Fried Egg Stories: How to Slay a Monster (The Open Doctor and His Monster, Part 3)

Published: June 10, 2022, 10 a.m.

This episode concludes our series \u201cThe Open Doctor and His Monster,\u201d which chronicles the origins, rise, and end of the Robert Trent Jones era in golf. Today, we tell the story of the movement that challenged Jones\u2019s ideas and revived the reputations of Donald Ross and other golf architects of the \u201cGolden Age.\u201d Ultimately, this movement led to a battle of ideas at Oakland Hills Country Club, where Jones had initially established his reputation as the \u201cOpen Doctor\u201d in 1950. Our guests in this episode are Richard Howting, Bradley Klein (@BradleySKlein), Gil Hanse, and Robert Trent Jones Jr.\n\nFurther reading:\n\n\nBradley Klein, Discovering Donald Ross\n\n\nGeoffrey Cornish and Ron Whitten, The Golf Course