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Vol. 32, No. 33 R O C H E S T E R Monday, September 21, 2020 in a Remote and Bryson DeChambeau Wins U.S. Open Breathtaking Part of the World His Way: In Commanding Fashion

by BILL PENNINGTON MAMARONECK, N.Y. — The most repeated, and accepted, prediction before the 2020 United States Open at Winged Foot was that the would overwhelm the field with its time-honored com- bination of elusive fairways and punishing rough. That forecast was not wrong. A condor flying over San Martín de los Andes, Argentina, with the Lanín Every golfer but one failed to volcano in the background. (Eliseo Miciu) shoot under in the champi- onship this year. by ALLIE LAZAR los Andes, a city in Argentina’s But the most prescient proph- An Andean condor, one of Neuquén Province. “It’s still so ecy came from the lone player the world’s largest flying birds, pure here,” he said. “It’s my with an under-par score in the “Tiger inspired this whole generation to do this, and we’re going to keep occasionally sails beneath the favorite place in the world.” El event, Bryson DeChambeau, going after it,” DeChambeau said. “I don’t think it’s going to stop.” (Hilary snowy peak of the Lanín volca- Desafío and the nearby Chapel- 27, the beefy college physics Swift for The New York Times) no, swoops through a valley and co Golf & Resort are attracting major who theorized that he over the fairway at El Desafío international golfers seeking to would overpower Winged Foot tive philosophies DeChambeau third-round leader who finished Mountain Resort in Patagonia’s connect with nature and play on by bombing shots so far that has preached and his unconven- second, may be moved to em- northwest region. courses with stunning views. it would be irrelevant whether his tional tactics, including his belief ulate the new, hard-swinging Pumas, foxes and wild boars Designed by the Hall of Fame ball landed in the fairway or not. that an intense strength-train- U.S. Open champion. So, in sometimes make their way near golfers and Greg Almighty distance would eclipse ing regimen can significantly fact, might many of his brethren, the course too, said Alfredo Norman, these courses have precision. augment what has been largely even those who mocked De- Bauer, who pauses his round been integrated with the ter- Not only was DeChambeau considered a finesse sport, now Chambeau as an overanalytical of golf whenever he sees ani- rain and vegetation, taking a right, in the wake of his runaway have the validation of a major eccentric. mals roaming. Bauer, 64, from minimalist approach to high- six-stroke victory on Sunday at championship title. Most of the 20-something Buenos Aires, built his vacation light the pristine surroundings. the 120th U.S. Open, but golf Tens of thousands of young pro golfers, like the 21-year- home at El Desafío, a private Nongolfers have gravitated there itself may be on the cusp of ac- golfers watching DeChambeau old Wolff, already swing harder golf and polo community about too, building houses and working ceding to the new methodologies dominate the field as he easily and do more weight training 10 miles outside San Martín de Remote and Breathtaking — PAGE 7 he espouses. The counterintui- surpassed Matthew Wolff, the Commanding — PAGE 3 Snow Golf? In Switzerland, This Year’s U.S. Open Spotlights Where the Greens Are White ’s Claim to a Fifth by MARTIN DAVIS For almost 100 years, the hall- mark of the United States Open has been the qualifying procedure. It’s integral to the very nature of the Open, as the tournament is open to all comers — provided they have an official index of 1.4 or better. Usually the Open field is composed of 156 players, with half of them qualifying via prior performance and the other half through a series of grueling qualifying rounds. The Open is played on some of the fin- est courses in the land, under If this year’s U.S. Open, without local and sectional qualifying is consid- The Engadin Snow Golf Cup is a nine-hole tournament played in a snow the most rigorous conditions ered official, shouldn’t Ben Hogan’s name be added to the championship field in Surlej near Silvaplana Lake. imaginable, but the need to first trophy? (Ar/Getty Images) qualify through superlative play by ADAM H. GRAHAM year in Switzerland’s Engadine is paramount. the country, with successful qual- of the major tournaments over For years, golf has been asso- Valley, home to St. Moritz, and It is this requirement of hav- ifiers moving on to 10 region- the past several years, winners ciated with lush greens, bluebird its famed diamond dust skies and ing to earn one’s way into the al qualifying sites in the United of other U.S.G.A. events in the skies and a Whitman’s sampler scenic alpine golf courses dating championship that clearly sets States. There are also additional past year, high finishers on vari- of riotous plaids and checks. But to 1889. What started as a lark the Open apart as the most international qualifying rounds, ous money lists and the like. few know the sport has also qui- in one of Switzerland’s sunniest democratic of all of golf’s tour- with regionals in Canada, England Because of the coronavirus pan- etly embraced winter whites, par- winter sports destinations, has naments. and Japan. Most years, about 78 demic, the U.S.G.A. canceled all ticularly in ski-crazy Switzerland. become a bona fide sport that’s Typically, there are 9,000 to players are fully exempt into the qualifying and replaced it by de- In 2021, the Engadin Snow not only drawn golf enthusiasts 10,000 applicants for local qual- championship and qualify through liberately selecting players picked Golf Cup will enter its 42nd Snow Golf — PAGE 5 ifying at about 115 sites across a variety of categories — winners Hogan’s Claim — PAGE 6

