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[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

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Lido Golf Club on the southern
shore of Long Island, New York,

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was probably the
greatest golf course

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not to survive the
Great Depression.

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The first course fully
constructed from scratch,

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it was built to the design
of Charles Blair Macdonald,

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the country's first
US Amateur Champion

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and one of its first
golf architects.

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It was built on a site
reclaimed from a coastal swamp

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using sand pumped up
from the ocean bottom.

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Construction was slow,
taking over two years,

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but it allowed Macdonald time
to fashion every tee, green,

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and bunker to his
specifications.

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It was his dream project.

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Sadly, Lido was annexed
as a US Naval base

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at the start of World War II
and turned into home sites

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in the late 1940s.

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Thereafter, it assumed
mythic qualities

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to subsequent
generations of golfers.

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One who idolized its
memory was Mike Keiser,

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America's leading purveyor
of destination resort golf.

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He dreamed for decades
of reproducing Lido

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and finally took the leap with
the aid of his sons, Michael

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and Chris, in 2021,
deciding to recreate

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the legend at their
Sand Valley Resort site

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in Central Wisconsin.

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What made it possible
was modern technology.

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A computer model
of the original,

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developed by golf historian
Peter Flory, translated

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into a topographical map by
computer programmer Brian

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Zager, then plugged
into GPS units

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on bulldozers that could
shape to exacting tolerances.

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The result is a
point-by-point recreation

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of the original Lido.

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Not a restoration of the
original, but a clone of it.

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This is Every Hole at The Lido.

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[MUSIC FADING]

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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The most speculative aspect
of the Lido replication

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was its third
dimension, which had

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to be extrapolated from
two-dimensional photographs.

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The washboard-like
first fairway suggests

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that the Keisers and
company may have exaggerated

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the heights of ridges and
depths of trenches just a bit,

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shoulder-deep instead
of waist-deep,

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to justifiable dramatic effect.

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Deep cross bunkers well
short of the first green

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established one of the
Lido's recurring themes.

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This may have been
a seaside course,

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but it demands some aerial
assaults to blind targets.

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Like nearly every
green, the first

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is perched above its surrounds,
and the surface slants off

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in three distinct directions.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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From tee boxes on either
side of the first green,

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the tee shot on
the second repeats

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the theme set on
the first, demanding

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a drive over a diagonal
rampart some 12 feet high,

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an aiming rock at the top
edge, providing a clue

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as to the ideal line.

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The broad, unseen
fairways intersected

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by hollows, ridges, and sand.

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Macdonald based the second
green on his 11th green

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at National Golf Links.

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Its enormous,
18,000 square feet,

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with a big elevated plateau
back left and a smaller one

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back right.

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[PIANO STOPPING]

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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On nearly every
design, Macdonald

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included his version
of the famous Par 3

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11th at the old course
at St Andrews, what

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everyone calls the Eden hole.

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It's the third at the Lido
and perhaps Macdonald's best

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version, with a pond
behind the green mimicking

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the river Eden of the original.

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The pedestal green
slopes back to front

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and left to right,
guarded by the deep hill

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bunker on the left and a pair
of strath bunkers front right.

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As at the original, putts above
the hole can be treacherous.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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Perhaps the most admired
hole at the original Lido

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was the fourth, the channel
hole, a Par 5 with an elbow

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fairway along water down the
left side and a daring shortcut

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down the right to
what Macdonald termed

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a handkerchief fairway tucked
within sand dunes and hollows.

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The left route adds 50 yards but
is easier to hit off the tee.

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Either way, the approach to
the elevated, half-hidden green

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must clear a severe cross
bunker sporting a phase 10 feet

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high that's positioned about
30 yards short of the green.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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The best line off the
50 is over the crest

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of the hill on
the right in order

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to stay on the high side
of the tilted fairway.

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The farther left off the
tee, the more uncomfortable

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becomes the second
shot over wasteland.

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This is the cave hole, one of
Macdonald's original concepts.

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A sharp dogleg with a peninsula
green surrounded by trouble.

