A.W. Tillinghast

BY NOW YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS YEAR'S U.S. OPEN VENUE, RIGHT? WRONG! GOLF PLUS EDITORS WILL SLEEP IN THEIR CARS IF YOU KNEW ANY OF THESE ...

During the Great Depression, FDR used the people's money to build golf courses, employing thousands and democratizing the game

Every course architect is a branch on one of 35 design family trees. SI picked the best trees and the top 10 tracks from each

1. San Francisco (Tillinghast)2. Winged Foot-West (Tillinghast)3. Baltimore—East (Tillinghast)4. Quaker Ridge (Tillinghast)5. Somerset Hills (Tillinghast)6. Baltusrol—Lower (Tillinghast)7. Winged Foot—East...