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“The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.”  Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, September 21, 2020 • Page 3 Commanding 245; it’s going to be a lot of DeChambeau said, explaining we’ve got a fight.” working out,” he answered. what transpired next. There were no other serious The extraordinary ball speeds He had an uphill lie and de- contenders DeChambeau had to he routinely generates — in excess cided that would make it easier worry about. Louis Oosthuizen, of 200 miles an hour — have at- to hit his near the top who shot 73 on Sunday, was in tracted most of the attention this of the face of an . It would third place, eight strokes back. season, but DeChambeau is far reduce the impact of his swing After hoisting the trophy, a from a one-trick pony. and, in DeChambeau’s mind, let smiling DeChambeau was already Long before he bulked up, the ball land short of the green plotting the other breakthroughs he was a N.C.A.A. and United but still have some roll. he has for golf. They include a States Amateur champion and When DeChambeau made longer, 48-inch driver — the kind exhibited the deft skills near the contact it sounded like a flubbed more commonly used in long green necessary to be a good shot — as if too much grass had driving competitions, where ac- short game player. He is a six- lodged between the club and the curacy is not paramount. He will time winner on the PGA Tour ball. But that was the plan. test some new driver heads, too. and last month finished tied for “The ball came out dead be- “Tiger inspired this whole gen- fourth at the P.G.A. Champion- cause of the lie, and it rolled eration to do this, and we’re ship, the first golf major of the down there to 10 feet from the going to keep going after it,” season. hole,” DeChambeau said. DeChambeau said. “I don’t think On Sunday, DeChambeau re- He made his par putt, and it’s going to stop.” lied on all of his faculties to turn Wolff missed his. The rout was Looking almost bemused, he the mammoth drives off the tee on. paused before adding: “I kept into three birdies, 14 pars and “That was huge,” DeCham- telling everybody it’s an advan- Bryson DeChambeau shot a final round 67 on Sunday, and his average only one bogey. beau said. “If I don’t make that tage to hit it farther.” x off the tee traveled 325 yards, the longest for any U.S. Open cham- On the first hole, Wolff, who and he makes his, you know, © The New York Times pion. (Hilary Swift for The New York Times) began the round with a two- stroke lead, outdrove DeCham- beau, his playing partner. De- Chambeau nonetheless hit his approach shot more than seven feet closer to the hole than Wolff did. With steadier putting, De- Chambeau erased Wolff’s lead by the fourth hole and took the lead on the next hole, when he sank a seven-foot par putt and Wolff missed his par attempt from 10 feet. DeChambeau gained two more strokes on Wolff at the 10th and 11th holes, but he exhibited the somewhat-under- appreciated depth of his talent With steadier putting, DeChambeau, center, erased Matthew Wolff’s for golf at the 14th hole, which lead by the fourth hole and took the lead on the fifth.( Hilary Swift for The New was also a turning point. York Times) DeChambeau hit only six of 14 fairways on Sunday, and his drive (Continued from Page 1) Next, DeChambeau will turn his from the 14th tee was one of than their predecessors. But iconoclastic deliberations toward his worst — pulled left and into DeChambeau has gone further conquering the Augusta National the deepest grass on the hole. than anyone else, and not just Golf Club, site of the Masters He had 135 yards to a sloped symbolically. His average drive Tournament in two months. Its green that might reject a shot off the tee traveled 325 yards, golf course, which is almost de- from rough that typically would the longest for any U.S. Open void of rough, is susceptible to a lack spin, or one that landed too champion. He also shot 67 power game, especially now that close to the hole. on Sunday, the only under-par DeChambeau has proved he can “I’ve got a lot of creativity,” round of the day. win at Winged Foot, where the “I think I’m definitely chang- victor’s score was five-over par ing the way people think of the the last time the club hosted the game,” DeChambeau, whose U.S. Open, in 2006. four-day score was 274, or DeChambeau is 6-foot-1 and six-under par. He added: “The 235 pounds — he gained 40 next generation that’s coming pounds this winter in an attempt up into golf hopefully will see to swing more forcefully — but on this and go, ‘Hey, I can do that, Sunday evening he was asked too.’ I’ve just wanted to just keep if he wanted to become bigger pressing the status quo.” before the Masters. He has done that and more. “Yeah, I think I can get to Local Holes-In-One See More On-line at www.golfweekrochester.com

Dennis Sneddon aced Hole #12 at Deerfield Country Club for 138 yards, using a 5-. At Shadow Lake Golf & Country Club, Rui Amorim used a 7-Iron to score a hole-in-one on the 157-yard 17th hole. Robert Booms used a 7-iron to ace the 156-yard 12th hole at Stafford Country Club. On the 170-yard sixth hole at Shore Acres Golf Course, Evan Harrington used a 5-iron to score a hole-in-one. Using a 7-Iron, Curt Provenzo aced the 175-yard 17th hole at Cobblestone Creek Country Club. At Reservoir Creek Golf Club, Mary Lisi used an 8-Iron to score a hole-in-one on the 100-yard 17th hole. Page 4 • Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, September 21, 2020 Rory McIlroy Questions Whether Bryson DeChambeau Transformation is Good for Golf by MATT MAJENDIE up to six protein shakes a day Rory McIlroy has questioned whether in a bid to power his way to the Bryson DeChambeau’s brute-force suc- top of the game. cess in winning his first Major at the U.S. And after reaping the re- Open is right for the game of golf. wards, McIlroy, who finished The heavy-hitting DeChambeau only in the top 10, said: “I think it’s madeBodine 23 • 2x5 fairways • 121219 during • JT the course of the brilliant, but I think he’s taken [email protected] four rounds, but still proved victorious as advantage of where the game theExpositor-Ledger only man under par Newspapers on the final day. is at the minute. I’m not saying Rochester“I don’t really know Golf what Week to say, be• - Thethat’s Jewish right or wrong.” Ledger cause2535 Brighton-Henriettathat’s