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> [Golf courses are becoming far too long. Twenty years ago we played three rounds of golf a day and considered we had taken an interminably long time if we took more than two hours to play a round. Today it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alister-mackenzie/golf-courses-are-becoming-far-too-long-twenty-years-ago-we-played/)

[Alister MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alister-mackenzie/)

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## More by Alister MacKenzie

> [One of the reasons why I, 'a medical man' decided to give up medicine was a firm conviction of the extraordinary influence on health…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alister-mackenzie/one-of-the-reasons-why-i-a-medical-man-decided-to-give-up-medicine/)

[Alister MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alister-mackenzie/)

> [A good golf course is like good music or good anything else; it is not necessarily a course which appeals the first time one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alister-mackenzie/a-good-golf-course-is-like-good-music-or-good-anything-else-it-is-not/)

[Alister MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alister-mackenzie/)

> [On the value of blind shots to golf course design.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alister-mackenzie/on-the-value-of-blind-shots-to-golf-course-design/)

[Alister MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alister-mackenzie/)

> [Golf courses are becoming far too long. Twenty years ago we played three rounds of golf a day and considered we had taken an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alister-mackenzie/golf-courses-are-becoming-far-too-long-twenty-years-ago-we-played/)

[Alister MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alister-mackenzie/)

> [I have always wanted to live where one could practice (golf) shots in one's pajamas before breakfast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alister-mackenzie/i-have-always-wanted-to-live-where-one-could-practice-golf-shots-in/)

[Alister MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alister-mackenzie/)

> [Golf is a game, and talk and discussion is all to the interests of the game. Anything that keeps the game alive and prevents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alister-mackenzie/golf-is-a-game-and-talk-and-discussion-is-all-to-the-interests-of-the/)

[Alister MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alister-mackenzie/)

> [I do not expect anyone will ever have the opportunity of constructing another course like Cypress Point, as I do not suppose anywhere in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alister-mackenzie/i-do-not-expect-anyone-will-ever-have-the-opportunity-of-constructing/)

[Alister MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alister-mackenzie/)

> [I try to build courses for the most enjoyment by the greatest number.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alister-mackenzie/i-try-to-build-courses-for-the-most-enjoyment-by-the-greatest-number/)

[Alister MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alister-mackenzie/)

> [The ideal hole is surely one that affords the greatest pleasure to the greatest number, gives the fullest advantage for accurate play, stimulates players…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alister-mackenzie/the-ideal-hole-is-surely-one-that-affords-the-greatest-pleasure-to/)

[Alister MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alister-mackenzie/)

> [The chief object of every golf architect or greenkeeper worth his salt is to imitate the beauties of nature so closely as to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alister-mackenzie/the-chief-object-of-every-golf-architect-or-greenkeeper-worth-his/)

[Alister MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alister-mackenzie/)

> [A good golf course is like good music. It does not necessarily appeal the first time one plays it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alister-mackenzie/a-good-golf-course-is-like-good-music-it-does-not-necessarily-appeal/)

[Alister MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alister-mackenzie/)

> [The ideal hole (course) is surely one that affords the greatest pleasure to the greatest number.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alister-mackenzie/the-ideal-hole-course-is-surely-one-that-affords-the-greatest/)

[Alister MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alister-mackenzie/)

> [There may be a certain amount of pleasurable excitement in running up to the top of a hillock in the hope of seeing your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alister-mackenzie/there-may-be-a-certain-amount-of-pleasurable-excitement-in-running-up/)

[Alister MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alister-mackenzie/)

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