The chief object of every golf architect or greenkeeper worth his salt is to imitate the beauties of nature so closely as to make his work indistinguishable from nature itself. — Alister MacKenzie Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why I, 'a medical man' decided to give up medicine was a firm conviction of the extraordinary influence on health of pleasurable excitement, especially when combined with fresh air and exercise. How frequently have I, with great difficulty, persuaded patients who were never off my doorsteps to take up golf, and how rarely, if ever, I… — Alister MacKenzie Copy Share
A good golf course is like good music or good anything else; it is not necessarily a course which appeals the first time one… — Alister MacKenzie Copy Share Image
Golf courses are becoming far too long. Twenty years ago we played three rounds of golf a day and considered we had taken an… — Alister MacKenzie Copy Share Image
I have always wanted to live where one could practice (golf) shots in one's pajamas before breakfast. — Alister MacKenzie Copy Share Image
Golf is a game, and talk and discussion is all to the interests of the game. Anything that keeps the game alive and prevents… — Alister MacKenzie Copy Share Image
I do not expect anyone will ever have the opportunity of constructing another course like Cypress Point, as I do not suppose anywhere in… — Alister MacKenzie Copy Share Image
I try to build courses for the most enjoyment by the greatest number. — Alister MacKenzie Copy Share Image
The ideal hole is surely one that affords the greatest pleasure to the greatest number, gives the fullest advantage for accurate play, stimulates players… — Alister MacKenzie Copy Share Image
The chief object of every golf architect or greenkeeper worth his salt is to imitate the beauties of nature so closely as to make… — Alister MacKenzie Copy Share Image
A good golf course is like good music. It does not necessarily appeal the first time one plays it. — Alister MacKenzie Copy Share Image
The ideal hole (course) is surely one that affords the greatest pleasure to the greatest number. — Alister MacKenzie Copy Share Image
