In the case of Saint Louis Golf Country Club, Macdonald (as architect) and Raynor (as construction supervisor) were blessed with ideally rolling terrain. From this promising start, they gave Saint Louis Golf Country Club more than its fair share of the great versions of holes plus several original ones that are equally vexing in their own right. In fact, apart from Macdonald’s masterpiece National Golf Links of America, Saint Louis Golf Country Club as as many of Macdonald’s favorite features as any of his designs.

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