just the complete Town oppositeLine Road, Rochester,Following NYhis 14623maiden Major of what you think a U.S. Open champion win, DeChambeau predicted does,”(585) 427-2468said McIlroy. • FAX “He’s (585) found 427-8521 a way budding golfers would copy to do it. his approach to the game. He IMPORTANT…“Whether that’s good or bad for the We said: want “I YOURhope that AD inspires to be perfect… peo- game,Your Iad don’t will know, run butas it’sit appearsjust not the here ple unless to say, ‘Hey,we hear look, fromthat’s a you immediately. way I sawPlease this golf review course being this played ad carefully. or different way to do it’. Hope- this tournamentn Check beingspelling played. and punctuation It’s kind of fully, my way inspires people. hard to reallyn Check wrap addresses my head and around phone it.”numbers,I think as well I’m as definitelye-mail addresses changing and web sites. DeChambeaun Check bulkeddates and up timessizeably of allduring events listed.the way people think about the lockdown,If thereputting are on any more corrections, than three please game.” call us x immediately at 427-2468. stone — mostly muscle — by consuming ©EveningStandard Question marks: Rory McIlroy (Getty Images ) The First Look:

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“The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.”  Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, September 21, 2020 • Page 5 DeChambeau Carves Up US Open One Divot-Sized Slice at a Time

by JIM LITKE of the golf’s foundational myths — to drive the ball as far from the “I’m going to come back next farther than just about all of his (AP) — Golfers like to say they the game is about how many, not tee as possible, figuring a second year,” he vowed, “and look like a major rivals, too. There’s no way win when it’s their week, when a how — inside out. shot with a — even from different person.” to know how long DeChambeau swing adjustment suddenly clicks “I don’t really know what to say the rough — is easier than say, Yet even at the start of the will have that same advantage nor or because they’re driving the ball because that’s just the complete a 6-iron from the middle of the week, few people believed he re- whether he’ll hold up over the and putting it just that little better opposite of what you think a U.S. fairway. It’s called the “bomb and sembled a U.S. Open champion. long run. than everyone else. Bryson De- Open champion does” said Rory gouge” strategy and DeChambeau No tournament in golf places a But either way, the powers- Chambeau has a different take: McIlroy, who counts the 2011 has become both its loudest and higher premium on par, or re- that-be in golf are going to have He thinks every week belongs to U.S. Open among his four major most successful advocate. wards accuracy while punishing decide how much distance is too him. championship wins. “Look, he’s He’s already tinkered with every wayward shots with rough sev- much, and whether to throttle Over the course of four days, found a way to do it. Whether other facet of the game, from eral times gnarlier than anything back the ball, sooner than they DeChambeau unnerved the folks that’s good or bad for the game, equipment (single-length irons) encountered at a routine tour planned. On Sunday, No. 16 at who run the U.S. Open and I don’t know, but it’s just not the to how he reads putts (factor- event. 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Andermatt’s network of high-altitude residences and a 18-hole course just below the Gotthard Pass opened in 2016, while Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, the spa resort, reopened The Bürgenstock Alpine Spa. in 2019 with three hotels and seven restaurants, including two NOW (Continued from Page 1) took up the idea of converting with two Michelin stars each. but has begun to lure second the putting greens to whites in The next generation of Swit- home buyers seeking winter rec- 1904, which turned into reali- zerland’s golf communities in- OPEN! reational activities adjacent to ty with the first tournament in cludes Golf Resort La Gruyère, the snowy piste. 1979, held on a frozen Lake St. scheduled to reopen in 2023 TUESDAY–SATURDAY Winter golfing might sound Moritz. (The tournament moved after a major refurbishment. Not odd, but the alps of southern in 1996, and today nine holes all courses offer snow golf, but 427-7350 Switzerland are especially sunny are played in a snow field in Sur- demand is growing and having Cerames.com and offer a refuge for golfers lej near Silvaplana Lake.) fun is the goal. from northern European coun- There are, of course, signif- “Snow golf is not about scores,” 3450 Winton Place tries who may not feel like haul- icant differences with regular said Eveline Fasser Testa, a regu- ing their nine irons on a plane golf. The “whites” need a lot of lar player who lives in St. Moritz. for a few rounds farther afield. manual grooming to make the “The chance that you’ll find your What’s more, snow golf offers an surface around the hole com- ball in the deep snow is unlikely. active but less-risky alternative to pact, and the balls are orange It’s more about the experience skiing. This has all led to a surge and the golf holes three times of playing golf in the winter and in popularity in predictable places bigger than regulation size. But having a great day.” x like Germany, Austria, Canada the trade-off is something spe- © The New York Times and the United States (including cial, enthusiasts say. popular golf destinations like Col- “Winter golf is an amazing ex- orado, California, Wisconsin and perience,” said Caroline Rom- North Carolina) but also off-the- inger, a and golf-radar spots like Argentina, Engadine native. “It can be quite Greenland and Finland. cold, but when the sun comes out, It has also drawn enthusiasts we often play without jackets.” to buy nearby property. “Winter The Alps play host to another golf is just one of many offerings tournament, the Barnes Winter that make Switzerland’s Enga- Golf Cup, which is entering its dine Valley attractive for second fourth year in 2021. The