Inverness Says Goodbye To Their Dreadful Fazio Holes

I say this as someone who didn't sit through the board and members meetings, but outside of serving as a case study in how not to renovate, no one will be missing the George and Tom Fazio holes at Inverness.

As The Forecaddie notes, architect Andrew Green has taken them out and done his best to restore Donald Ross' Toledo masterpiece with help from new super John Zimmers. The added holes, long a stain one of America's most charming and wonderful designs, are gone.

While I've seen a few reports on the work, including this fine Toledo Blade piece by David Briggs that includes Green's master plan and details of the club's effort to land another major, I'm not sure the moment has been celebrated enough.

The added holes at Oak Hill and Inverness are becoming things of the now-distant past, hopefully exiled to afterthoughts but good reminders of what egomaniacal architects given free reign can do to a classic course.