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Golf's Grand Design  National Golf Links of America

A montage of the celebrated Long Island golf course designed by Charles Blair Macdonald. Details

 

Program: Golf's Grand Design

Episode: National Golf Links of America

The National Golf Links of America in Southampton, Long Island, is one of the most important early golf course designs in America. Charles Blair Macdonald, who is known as the Father of Golf Course Architecture in America, modeled National Golf Links after the best holes and features he saw while touring Scotland, Ireland and England. It opened for play in 1909.

Duration: (1:23)
Premiere Date: 08/03/2012
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: TV-G

Funding provided by The Robert J. Stransky Foundation

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