an- home buyers, and a few have nual host of the event rotates even bought here solely because between four different alpine of that,” said Ramun Ratti, the resorts: Courchevel, Megève, managing director at Engadine and Val d’Isére, in France; and Golf Course, home to two 18- Crans-Montana, in Switzer- “The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.” hole courses; it will host the land’s Canton Valais, host of Snow Golf Cup in January. “But the Omega European Masters snow golf is and will probably and one of eight golf courses in always be niche.” the canton. While images of winter golf As the popularity of snow golf on frozen lakes can be found as tournaments has grown, so has far back as 17th-century Dutch demand for nearby real estate. paintings, it’s believed by some Switzerland has had a wave that modern snow golf started of new golf residences, resorts with St. Moritz’s former resort and courses open in recent manager, Peter Kasper, who years, including Bürgenstock, Page 6 • Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, September 21, 2020 DeChambeau Declares What His Next Big Equipment Experiment Will Be

by E. MICHAEL JOHNSON to the driver head isn’t likely in the early 1990s. Just 5-foot- After winning the 2020 U.S. needed as DeChambeau already 11 and 170 pounds, Thompson Open, Bryson DeChambeau uses light, 2-gram weights in the finished among the top 10 in said long-drive specialists such as two weight ports on the bottom driving distance on that circuit Kyle Berkshire and Justin James of the club. By already utiliz- for four straight years (1991- “all inspired me to try and go ing a light clubhead, the extra ’94). Terry Dill followed Thomp- harder at it. They are the ones weight from the additional length son’s lead and used a 47-inch breaking the barriers. I can see shouldn’t be an issue. in his driver (compared to what is possible.” That said, the relationship be- 43 inches prior) on the senior Now it appears as if DeCham- tween clubhead speed and shaft tour and picked up five addition- beau might go after another trait length is not always an easy one al yards. some on the long-drive circuit use to figure out. That’s because As for DeChambeau, it’s not in order to get even longer than a longer club generates more just about added yards, but the he already is — a 48-inch driver. clubhead speed than a shorter impact his innovative approach Asked if his U.S. Open win club only when, at impact, it is has on the game. validated his approach, DeCham- rotating around the swing axis “I think I’m definitely changing beau did not hesitate. “Absolute- at the same rate. 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“The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.”  Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, September 21, 2020 • Page 7 Remote and Breathtaking steppe, with houses allowed on tivated by the area’s wildness, only one fairway side to not ob- she bought land at El Desafío in struct the view. Norman’s team 2012. By 2013, she celebrat- incorporated the topography ed Christmas in her new home into the design and created wide there. corridors that all players could “Here you can find solitude,” enjoy, but still challenging from she said. the pro . “It’s worth the jour- She spends winters and sum- ney all the way to Patagonia,” mers there in the 4,062-square- Norman said of the course. foot sustainable solar-power The partners said they believed house she designed using local in an eco-friendly approach, materials. It has floor-to-ceil- using organic liquids instead of ing windows with views of the chemical fertilizers to treat the mountains, volcano and steppe. greens. They built an irrigation She does not play golf, but the system propelled by gravity, not course is her favorite walk, and pumps, that traveled from a res- she takes advantage of the pri- El Desafío Mountain Resort has polo fields, a golf course and a nature reserve.(Eliseo Miciu) ervoir at the mountaintop, to vate 1,500-acre reserve, which streams and then into pipes. remains untouched from con- The first nine holes were com- struction, and, executives said, pleted in 2015, and executives is reachable only by foot, bike hoped the final nine would be or horseback. completed in five years. Sujoy spends most days in Jorge Peralta of Patagonia her garden, where, under the Golf, who has organized golf counsel of the landscape design- tours in Argentina for 20 years, er Karina Querejeta, she had said that some of his clients re- hundreds of nonnative ponder- turned to Patagonia to play golf osa pines removed and plant- because of the scenery, activ- ed about 300 indigenous trees. ities and climate. The golfing Querejeta, who has lived in the season, he said, runs through region her whole life, has clients the Southern Hemisphere’s with houses at El Desafío and warmer months of November Chapelco Golf, and often favors through March and peaks in rugged gardens that can support January, when there is daylight the stress of wind, sun and snow. The eighth hole of El Desafío’s golf course, viewed from the green. (Marcos A. Clutterbuck) from about 6 a.m. until 9 p.m. “We need strong plants: “Golfers are always chasing the tough, rustic and resistant, but vate equity firm Hicks Trans sun,” he said. with color,” she said. “Perfect American Partners joined the The lots at El Desafío were for Patagonia.” project as developers. “We tried placed so as to not disturb the In a recent phone interview to develop a community that natural habitat. While each buyer from his Buenos Aires home, would have the best of Patago- chose an architect, the houses are Bauer, who, like other Argen- nia,” said Marcos Clutterbuck, largely modern in design and built tines, has been barred from trav- director at El Desafío and part- primarily with stone and wood el by the government because of ner at Hicks Trans American siding. There are 240 lots, about the coronavirus pandemic, said Partners. Its plans included a two-thirds of which are sold, Clut- he was “absolutely desperate” to real estate development, a golf terbuck said. Lots start at half return to