The 3 Schools Of Golf Architecture, Explained
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- Category: Inside Golf
- Published: 2020-06-17
By DESI ISAACSON, Golf.com
When discussing golf course architecture, you’ll often hear talk of “the schools.” While many experts and architects have expanded upon these ideas, there are three basic design schools worth knowing. They are known as penal, strategic, and heroic.
Architects, courses, holes, hazards, and specific shots are often defined under these headers. In almost every instance, this is an over-simplification. Almost any hole can cause disagreement over which category it would fall in.
There is no perfect definition for any of these categories. Everyone defines them a little differently.