developer’s representatives suggested to Bobby that he stretch the hole out to 250-plus yards from the back in an effort to surpass 7,000 yards on the scorecard. Jones didn’t miss a beat. “I design golf holes,” he told the project overseer, “Not scorecards.” With energy and ambition, Jones


has served himself well by relying upon a number of very fi ne associ- ates, and giving them freedom. Golf design is too demanding a trade to be harnessed from a central observation point. A good designer tracks work, gets selectively involved full bore, and otherwise entrusts talented partners. At Granite Bay GC, 25 miles north- east of Sacramento on the west side of Folsom Lake, the project brought Jones into a fascinating collaboration with a businessman named Mark Parsinen. The result was something rare—a real estate course with a core routing, as residences were confi ned to the outside of the property, and the course enjoyed the space and feel of a traditional golf club. For 1994, this was an eye opener. Jones’ design associate at Granite Bay was Kyle Phillips. He hit it off


Schaff er’s Mill is a John Harbottle III design near Lake Tahoe.


Hidden Gems NORTHWOOD GOLF CLUB (pictured) in Monte Rio, is a nine-hole Alister


MacKenzie diamond in the rough on a bend of the Russian River that ambles through redwood trees and occupies its own eerie, heavily-shaded and cool


microclimate 25 miles west of Santa Rosa. BAYWOOD GCC in Arcata, 300 miles north of San Francisco and 90 miles below the


Oregon border, is a delightful private club layout cut through towering redwoods just inland of Humboldt Bay.


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