El Desafío and, more course, polo fields, equestrian an acre, from about $60,000 to specifically, its fifth hole, which facilities and a nature reserve. $130,000, depending on size. is tucked into the mountain. The developers asked Nor- These Andes golfing commu- His house is directly above the man, who had experience with nities do not appeal only to lov- green, an ideal space to work mountain courses, to lead the ers of the sport. during the pandemic. A home designed by Alicia Sujoy at El Desafío. (Alicia Sujoy) golf course design team. “This place is paradise,” said “The moment this travel ban is He said his vision was for Alicia Sujoy, an architect from lifted, I’m getting in my car and (Continued from Page 1) the farthest south the PGA Tour every hole to have an open view Buenos Aires, who vacationed driving to Patagonia,” he said. x with landscape designers to pre- Latinoamérica had ever traveled of the mountains, volcano or at Chapelco Golf in 2009. Cap- © The New York Times serve the native wildlife. when it hosted the Neuquén San Martín de los Andes is Argentina Classic in 2018 and known as the gateway to Pa- 2019, and it was selected be- tagonia. It lies on the banks of cause, according to the PGA, it’s Lago Lácar, one of the many “one of the most beautiful golf glacial lakes in the district, and venues in Latin America.” borders Lanín National Park, Across National Route 40 is Chapelco Ski Resort and the Pa- El Desafío. Claudio Hirsch, its tagonian steppe, the largest des- founding director, said he quit ert in Argentina. With its many his Buenos Aires banking job mountain rivers and streams, in 1999 and began scouting the region is also known for its land to buy in Patagonia. After fly-fishing. founding Argentina’s National Desafío executives said the city Parks Foundation in 2002, he attracted tourists, mostly from came across an opportunity to Argentina, Brazil and Chile. purchase a 2,500-acre site on a They come for events like Tetra tree-covered mountain four miles Chapelco, a tetrathlon, and the from San Martín de los Andes’ Fiesta Nacional del Montañés, airport, which made it accessible a festival featuring competitive despite its remote location. Its wood chopping. landscape could make “tears of Chapelco Golf & Resort, a joy fall from your face,” he said. residential and vacation devel- The ecological aspect was opment, hotel, and golfing com- an important pillar of the de- munity named after the nearby velopment, maximizing natural Chapelco mountain, opened areas to ensure the preservation for play in 2004. Jack Nicklaus of wildlife. “It was ambitious,” and his son Jack Nicklaus II de- Hirsch said. “To build what we signed its 18-hole course, which did on that mountain, it was an was the first to bring the city amazing thing.” major golf notoriety. This was In 2008, the Dallas-based pri- Page 8 • Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, September 21, 2020

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Davis Love III celebrates winning the 1997 PGA Championship at the Winged Foot. (Jamie A view of the 18th green during the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot. (Richard Heathcote/ Squire/Allsport) Getty Images)

by SEAN MARTIN “With its wonderfully challeng- when Hale Irwin won with a old-fashioned, elevated greens nee-on-Delaware, Pennsylvania. Better late than never. That ing green complexes and dogleg winning score of 7 over par. No and, ah, the bunkers.” His services quickly became in definitely applies to this year’s holes that emphasize proper major has had a higher winning high demand after that course U.S. Open. Winged Foot Golf placement off the tee, Winged score in relation to par since. 4. TILLIE THE TERROR opened. Club is a classic U.S. Open Foot offers the best players in The 1974 U.S. Open was His nickname was Tillie the It was the architect’s job, he test, traditionally producing an the world a spectacular test of dubbed the “Massacre at Winged Terror. wrote, to “produce something over-par winning score. We’ll golf,” he says. Foot” and produced one of the Tillinghast is one of six golf which will provide a true test have to wait and see how the That may be an understate- most famous quotes in golf his- course architects to be elected of the game and then consider three-month delay impacts the ment. The winning score was tory. “We’re not trying to humili- to the , every conceivable way to make championship, but one thing over par in all but one of the ate the best players in the world. after Donald Ross, Robert Trent the course as beautiful as possi- is certain. After thrilling finish U.S. Opens at Winged Foot. We’re simply trying to identify Jones, Alister Mackenzie, C.B. ble,” Tillinghast wrote. to the FedExCup and with the That was in 1984, when Zo- them,” said USGA president MacDonald and Pete Dye. He didn’t like overly long Masters a couple months away, eller and tied at Sandy Tatum. Tillinghast had his hands on courses, hating layouts that em- we’re in the midst of a thrilling 4 under par. Norman shot 75 Many believe the 1974 U.S. more than 250 golf courses, phasized “brawn over finesse.” stretch for golf fans. in the , which means just Open was the USGA’s response most of them in the Northeast. He liked small, tightly-bunkered To get you ready for the year’s one player has finished under to the previous year’s champion- His most famous designs include greens that put an emphasis on second major, here are 9 Things par in the six U.S. Opens at ship, when Johnny Miller shot Winged Foot, Bethpage Black, approach play. to Know about Winged Foot. Winged Foot. 63 to win at Oakmont. How Baltusrol, Quaker Ridge, Sleepy After falling on hard times In 2006, Winged Foot played thick was the rough at Winged Hollow and Somerset Hills. during the Great Depression, 1. BETTER BY THE to a 74.99 scoring average. Foot? “They had trouble finding He was born in North Phila- Tillinghast died in 1942 at the HALF-DOZEN Only one hole, the par-5 fifth their ankles, much less the golf delphia in 1875, the privileged age of 67. This will be the sixth U.S. hole, played under par for the