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He was always a bit
apologetic, that the hole felt

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more technical than natural.

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There was no hiding the fact
that it was man-made, he said.

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The green is shaped like rolling
surf, with high waves on front

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and back left calmer
on front right.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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While Macdonald saved the
contest-winning hull for last,

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he did adapt other entries
in his Lido design.

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The 6th is the
first of those based

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on one of two similar
submittals, or possibly both.

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This short Par 5 turns
steadily to the right,

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with flat lies up the
left side of the fairway.

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The second shot must
challenge a unique cross sand

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dune that hides a view of the
green, which is positioned

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some 85 yards past it.

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Macdonald wrote
that the 6th green

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was more or less the 17th
green at St Andrews in reverse.

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If so, he tripled the number
of road-hole bunkers guarding

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the green.

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[MUSIC FADING]

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7 is the second of
consecutive Par 5s,

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and both play into
the prevailing wind.

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The fairway landing area on 7
is a hogback high in the center,

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rolling off both left and right.

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The second shot must contend
with a curious cross bunker

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that snakes across the fairway.

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As the best angle of
approach for a third shot

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is from the right
side of the fairway,

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the longest carryover
that snaking bunker

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is down the right.

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7 is one of the more gently
contoured greens at Lido.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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Another Macdonald invention
was the Biarritz Par 3,

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characterized by a 10-foot-high
rectangular plateau fronted

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by a cross bunker and,
in the back third,

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bisected by a deep trench.

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The front plateau and trench
are cut at fairway height here,

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and only the back
portion is mowed,

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is putting green that makes
it the smallest green at Lido.

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Other Biarritz greens at
other Macdonald designs

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have both the front
plateau, back plateau,

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and swale all cut
at green height.

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And there's an ongoing
debate as to which version

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is the most difficult and
which is the most fun to play.

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[MUSIC STOPPING]

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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Macdonald was clearly willing
to repeat strategic elements.

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Just as he did on the
fifth and seventh holes,

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the ninth favors played
on the right side

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in order to have the
most favorable angle

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into a diagonal green.

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At 9, the gamble is off
the tee, a 200-yard carry

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over vast bunkers.

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The left side is
far more inviting

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but leaves a second
over man-made dunes

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short of a pedestal green that
has a wide bunker guarding

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its left flank.

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The putting surface
itself features

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a depression front and center.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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One of Macdonald's
favorite holes

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was the 17th at
Prestwick in Scotland.

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The Alps hole,
where everyone had

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to play over or around a
massive mountain of sand.

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His version at the
10th hole at Lido

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has the most distinctive
feature on the course.

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The hill blocks a
view of the green

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unless you play under the
first fairway off to the right.

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It's probably only
two stories tall,

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but seems gigantic in
this level landscape.

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There is fairway from
the crest of the hill

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down towards the green for
those playing up and over,

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but you can't roll
onto the green because

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of two pesky strip bunkers.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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The two-level putting
surface features a punch bowl

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rim girdling the back half.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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Running parallel to the
second hole on its right,

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the 11th also features
a blind uphill tee

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shot over a target rock.

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Here, the direct route is
peppered with huge pot bunkers,

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so the wise move is down
the left, even the far left.

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The long second is played
over what Macdonald called

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lateral undulations, then two
more random bunkers and a dip

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before the elevated and
complicated green, which

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has a big knob at front
right and a spine stretching

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clear across the back half.

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[MUSIC FADING]

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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Playing across the long
lagoon first encountered

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on the fourth hole, the goal on
the tee shot on the long Par 4

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12th is to bite
off what you dare.

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The lengthy approach is over
an earthen fortress landform

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very similar to
that of number 4.

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But this time, the green
is recessed into the ground

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past the flared wall
of sand and grass

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and features an
extra-tall flagstick.

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The good news is that the
surrounds funnel shots

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down toward the green.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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After the sprawling
and difficult 12th,

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the drive in pitch Par 4
13th playing into the wind

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seems uncomfortably
narrow, particularly

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with the 14th green just
paces off the left edge

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and the 5th green fairly
close on the right.

