1. A golf course should be natural and beautiful

“The great courses, and in detail all the famous holes and greens, are fascinating to the golfer by reason of their shape, their situation and the character of their modeling. When these elements obey the fundamental laws of balance, of harmony and fine proportions, they give rise to what we call beauty.”

“I have not the slightest hesitation in saying that beauty means a great deal on a golf course… there are few first rate holes which are not at the same time, either in the grandeur of their undulations and hazards, or the character of their surroundings, things of beauty themselves.”

Dr. Alister MacKenzie “The Spirit of St.Andrews” 1932