We're back! And I managed to be a bit more coherent this time and only went on a few rambling tangents (as in, I didn't faint earlier in the day--progress)! Patrick Koenig and I talk about the first stop at National Golf Links of America (NGLA) in our mini MacRaynor golf trip in October. 

I was fortunate enough to be adopted by longtime reader and friend who is an NGLA member in the very, very early days of WUP. I've had the chance to play NGLA more than any other course in the past seven years, so I pretend it's my home track. I mean, I know it better than any other golf course at this point in my life. #blessed 

Patrick and I discuss the genius design that C.B. Macdonald, the godfather of American golf architecture, plotted on his ideal piece of land in Southampton (Long Island), New York. Macdonald used the strategic design features from the most famous holes that he saw and studied on the other side of the pond to construct his masterpiece.

NGLA opened in 1909 and it's one of those rare places that sits still in time and remains relevant in the genius of its strategic design, taking into account the elements. I know I'm not alone when I say that if I could only play one course for the rest of my life, it would be NGLA -- it's not even a competition. 

More pictures and details in the write-up at WeiUnderPar.com.