What They’re Saying
“During his research, St. Louis’s restoration architect Brian Silva found a photograph of a ‘Principal’s Nose’ bunker complex in the fifth fairway. This discovery led to further research, which revealed that the hole had once featured a punchbowl green. Robert Trent Jones had altered No. 5 in the early 1950s, and fortunately Silva was able to restore it to its original form.”
— Andy Johnson, The Fried Egg
“Silva was just the man to help guide the club in restoring all the fun, one-of-a-kind shots that Saint Louis possesses in spades… Another of their favorite features was brought into play, a Principal’s Nose bunker 140 yards shy of the green which influences the layup shot. Shockingly enough, this Punchbowl green was relocated in the 1950s to the far hillside in the misguided interest of ‘fairness’. Thankfully, Silva over saw the return to its original spot … with the cinders underneath the ground acting as a helpful guide in recreating the size and slopes of the original green.”
— Ran Morrissett Golf Club Atlas
“So many preach equity in golf. Nothing is so foreign to the truth. Does any human being receive what he conceives as equity in his life? He has got to take the bitter with the sweet, and as he forges through all the intricacies and inequalities which life presents, he proves his mettle. In golf the cardinal rules are arbitrary and not founded on eternal justice. Equity has nothing to do with the game itself.”
— C.B. Macdonald