ball,” said one player. Players only child of a rubber baron. “He was an unusual man, to Open at Winged Foot. Only week. There were just 12 un- lost balls in the rough and putted He made his first pilgrimage to say the least,” Tatum once said, Oakmont Country Club and der-par rounds in 2006, and balls off the greens. St. Andrews in 1896, where he “but he was a certifiable genius. Baltusrol have hosted more. none lower than 2-under 68. “It was easily the most difficult studied under Old Tom Morris. You always know when you’re Oakmont hosted its ninth U.S. Winged Foot’s difficulty golf course I have ever seen,” “I got to know the old man on a Tillinghast course without Open in 2016, while Baltusrol, doesn’t come from intimidating Irwin said. very well indeed in succeeding being told.” another A.W. Tillinghast design, water hazards or stunning land- The A.W. Tillinghast design years, and I spent many happy has been the site of seven U.S. forms. It was built on a fairly flat has stood the test of time. There hours with him in his little sitting 5. HUMPS AND BUMPS Opens. site, but Tillinghast produced 18 are no lakes or large water haz- room over his shop,” Tillinghast Nicklaus once called Winged Winged Foot joins Oakland difficult holes. ards. Just a couple creeks. There wrote. “It was there that I han- Foot’s putting surfaces “the most Hills and Pebble Beach as cours- “The golf course gets tough are no dramatic landforms. It just dled the champion’s belt won by difficult set of greens I’ve ever es that have hosted a half-dozen on the first tee and never gets consists of 18 difficult holes. his son, as Old Tom got it out seen.” U.S. Opens. any easier,” Jack Nicklaus once “The question of the week reverently and his eyes filled with Colin Montgomerie, runner-up Winged Foot hosted its first said. “That’s why it’s a great golf was why,” famed golf writer Dan tears as he told me many things in the 2006 U.S. Open, said U.S. Open in 1929, just six course. You can’t make a mis- Jenkins wrote in Sports Illus- about his boy.” they may even be more difficult years after it opened. This will take and get away with it here.” trated. “Where did it say in all Tillinghast returned to St. An- than the game’s most famous be its first U.S. Open there since Tillinghast’s courses put an of that lore of the game that drews several times. He became putting surfaces. 2006, when Geoff Ogilvy won emphasis on approach shots, Winged Foot was a killer? The skilled enough to finish 25th in “These greens are as quick after famously and Winged Foot is no excep- answer was in the subtle design the 1910 U.S. Open at the Phil- downhill as Augusta and with double-bogeyed the 72nd hole. tion. The greens complexes of the course. No water to speak adelphia Cricket Club. possibly more slopes on them Ogilvy is the only winner of a make getting up-and-down a of, and even the trees do not His architecture career start- than Augusta,” he said. “I think U.S. Open at Winged Foot who difficult task. often come into play, but, ah, ed when a family friend asked everybody will three-putt out didn’t win multiple majors in his “A controlled shot to a close- the tumbles and turns of those him to build a course in Shaw- here.” career. ly-guarded green is the surest Winged Foot’s greens were Bobby Jones, Billy Casper, test of any man’s golf,” Tilling- rebuilt by famed architect Gil Hale Irwin and Fuzzy Zoeller hast once said. Hanse a few years ago. Many also won U.S. Opens at Winged Ogilvy won without break- of the greens were expanded Foot. ing par in any round. Jones’ to their original size. Making The club also hosted the 1997 final-round 79 in 1929 is the the greens 15-25% larger has PGA Championship. Davis Love highest final round by a U.S. allowed some of the original hole III won, which means four of the Open winner since World War locations to be used. six men’s majors at Winged Foot I. No one broke par in the final ‘What makes Winged Foot have been won by members of round of the 1959 U.S. Open special is the greens,” course the World Golf Hall of Fame. at Winged Foot, and no one was historian Neil Regan says. under par in the first round of How sloped are Winged Foot’s 2. THOROUGH the 1974 U.S. Open. greens? “You can see the bot- EXAMINATION: tom of the cups from the fair- Mike Davis, the USGA’s chief 3. ‘WE’RE NOT TRYING ways,” because of the amount executive, calls Winged Foot the TO HUMILIATE THEM’ of back-to-front slope, joked one “quintessential U.S. Open golf The most famous of Winged Colin Montgomerie eyes the greens on the 18th hole during the 2006 PGA TOUR putting instructor. course.” Foot’s U.S. Opens was in 1974, U.S. Open at Winged Foot. 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GOLF business Gil Hanse Restores Courses to Their Glory brings those original features decide what the proper length a recognition of these great ar- back, making adjustments to fit is. That’s different than a pure chitects. What’s also changed the length of the modern game. restoration at a course that’s is the technology. Twenty The following interview has ultimately for the members. years ago, we’d never have been edited and condensed. tried to rebuild all the greens How do you balance at Winged Foot or Baltusrol. How did the Winged Foot the needs of the Now we have the technology restorations happen? members with the needs to map them and a high de- Through a change in superin- of the tour pros? gree of certainty that if we pull tendents and a change in lead- A lot of it is positioning of up the green it’s going to go ership at the club, we had an tees and bunkers. At Winged back the same way. opportunity to come in and talk Foot, we’ve reopened the front about how both courses should of the greens, which helps the Do these restoration be treated. It was a pure resto- member who has the ability to projects make you think ration. We were hired. We put bounce it up and doesn’t affect about who might restore Gil Hanse in 2016. (Scott Halleran/Getty Images) together a master plan for all 36 the pros. But when you show your courses some day? holes. The East Course came up at Winged