"In America, there aren’t enough examples of elite architecture wed to a green fee in the $100 range. But elite architecture, period? Of that, our nation has an abundance. Happy scrolling!" — Ran Morrissett 

Tags: Donald Ross, Private Golf, Public Golf, Rankings

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Re: Old Elm - "This North Side of Chicago club restricts itself to some 200 members, all of them men, many of them CEOs, a good handful of whom also belong to Augusta National. Get the picture?" 

Re: Seminole - '“If I were a young man going on the pro tour, I’d try to make arrangements to get on Seminole,” Ben Hogan once said of this Donald Ross design. Sound advice. Then again, Hogan made a lot of things seem easier than they really are.'

Tags: Donald Ross, Florida, Illinois, Private Golf

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Re: Interlachen - “Green also reintroduced Ross’s bunkering schemes, and many of the greens are now surrounded by short grass. Ross’s routing across ridge lines creates memorable and distinctive holes such as the par-3 5th, par-4 6th, par-4 10th, par-5 12th and par-4 13th.”

Re: Old Elm - “Harry Colt built Old Elm in 1913, in one of his rare North American visits. In the ensuing years, Donald Ross added his own touches, representing the only significant time these two design titans spent together.”

Tags: Andrew Green, David Zinkand, Donald Ross, Illinois, Minnesota, Private Golf

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"Because the nature of course rating is so intensely subjective, no one opinion carries the day. The only way, then, to build meaningful consensus is to incorporate this diversity of panelists and experiences into one ranking."

Tags: Donald Ross, Private Golf, Public Golf, Rankings

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"Twenty-four years ago, I barely knew who Donald Ross was,” [Rich Shilling] says. “And I didn’t know anything really about the history of this golf course. I was just focused on turf. Now, it’s about preserving the intent of the architect, the intent of Donald Ross, and bringing small details back into the golf course with the flagsticks and the tee markers and all of the furniture that is built by us. It’s special for me to be involved with preserving this place."

Tags: Donald Ross, Municipal Golf, Pennsylvania, Public Golf, Restoration, Ron Prichard, Tyler Rae 

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"The 'Next 100 Project' will add a new replica clubhouse and a new maintenance building for Cuffare’s team. A fire took down the famed clubhouse in February 2022, and the club has survived and adapted without it since. The clubhouse project started Dec. 19, 2023, and the new structure is set to open in spring 2026."

Tags: Donald Ross, Michigan, Private Golf

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"The 2015 plan was me using considerable experience of studying Ross's drawings and restoring several dozens of other Ross courses – I bunkered the course on the 1915 plans and on the ground based primarily on instinct...What I observed in the day or so after my return following the derecho was that even though most of the architectural features, in particular the bunkers, were still in place, the scale of the bunkering was that it no longer had the proper visual impact on players." - Ron Prichard

Tags: Donald Ross, Iowa, Private Golf, Restoration, Ron Prichard

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"Since beginning his work for the club in 2015, Rogers has worked with Bastron and Beal in introducing fescue areas, reinstated original green shapes and pin positions, and recovered fairway configurations and alignments."

Tags: Donald Ross, Drew Rogers, Private Golf, Renovation, Wisconsin

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"The relaxed, collegial atmosphere was a nice change from some of the stilted clubs that house some of Ross’ more noted courses. While I played alone, there were plenty of twosomes, threesomes and foursomes of grinning locals, most seemingly more focused on enjoying time with friends and family in a beautiful place than what club to use on their next approach shot."

Tags: Donald Ross, New York, Public Golf

“It’s also important to note that the Philadelphia area lacks high-end public golf. Jeffersonville is the best public access course in the state east of Hershey. None of GOLF’s top 20 courses in the state are public.”

Tags: Donald Ross, Municipal Golf, Pennsylvania, Public Golf, Restoration, Ron Prichard, Tyler Rae

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