By Design - Spring 2020

29 of strategy. It also reminds me of one of my favorite ‘line of charm’ holes, four at Bethpage Black. Are you pleased with the response? I am pleased with the positive response from the social media world and hoped for such. The take-home here is the ability to share the vision of a piece of land through the essence of golf architecture—the golf course routing— and show what real minimalism is about. I prefer that some areas are left in their natural state and not touched at all, just roped off outside the limits of disturbance. This routing demonstrates that many areas can be left alone yet still contribute greatly to the story. • View every hole of The Sandhills Club routing on Richard Mandell’s Instagram page: @RichardMandellGolfArchitecture Images: Richard Mandell Golf Architecture/Jim Ryan