Foot, you expect If karma is a real thing — and by PAUL SULLIVAN also worked on courses that first. Some of the luster had it to be hard. No one is looking the fact that we’ve been so me- Gil Hanse is an acclaimed previously were in the champi- come off it. We were hopeful for it to be easy. ticulous in restoring the work golf-course architect, who onship rotation, like Southern we’d do both. of these golden age golf archi- teamed with the L.P.G.A. Hall Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Has the restoration tects — then hopefully someone of Famer Amy Alcott to build Okla., and Baltusrol Golf Club Was the East Course a process changed in the will take a similar tack with our the Olympic course for the Rio in Springfield, N.J., where Jack tryout for the West? past two decades? courses. x de Janeiro games in 2016. Nicklaus won the Open in 1967 I don’t know if it was a try- To a certain degree. There’s ©The New York Times This week his restoration of and 1980. out. I think what happened was Winged Foot Golf Club’s West In a previous generation, the when they saw the changes Course will get its international architect Robert Trent Jones Sr. to the East, they realized they debut as host of the 2020 Unit- was known as the “Open Doc- couldn’t have the West sitting ed States Open. He completed tor” for his work preparing some there untouched when the East the work in 2017, after first re- of these same courses for the had been restored to that level, storing the club’s East Course in U.S. Open. When asked if he’s not only architecturally but also 2014. (Both are ranked in the the new “Open Doctor,” Hanse all the infrastructure. Top 100 courses in the world laughed and credited his busi- according to and ness partner Jim Wagner, and Did you feel added .) in Winged Foot’s case, the club’s pressure working at such Winged Foot’s West Course superintendent, Steve Rabideau. a famous golf course? is a famously brutal course on Hanse could more aptly be Not really. I don’t want to the U.S. Open rotation. But called the “Open Therapist.” sound cavalier about it. We un- Hanse has a roster of resto- He does not remake a course, derstand the responsibility, and rations set to host major events. but unearths how architects like really what we focus on is the re- The Country Club in Brookline, A.W. Tillinghast, the design- search. If we’re convinced that’s Mass., will host the U.S. Open er of Winged Foot, wanted to the right thing to do, we do it. The Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y., which will host the in 2022 and the Los Angeles challenge golfers. Hanse does When you know you’re hosting 2020 U.S. Open. Gil Hanse restored the club’s East Course in 2014 and Country Club in 2023. He has extensive research and then a championship, you have to the West Course in 2017. (James Estrin/The New York Times) Play Better Golf With Jack Nicklaus

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by NATIONAL GOLF was up considerably versus the bers were relatively normal. But the number of girls and about course, which can no doubt be FOUNDATION average number who played in Q2, the rise was significant the same racial/ethnic diversi- managed in a way that enhances Since golf courses reached ful- during the same periods in 2018 from a directional standpoint. ty (~25% non-Caucasian) that satisfaction, fosters loyalty and ly-operational status two months and 2019. Early indications are It makes sense, with golf cel- we’re now accustomed to seeing improves retention. ago, one of the most common that the trajectory was similarly ebrated as a safe and healthy among the junior set. Bear in mind, the inflow of questions is whether there’s positive during July. outdoor activity for all ages as Looking more broadly, the new golfers will be offset, to been an increase in the number With approximately 2.5 mil- the coronavirus rages on. With number of overall beginning and some extent, by a natural churn of juniors, beginners and return- lion kids having teed it up on many youth sports on hold or returning golfers during the Q2 that occurs every year. This may ers playing? a golf course last year, that’s a slowly coming back, and families stretch appears equally significant end up even more pronounced in The short answer is yes. potential Covid-related bump seeking activities they can do — both about 20% higher than 2020 due to Covid, as some golf- A deeper look into NGF’s na- of half a million junior golfers together, especially as schools in recent years. ers will elect not to play because tional participation data revealed (+20% over 2019) by year’s end. were out, golf has emerged as a The question, as always, is of financial hardship or health evidence of a lift in all three If we had used the first quar- terrific alternative. whether golf operators will be and safety concerns. There is groups during the second quar- ter of 2020 (January, February NGF mid-year data also sug- able to convert these fresh faces early indication of a slight decline ter. The number of kids ages and March) as any indication, gests that these players may into committed customers. And in participation among the oldest 6-17 who teed it up on a golf we’d have seen no real change actually be a little bit younger that will depend on the expe- age groups — who of course are course in April, May and June in the junior ranks, as the num- than usual, with an increase in rience they have at the golf at greater risk. x

