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Golf Monthly
Golf Monthly
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Rob Smith

Moving Heaven And Earth - Should Golf Course Architects Move As Much Or As Little Earth As Possible?

Cleeve Hill Aerial.

Moving Heaven And Earth

Pondering an interesting angle from which to view golf course architecture, I realised that for most of my many years of playing I have had a firmly-held belief that courses designed by nature are superior to those that have required excessive use of diggers. In general, as in most things apart from wine, I prefer subtlety to over-the-top enthusiasm, and so I have always had a soft spot for the likes of a Cleeve Hill or a Church Stretton, perhaps England's most natural course, over say, just as an example and it’s still very enjoyable, The Brabazon Course at The Belfry.

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