The TJs are back! From Donald Ross to Donald Trump, let us honor Travelin' Joe Passov's absolute best in travel from the past 12 months, like Doral's Blue Monster.                                              Design Nerd Moment of the Year                       I played with 14 different architects this past year. Most enlightening was a Gil Hanse pairing during the February opening of his Trump National Doral Miami Blue Monster. Hanse proved to be one of the nicest guys in the business and one of the most talented as well, successfully restoring the fangs to the Monster without sacrificing its original integrity. We discussed the Olympics course project in Rio, and he explained how it's possible to make a course tough for the pros but playable for amateurs (Augusta National is the model). Sheepishly, I admit to enjoying seeing Gil trapped in bunkers of his own design at the par-5 eighth.
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