GOLF opinion & comment CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 Jack Nicklaus ran his first putt elson’s double-bogey alone is used the damaged implement to of the 1974 U.S. Open 30 feet worthy of a documentary. But it sink the putt. past the hole. overshadows the other collaps- O.B. Keeler, the Atlanta Jour- “Putting uphill here, you can es that occurred on the closing nal’s golf writer and Jones’ bi- take a run at it,” one observer hole. Colin Montgomerie flared ographer, believes Jones would noted. “Downhill, you just touch a 7-iron right and made his own have retired if he had missed that it and hope that maybe the hole double-bogey. missed putt on the 72nd hole and blown will get in the way. Somebody a 5-footer for par. They all tied such a large lead. with a jerky stroke will not stand for second, a stroke behind Ogil- “I knew in a sort of bewilder- up at Winged Foot.” vy. Padraig Harrington also bo- ing flash that if that putt stayed geyed 18, his third bogey in a out, it would remain a spreading 6. CLASSIC FINISH row, to finish two back. and fatal blot, never to be wiped Tillinghast and the clubhouse’s It seems that each major held from his record,” Keeler wrote. architect, Clifford Wendehack, at Winged Foot has been capped “I will always believe that the used to say that the multi-tiered by a trademark moment. remainder of Bobby’s career 18th green was like a set of It started with the first U.S. hung on that putt and that from steps leading from the course to Open at Winged Foot. Bobby this stemmed the Winged Foot Golf Club will host its sixth U.S. Open. (John Mummert/USGA) the clubhouse. Jones holed a downhill, side- of 1930.” Fourteen years ago, several hill 12-foot par putt to force a In 1974, Irwin lashed a 2-iron Rawls (4) and Berning (3) com- their tenures. players dejectedly made that 36-hole playoff with Al Espi- to 20 feet and two-putted for vic- bined to win seven U.S. Wom- Craig Wood, who succeeded trek. There are others who have nosa. Jones won the playoff by tory. It was the first of his three en’s Opens. They are both in the Brady in 1939, won the Masters been exuberant as they ascended a remarkable 23 strokes. That U.S. Open titles. Ten years later, World Golf Hall of Fame, with and U.S. Open in 1941. the 18th green and walked to par putt may have changed the Greg Norman holed a 40-footer Berning being elected this year. Claude Harmon, who was the the clubhouse. course of golf history. for par on the 18th hole. Zo- The East Course also hosted club’s head professional from Winged Foot’s final hole has Jones once led by as many as eller, standing in the fairway, the inaugural U.S. Senior Open 1945 to 1978, is the last club been the site of some of golf’s seven, but he triple-bogeyed the waved a white towel in surren- in 1980. Roberto De Vicenzo pro to win a major (1948 Mas- most memorable moments, both 15th hole. He needed a par on der, thinking that the long putt won by four shots with a 1-over ters). He is the patriarch of the good and bad. the final hole just to get in a play- was for birdie. Zoeller went on to 285 total. first family of , as We all know what transpired off, but missed the green with his win the next day’s playoff. several of his sons also went on on that hole in the last U.S. approach shot. His touchy chip When Winged Foot hosted the 8. CLUB PROS to become noted teachers. Open at the storied club (and shot stopped 12 feet short. The PGA in 1997, Love capped his Jenkins called Winged Foot Major champions Dave Marr if you don’t, you’ll soon be ap- shaft of his famed Calamity Jane five-shot win with a 15-foot bird- the Yankee Stadium of golf be- and Jack Burke Jr. spent time prised). It was one of the wildest putter had been cracked and was ie putt on the final hole. A rain- cause of its history. as Harmon’s assistant profes- finishes in golf history. Mick- held together with cords but he bow appeared behind the green, “Its monuments are not in sionals. which many felt was Love’s late centerfield. They’re in the bar,” Harmon was succeeded by father, Davis Love Jr., a PGA Jenkins wrote in 1974. another TOUR winner, Tom professional, smiling down upon World Golf Hall of Famer Nieporte, a former NCAA cham- his son. Tommy Armour was a member, pion at Ohio State and three- Saving a life I live as was Fred Corcoran, who was time PGA TOUR winner. He from a potential catastrophe EVERY 10 MINUTES! 7. THE “OTHER” instrumental in the creation of served as the club’s head profes- COURSE the professional tour. Babe Ruth sional until 2006. alone Winged Foot is considered the was a regular. There is a photo but I’m never alone. finest 36-hole club in the coun- of Bobby Jones teeing off on 18 9. ATHLETE’S FOOT ® try, and possibly the world. And in 1929, and Ruth is just a few So, why Winged Foot? I have Life Alert. for good reason. paces behind him. It comes from the logo of the The West Course, which is “It has often been said that New York Athletic Club. Though One press of a button hosting this week’s U.S. Open the quickest way to get over- the two organizations have never sends help fast, 24/7, was 11th in Golf Digest’s list golfed is to spend an afternoon been affiliated, the group that even when you of the United States’ top 100 on Winged Foot’s terrace,” Jen- founded Winged Foot included can’t reach a phone. courses in 2019. kins added. “Armour used to several NYAC members. The Winged Foot’s East Course, sit there telling tales for hours. group was led by Charles “Nibs” which was also designed by Till- (Claude) Harmon and Corcoran Nobles. They tabbed Tillinghast inghast, came in at No. 52 on still do. Because of the charac- with simple instructions. the same list. The East Course is ter of the membership, Winged “Give us a man-sized course,” shorter, but it’s no pushover for Foot, more than any other club they told him, according to leg- players who may be seeking a in the metropolitan area of New end. He listened. reprieve from its difficult sibling. York, has been looked upon as Clifford Wendehack, one of AS SEEN ON The East Course hosted U.S. the Yankee Stadium of golf.” the foremost residential archi- TV Women’s Opens in 1957 and The club also has a long lin- tects of his era, designed the 1972. Betsy Rawls shot 7 over eage of accomplished club pros. clubhouse. The cornerstone was For a FREE brochure call: par and won after Jackie Pung The club’s first head pro was laid by the membership on April was disqualified for signing an in- Mike Brady, who was runner-up 14, 1923. Players teed off on correct scorecard. Susie Maxwell in the 1911 and 1919 U.S. Tillinghast’s masterpiece two 1-855-942-1365 Berning shot 11 over par but it Opens. Winged Foot’s next two months later. x was enough to win by one. head pros won majors during ©PGATour.com