| In very general terms, courses built
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| | the course are ponds found on the first
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| during the dark age of golf architecture
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| | six holes, namely at the one shot 2nd and
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| (1950-1970) were long in length and short
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| | in the landing areas for the second shots
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| in both character and charm. The
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| | on the par five 3rd and 6th. (Forty three
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| bunkering was unimaginative, repeatedly
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| | years later, the Club acquired the
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| forcing the same kind of aerial approach
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| | property to build a true coastal hole -
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| shots. Monotonously long holes resulted
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| | today's 4th - which is also a water hole,
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| in the birth of the dreaded '7,000 yard
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| | albeit a totally natural one). Plummer
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| championship course' phrase. As with any
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| | used the fill from the ponds to build up
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| generalization, there are exceptions with
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| | the tees and greens a few feet, thus
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| one of the most important being Ralph
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| | providing the necessary drainage on these
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| Plummer's design of Tryall Golf
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| | first six holes. With no extraneous land
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| Club.Opened in 1958, the course measured
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| | movement from tee to green, Plummer's low
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| 6,324 yards. Yet, thanks in large part to
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| | profile design at Tryall still enjoys a
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| its sloping greens and the ever present
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| | timeless appeal. His complete absence of
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| trade winds, golfers of the highest
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| | clutter is most appreciated, especially
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| calibre have failed for over five decades
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| | relatively to other courses built after
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| to tear it apart. Recognized early on as
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| | WWII. Plummer didn't build three bunkers
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| the Caribbean's first course of genuine
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| | when one would suffice. Plummer didn't
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| character, Shell's Wonderful World of
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| | follow Robert Trent Jones horrific
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| Golf staged a match here in 1962 between
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| | example at Oakland Hills six years prior
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| Dow Finsterwald and Peter Alliss.
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| | in 1952 of pinching in fairways with
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| Finsterwald won the match with a score of
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| | bunkers on either side. Instead of
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| 72 to Alliss's 75. Twenty years later, a
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| | reducing width and ruining playing angles
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| desire by the club to host important
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| | by overbunkering holes off the tee, nine
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| events manifested itself and the Mazda
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| | of the fourteen nonpar three holes at
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| Champions LPGA - Senior PGA were held at
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| | Tryall originally had no bunkers off the
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| Tryall from 1985-87. This event was
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| | tee (the 3rd, 8th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 14th,
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| followed from 1988-1990 with the LPGA
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| | 15th, 17th, and 18th). In addition,
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| Jamaican Classic, which in turn set the
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| | Plummer eschewed containment mounds and
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| stage for the Johnnie Walker World
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| | framing green sites. The challenge at
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| Championships from 1991 through 1995.Just
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| | Tryall intensifies the closer one gets to
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| prior to the 1991 Johnnie Walker World
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| | the greens - a tenet of classic
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| Championship, a sports columnist not so
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| | architecture that allows the greatest
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| shrewdly predicted that one of the
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| | range possible of golfers to enjoy a
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| professionals would break 60 as this par
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| | course (in fact, so fierce where
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| 71 course still measured below 6,800
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| | Plummer's orginial green slopes that the
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| yards. That year's winner was Fred
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| | greens on holes 7, 8, 11, 12, 13 and 16
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| Couples and not only did no one break 60
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| | were softened when Club switched from the
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| but Couples was the sole person in the
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| | old bermuda grass greens to today's swift
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| field to break par for the four day
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| | tifton dwarf greens).Starting at the 7th,
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| event. The subsequent winners of the
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| | Mother Nature's natural attributes are
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| Johnnie Walker (Faldo, Mize, Els, and
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| | more profuse and Plummer took full
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| Couples again) were all major
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| | advantage as he perfectly draped the
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| championship winners, which suggests a
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| | holes onto the rolling foothills of the
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| quality course.What then are Tryall's
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| | property. As with his other best west
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| attributes that promote the best to
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| | works like Preston Trail Golf Club, Great
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| flourish? Certainly, the course's island
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| | Southwest Golf Club, and the Cypress
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| setting adds much to Tryall's allure and
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| | Creek Course at Champions Golf Club,
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| inspires one to play his best. However,
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| | Plummer's routing makes intuitive sense
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| it speaks little as to the lasting merits
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| | to the golfer as one good hole follows
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| of repeated games here. The trade winds
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| | another with the green to tee walks
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| which average 20 miles per hour pose the
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| | always short. The golfer's judgement is
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| same question as the winds in the United
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| | continually taxed at Tryall on the
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| Kingdom: can the golfer control the
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| | variety of approach shots required: the
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| trajectory of his shots? The golfer with
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| | uphill approach at the 9th, the sharply
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| the talent to do so shines here. Those
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| | downhill one shot 10th where one doesn't
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| who followed Nick Faldo during his 1992
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| | want to be long, the uphill approach at
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| win of the Johnnie Walker marvel to this
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| | the 11th, the downhill one shot 12th
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| day at his complete ball flight control
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| | where one wants to be long, the uphill
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| with every club in the bag.The first six
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| | approach at the 13th, the downhill
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| holes at Tryall are routed near the
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| | approach to the 14th. The continually
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| coastline, and apart from the romance of
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| | shifting demands keep the golfer
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| such a location, Mother Nature didn't
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| | off-balanced, a great attribute for any
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| imbue this flat portion of the property
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| | architect to achieve (though few rarely
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| with many natural features. Thus, Ralph
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| | do) as it means the golfer will never
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| Plummer did what every good architect
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| | tire of playing there.Ran Morrissett is
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| should: he created the character but he
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| | an avid golfer and host of the popular
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| did so in a manner that is peaceful to
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| | website that features course profiles
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| the eye. The land in no way looks
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| | highlighting the finer virtues of golf
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| tortured and the holes sit peacefully
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| | architecture found in over 140 courses
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| upon the property. In The Golf Course by
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| | world-wide.**For more information visit
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| Ron Whitten and Geoffrey Cornish, Whitten
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| | Jamaica's visitor website, the complete
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| notes that 'Plummer was known for the
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| | source for travel and tourism information
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| attractiveness of his layouts and for his
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| | featuring hand-picked deals on vacation
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| remarkable ability to estimates cuts and
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| | packages, hotels, villas, flights and car
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| fills and shape greens and bunkers by
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| | rentals** Jamaica's source for travel and
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| eye.' The only man-made water hazards on
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| | tourism information.
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