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13 fairway is a succession
of bumps and knobs,

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posing lots of awkward
stances and hanging lies.

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The green is atop a
knoll 8 feet high,

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and only the flagstick
is visible from anywhere

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in the fairway.

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Bunkers are recessed into three
of four sides of the green.

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[MUSIC STOPS]

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Called the short hole, the
14th place even shorter as it's

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usually downwind.

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It calls for a finesse
shot over a sandy wasteland

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to a green perched 5
feet above its surrounds.

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Its essential element
being a giant thumbprint

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with a distinct rim, what some
call a horseshoe and others

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call a circus ring.

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Putting over around or
through it is not easy.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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The 15th fairway
is extremely wide,

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with two sets of carry bunkers.

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The farther left you drive, the
more open is the approach shot.

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Although the green cants from
back left to front right,

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the better two hold approach
shots from the right.

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This was another
contest hole, sort of.

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Legendary golf
architect Tom Simpson

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entered the Country Life
contest then withdrew his entry

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when he learned his
partner, Herbert Fowler,

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would be serving as a judge.

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But Macdonald saw the
entry and liked it

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so much that he used its
mirror image as his template

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for this hole.

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[SOFT MUSIC FADING]

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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Lido 16th is based
on the Redan hole

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at North Berwick
in Scotland, which

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Macdonald considered the finest
one-shot hole in the world.

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Lido's version
pumps up the volume.

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The frontal bunker
is longer and more

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sinister than the original.

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The kick slope off the right
collar is smaller and steeper.

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The green, set at a
45-degree angle and listing

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like a sinking ship,
has a subtle back ridge

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that keeps shots from rolling
off the back edge of the green.

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Instead, shots ride
the ridge and then

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curl down to the front left.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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The only Par 5 on the
back nine, the 17th,

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plays into the wind
with the tee shot

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carrying a necklace
of squarish bunkers

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that provide more
visual intimidation

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than actual threat.

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Beyond them is a mottled fairway
that resembles a bombing range.

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As at the other Par 5s
at Lido, the second shot

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must clear a cross hazard.

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On the 17th, it's a matched
set of rectangular spectacle

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bunkers.

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It's then past the Alps and
onto an undulating green that

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slopes mostly front to back
except for a sunken leading

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edge that brings to mind the
Valley of Sin at St Andrews.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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Dr. Alister MacKenzie, who was
a practicing golf architect

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at the time, took home
the Country Life top prize

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with his triple-fairway
ideal two-shot hole.

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Having pledged to build it,
Macdonald reduced its girth

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by one fairway to make
it fit, but the 18th

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is still nearly 100 yards wide.

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What was never readily apparent
in MacKenzie's whole diagram

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is just how pronounced were the
mounds at the start of the hole

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and how deep was the valley
between the landing area

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and green.

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The island fairway on the left
is more novelty than strategy

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these days, but
the massive green

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62 yards deep biggest
at Lido is a reminder

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of just how boldly MacKenzie
contoured his greens.

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Its stair steps down from
back right to front left,

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with a full 6 feet of drop.

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[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

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When you think about
it, it's remarkable

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that the Keisers
and their team were

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able to revive the
Lido, a course that

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had gone extinct over 80
years ago, using technology

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that C.B. MacDonald could
not have comprehended.

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What remains to be seen is
whether a course replicated

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upon a design that was built in
the era of hickory shaft clubs

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can stand up to
today's technology.

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With the recent announcement
that the U.S. Golf Association

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will conduct its
2026 U.S. Mid-Amateur

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and 2029 U.S. Junior
Amateur at the Lido,

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we will soon have an answer.

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This much is certain.

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We're no longer viewing the
Lido in black and white,

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from old, two-dimensional,
often faded photographs.

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We're now able to experience
the Lido in full technicolor,

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in varying shades of green
offset by deep blue lagoons,

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and off-white sand
edged by golden hues

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of native vegetation.

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The Lido is alive again.

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[SLOW MUSIC PLAYING]

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