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FWST: Why playing this year’s AT&T Byron Nelson means so much to Fort Worth’s J.J. Henry
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<blockquote data-quote="gohornedfrogs" data-source="post: 3001255" data-attributes="member: 3599"><p>Not sure if this is right from a Tour players standpoint, or from even an every day golfer's view. The only courses on Tour clearly in a tier better than Colonial are Pebble Beach, Riviera, Bay Hill, TPC Sawgrass, Quail Hollow, Muirfield Village, and this year, Caves Valley for the BMW Championship. That's only seven out of like 48 courses that are "better" than Colonial, plus the four majors, and it's never a given that the PGA Championship course will be better than Colonial.</p><p></p><p>Colonial is still very high up in that second tier with Torrey Pines, Harbour Town, East Lake, PGA National, Sherwood Country Club, Congaree and Shadow Creek (some players love it, others don't). Memorial Park may fit into that group -- jury is still out. Concession may fall into this group, but time will tell. Austin CC could be in that tier, too, but I wouldn't say it's better than Colonial.</p><p></p><p>The Tour plays at eight other TPC courses, and most of them are way below Colonial. Then you have the Hawaii courses (very average), the courses in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic (marginal resort courses), Innisbrook (another marginal resort course), Sea Island (again, marginal resort course), and junk in Kentucky, Tahoe, Mississippi, and Greensboro.</p><p></p><p>I'd say it's safe to say Colonial is still squarely in the top 15 of the 48 or so regular courses on the Tour. That's far from average. The field has suffered because of scheduling conflicts overseas, the move of the PGA Championship to May, and the style of play of the modern tour pro. That doesn't diminish the quality of the course or its architecture.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gohornedfrogs, post: 3001255, member: 3599"] Not sure if this is right from a Tour players standpoint, or from even an every day golfer's view. The only courses on Tour clearly in a tier better than Colonial are Pebble Beach, Riviera, Bay Hill, TPC Sawgrass, Quail Hollow, Muirfield Village, and this year, Caves Valley for the BMW Championship. That's only seven out of like 48 courses that are "better" than Colonial, plus the four majors, and it's never a given that the PGA Championship course will be better than Colonial. Colonial is still very high up in that second tier with Torrey Pines, Harbour Town, East Lake, PGA National, Sherwood Country Club, Congaree and Shadow Creek (some players love it, others don't). Memorial Park may fit into that group -- jury is still out. Concession may fall into this group, but time will tell. Austin CC could be in that tier, too, but I wouldn't say it's better than Colonial. The Tour plays at eight other TPC courses, and most of them are way below Colonial. Then you have the Hawaii courses (very average), the courses in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic (marginal resort courses), Innisbrook (another marginal resort course), Sea Island (again, marginal resort course), and junk in Kentucky, Tahoe, Mississippi, and Greensboro. I'd say it's safe to say Colonial is still squarely in the top 15 of the 48 or so regular courses on the Tour. That's far from average. The field has suffered because of scheduling conflicts overseas, the move of the PGA Championship to May, and the style of play of the modern tour pro. That doesn't diminish the quality of the course or its architecture. [/QUOTE]
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