Pebble Beach finished 28th among resort destinations behind a few places I didn't know existed. The primary purpose of a survey such as this is to start a discussion that leads to a full-blown argument, which may or may not lead to all four bigmouths taking second mortgages on their homes to finance a trip to the Monterey Peninsula, where they can decide for themselves if that journey to the holy ground was worth all the trouble.
