[Hulk01]

I have to side with the Jones' critics here.  His dad had his day but the students of golf course architecture seemed unanimous in their unpraise of the son.

Actually, the redesign of Eugene G&CC proved to be less expensive than a conventional redesign, and Jones did it largely for economic reasons.  He simply set up temporary tees alongside the original greens. This allowed members and their guests--and it is guest-heavy club---to continue to play while Jones' team created the 18 new greens complexes alongside those new, temporary tees.  Creating new tees from the former greens was fairly easy; a tee doesn't require much  other than a flat and narrow rectangle.

Don't know how many new fairway bunkers he created, if many.  The trees at Eugene tend to be hazards enough. 

It's a first-rate course.  For many years it rated among the top 100 in America and might have cracked the top 80 several times.  When Bandon came along, however, Oregon eventually had at least two and as many as four new courses that could displace all but the top 75 courses in the country. I love Bandon Trails, for example, but am not aware of anyone who puts it above Bandon Dunes and Pacific Dunes, and Old McDonald--dear God did I campaign against that name, is a helleuva interesting course, too, but way too much for my taste.  And I know several folks near that project who think that the team on Old McDonald best resembled the Keystone Cops.

[Hulk01]

I have to side with the Jones' critics here.  His dad had his day but the students of golf course architecture seemed unanimous in their unpraise of the son.

Actually, the redesign of Eugene G&CC proved to be less expensive than a conventional redesign, and Jones did it largely for economic reasons.  He simply set up temporary tees alongside the original greens. This allowed members and their guests--and it is guest-heavy club---to continue to play while Jones' team created the 18 new greens complexes alongside those new, temporary tees.  Creating new tees from the former greens was fairly easy; a tee doesn't require much  other than a flat and narrow rectangle.

Don't know how many new fairway bunkers he created, if many.  The trees at Eugene tend to be hazards enough. 

It's a first-rate course.  For many years it rated among the top 100 in America and might have cracked the top 80 several times.  When Bandon came along, however, Oregon eventually had at least two and as many as four new courses that could displace all but the top 75 courses in the country. I love Bandon Trails, for example, but am not aware of anyone who puts it above Bandon Dunes and Pacific Dunes, and Old McDonald--dear God did I campaign against that name, is a helleuva interesting course, too, but way too much for my taste.  And I know several folks near that project who think that the team on Old McDonald best resembled the Keystone Cops.