D ONALD ROSS DESIGNED CLOSE TO 400 GOLF COURSES, BUT HE ONLY said this about one of them: “I intended to make this course my masterpiece, but not until today, did I realise I built better than I knew.” He came to this epiphany in 1948 when he visited Aronimink Golf Club in the west Philadelphia suburbs, a course he’d completed 20 years earlier. Architects often exaggerate the merits of their creations, but his as- sessment of Aronimink seems genuine considering the time he’d had to reflect on the property’s character, the elaborate bunkering and intricate green shapes. The club isn’t sure if he’d been back to see the course since construction, so the impression was evidently powerful.
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