Powerful stories of transformation date to biblical times. In popular culture, the notion of the ugly duckling morphing into a beautiful swan and Cinderella the servant turning into Cinderella the princess have become modern legends.
Golf courses have their own versions, perhaps most famously when Rees Jones and a trio of New York State Parks officials resurrected Bethpage Black in the 1990s, turning it into today’s fearsome, admired tournament test. Put Jones and Tom Cousins in the conversation as well, with their dramatic overhaul of East Lake, Bobby Jones’ home club in Atlanta during the same decade.
