How come Pine Valley Golf Club which is ranked the #1 on America's 100 Greatest Courses. Never hosted a major
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The members couldn't be bothered with all the inconvenience (it's a pain in the neck to share your club with the tour guys- they mess up the regular comps for weeks) and damage to the course (media and spectators, stress to the greens) as a result of hosting a major.How do golf businesses survive where it snows in the winter?
It doen't have to have hosted a major to be beautiful. They're a lot of things other than hosting a major that they go by. It can be a good course even if its never hosted a major.What Chris said is on point. Add to that the fact that there only two Major's played in the US on a different courses every year is the US Open and the PGA. And there are tons of courses in the mix to host those 2 tournament a year.
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this course is very short for today's standards, but it is one of the hardest courses and one of the best laid out course in spite of the length... and one other thing, tradition goes a long way in the sport of golf... it will aways be # 1.If you're a juinor golfer and wan't to become a professional juinor golfer, how do you?
It also has to be able to have grandstands & enough room around the course to handle the crowds. A small (tight) but great golf course does not make enough money from spectatorsMore Questions & Answers...