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Dream 18s
Rees Jones
By THE EDITORS
The essential element of every great golf course is its site. If these 18 holes were found on one single property, it would be both a fascinating landscape and a geological impossibility. The golf course begins -- as did the game itself -- by the sea. The clubhouse would command a view of the finishing holes of each evenly balanced nine, as well as a vast expanse of ocean. The sixth hole at Royal Melbourne begins the round with a downhill tee shot and an open approach to the green. The routing continues from the linksland to the wooded parkland above, resting at the base of a mountain range. It returns through the dunes to the short 15th at Cypress Point along the coast. The oceanside 11th hole at Ballybunion acts as the finishing crescendo for the front nine. The Redan at the National Golf Links of America has the most variable club selection, depending on conditions, of any of the par threes. The Road Hole at the Old Course in St. Andrews, providing an infinite variety of options for play, is a 17th hole without parallel. The 18th at Pebble Beach, a par five where championships can and have been won or lost, is a truly fitting finish for a course composed of GOLF Magazine's 18 greatest holes in the world.
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