# Course Design · Golf Level 7: Upper-Advanced

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Course Design in Golf (Level 7: Upper-Advanced) on Insporta: 40 sourced facts behind 4 tests. Covers: schools of design; architects and courses; and more.

How golf courses are designed: schools of design, great architects and courses, classic features, and modern trends.

## Test 1: Schools of design

- A long-standing way to sort design ideas. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- One narrow way to play each hole. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- The player chooses the line. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- The Cape hole is a classic example. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- Its bunkers and wide fairways give choices. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- The course opened in 1933. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- With Desmond Muirhead; home of the Memorial Tournament. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- Born 1821, 1870 and 1925. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- Strategic design leaves a safe way round. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- Choice, with reward for risk. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))

## Test 2: Architects and courses

- With help from H.S. Colt; it opened in stages from 1918. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- It opened in 1903. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- He worked on it for decades. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- Both have hosted the US Open. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- They brought back sandy, natural edges. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- He designed Sunningdale's New course and Swinley Forest. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- Famous for its island-green 17th. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- The Old Course is centuries old; Sawgrass opened in 1980. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- Routing comes before shaping. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- The first and most important design step. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))

## Test 3: Classic features

- Charles Blair Macdonald and Seth Raynor used them widely. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- Named after a hole at Biarritz in France. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- The banks feed the ball towards the middle. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- Common on links courses. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- Between Oakmont's 3rd and 4th holes. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- Its bunker and road behind the green are famous. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- It guards the par-5 second shot. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- Holes 14, 17 and 18. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- Rebuilt every few years. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- The swale splits front and back. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))

## Test 4: Modern design

- Tees have moved back on many championship courses. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- The routing finds the holes already there. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- It opened in 1995 with very little earth moved. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- Firmer ground also suits running shots. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- Good for wildlife and lower upkeep. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- A links tradition spreading inland. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- Water, energy, nature and community. (Source: GEO Foundation for Sustainable Golf)
- History first, turf last. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- Links courses use the least. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))
- Lower upkeep and more wildlife. (Source: Golf course architecture references (Cornish and Whitten, The Architects of Golf; club histories))

Sources: Club-fitting and launch-monitor references, the Equipment Rules and the 2023 ball-testing announcement, golf physics texts, and course-architecture histories; original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

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