“He shrugged his shoulders as if it was so obvious that everyone should see it: “Why not always play like that?”
“It was designed exclusively for restricted areas. Their entire game was out of bounds.”
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“The surfaces on which these children putt and stomp and shout are no ordinary greens; they are perhaps golf’s most extraordinary.”
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“Had social media been around then, there’s no telling what would have been said online about Tobacco Road.”
“The only hint of the course that never was is a stunning artificial practice putting green and the incongruously turfed deck of one of the resort’s swimming pools.”
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“Was the course really so hard? Can a nine-hole golf course with seven holes under 130 yards truly be so tough?”
“It provides for the opportunity of an experience entirely of its own when played in reverse—one that can be equally as fulfilling as play across the normal sequence of holes.”
“This was no backyard one-off. Short courses could be created anywhere; he was proving it every day.”
“Walking back to my car, still astounded by the events of the day, I was acutely aware that this was a life-altering experience.”
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